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Jack Laird (born Jack Laird Schultheis; May 8, 1923 – December 3, 1991) was an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actor. He received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his works in Ben Casey , Night Gallery , and Kojak .
Jack Laird. Producer: Night Gallery. Described by his peers as brilliant, eccentric, at times reclusive. Jack Laird was a technical mastermind. A prolific and versatile writer, throughout his career, he involved himself in all areas of the performing arts.
- Producer, Writer, Additional Crew
- May 8, 1923
- Jack Laird
- December 3, 1991
Directed by John Badham. A photographer hires a mysterious model whose eyes burn with a seductive—yet frightening—glow. James Farentino as David Faulkner. Joanna Pettet as the Girl. John Astin as Munsch. Kip Niven as Harry Krell. Bruce Powers as the Man on the Street.
Jul 3, 2017 · Night Gallery’s best installments are exclusively from the first two seasons when Serling at least had a modicum of artistic control. After the talented-in-his-own-way Jack Laird began to assert himself as the show’s producer, Serling began to lose his footing and later during that final year -surely one of network television’s most dire ...
The Diary/A Matter of Semantics/Big Surprise/Professor Peabody's Last Lecture: Directed by Jerrold Freedman, William Hale, Jack Laird, Jeannot Szwarc. With Patty Duke, Virginia Mayo, David Wayne, Cesar Romero.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Jerrold Freedman, William Hale, Jack Laird
- 1971-11-10
Aug 9, 2019 · The biggest problem with Night Gallery was its lack of focus by cramming in stories and allowing juat one to develop ala The Twilight Zone. It is a stated fact that Serling envisioned a very different path for the show and after some back and forth with NBC literally stopped caring and contributed almost zip.
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Night Gallery is an American anthology television series that aired on NBC from December 16, 1970, to May 27, 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he had ...
