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Outside ''[[Star Trek]]'', Penn helmed well over 400 primetime hours on a wide variety of series, ranging from ''Star Trek'' to ''I Spy'' to ''Diagnosis Murder''. In 1973, he received an Emmy for directing a two-hour episode of ''Columbo'' titled "Any Port in a Storm". Before becoming a director, he acted on stage and in a few feature films, beginning with ''Shame'' (1945). His film career had just begun when Penn was blacklisted after attending a pro-union meeting with other actors. |
Outside ''[[Star Trek]]'', Penn helmed well over 400 primetime hours on a wide variety of series, ranging from ''Star Trek'' to ''I Spy'' to ''Diagnosis Murder''. In 1973, he received an Emmy for directing a two-hour episode of ''Columbo'' titled "Any Port in a Storm". Before becoming a director, he acted on stage and in a few feature films, beginning with ''Shame'' (1945). His film career had just begun when Penn was blacklisted after attending a pro-union meeting with other actors. |
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Template:Realworld Leo Penn (born 27 August 1921 in Lawrence, MA; died 5 September 1998 in Los Angeles, California) directed TOS: "The Enemy Within".
Outside Star Trek, Penn helmed well over 400 primetime hours on a wide variety of series, ranging from Star Trek to I Spy to Diagnosis Murder. In 1973, he received an Emmy for directing a two-hour episode of Columbo titled "Any Port in a Storm". Before becoming a director, he acted on stage and in a few feature films, beginning with Shame (1945). His film career had just begun when Penn was blacklisted after attending a pro-union meeting with other actors.
He is the father of actor Sean Penn, and the late actor Chris Penn.
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