Template:Realworld Joseph Pevney (15 September 1911–May 2008, age 96) was an American film and television director from New York City who directed many episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. Pevney helmed several episodes that are widely regarded as being among the best of the series, including "The City on the Edge of Forever", "Amok Time", and "The Trouble with Tribbles".
Pevney began his career in entertainment as a boy soprano on vaudeville in the 1920s. In the 1930s and 1940s he acted in numerous stage plays, including several Broadway productions. His Broadway credits included the original runs of Native Son and Home of the Brave and a revival of Counselor-at-Law.
Afterwards, Pevney began acting in motion pictures, making his debut in the 1946 film-noir Nocturne. He then starred in a trio of film-noir classics: 1947's Body and Soul, 1948's The Street with No Name, and Thieves' Highway in 1949. He ultimately made his directorial debut with a noir film, 1950's Shakedown, starring Lawrence Tierney. Pevney also had a role in this film, but it would be his last acting credit – he began focusing almost exclusively on directing.
Throughout the 1950s, Pevney primarily directed feature films. Some of the more notable films he directed during this period include the 1955 mystery Female on the Beach (featuring Charles Drake), the 1956 war drama Away All Boats (featuring Keith Andes, Hal Baylor, and Don Keefer), the 1957 musical romantic comedy Tammy and the Bachelor, the Academy Award-nominated biographical drama Man of a Thousand Faces (featuring Celia Lovsky), and the 1958 war drama Torpedo Run (featuring Don Keefer). After directing the 1961 film Portrait of a Mobster, starring Leslie Parrish, Pevney moved on to directing for television.
Pevney directed episodes of such popular television series as Wagon Train, Bewitched, The Munsters, Mission: Impossible, The Virginian, Bonanza, Emergency!, Fantasy Island, The Incredible Hulk, The Rockford Files, and Trapper John, M.D. While directing these programs and many others, Pevney worked with numerous Star Trek performers outside of the franchise, including Stanley Adams, John Anderson, Barry Atwater, Paul Baxley, Lee Bergere, Whit Bissell, William Campbell, Darleen Carr, Joanna Cassidy, Kim Cattrall, Rosalind Chao, Elisha Cook, Jr., Henry Darrow, Charles Drake, Fionnula Flanagan, Mariette Hartley, Sid Haig, Richard Hale, Rex Holman, Skip Homeier, Vince Howard, John Hoyt, Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Ito, Stan Ivar, Roy Jenson, Don Keefer, Walter Koenig, Paul Lambert, Mark Lenard, Joanne Linville, Celia Lovsky, Keye Luke, Ken Lynch, Stephen Macht, Arlene Martel, Ricardo Montalban, Byron Morrow, Bill Mumy, George Murdock, David Opatoshu, Alan Oppenheimer, Brock Peters, Robert Pine, Bill Quinn, Andrew Prine, Bert Remsen, Alfred Ryder, Charles Seel, William Shatner, Madge Sinclair, Warren Stevens, Kevin Tighe, Kenneth Tobey, John Warburton, Beverly Washburn, William Windom, John Winston, Ian Wolfe, and Bill Zuckert.
Pevney retired in the 1980s, having directed over 35 films and hundreds of television episodes. He died at his home in Palm Desert, California. [1]
Star Trek credits
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External links
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- Joseph Pevney at Wikipedia