Biography
Leonard James Schleifer (November 12, 1920 β March 12, 2016) was an American television director.Sheldon directed for television programs including The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, The Donna Reed Show, The Millionaire, Death Valley Days, Route 66, The Love Boat, M*A*S*H, The Dukes of Hazzard, Gunsmoke, Bridget Loves Bernie, Room 222, Harbor Command, Love, American Style, The Waltons, The Virginian, That Girl. The Man from U.N.C.L.E., My Three Sons, Petticoat Junction, Naked City and Sledge Hammer!. He died in March 2016 at his home in Manhattan, New York from complications of cancer, at the age of 95.In an interview with novelist Matthew Rettenmund in 2015, Sheldon spoke candidly about his bisexuality, his relationships with actress Loretta Young and actor Clark Gable's daughter Judy Lewis and Ernst Lubitsch's daughter Nicola Lubitsch, discovering Troy Donohue, and his friendships with Tony Randall and James Dean.
Filmography
all 65
Director 64
TV Shows 55
Movies 10
Sledge Hammer! (1986)
The Equalizer (1985)
Partners in Crime (1984)
Jessie (1984)
No Earthly Reason (1984)
Whiz Kids (1983)
Lottery ! (1983)
Small & Frye (1983)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982)
McClain's Law (1981)
Code Red (1981)
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
Knots Landing (1979)
240-Robert (1979)
With This Ring (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)
Alice (1976)
Family (1976)
Good Heavens (1976)
Ellery Queen (1975)
Petrocelli (1974)
Apple's Way (1974)
Doc Elliot (1973)
M*A*S*H (1972)
Anna and the King (1972)
Sanford and Son (1972)
McMillan and Wife (1971)
Longstreet (1971)
Gidget Grows Up (1969)
Love, American Style (1969)
My World and Welcome to It (1969)
Room 222 (1969)
Julia (1968)
Single Room Furnished (1968)
Ironside (1967)
Atta Girl, Kelly! (1967)
Gallegher Goes West (1966)
Felony Squad (1966)
Family Affair (1966)
That Girl (1966)
Batman (1966)
My Mother the Car (1965)
The Brazen Bell (1964)
Espionage (1963)
Petticoat Junction (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
The Devil's Children (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
The Defenders (1961)
Route 66 (1960)
My Three Sons (1960)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Law of the Plainsman (1959)
Black Saddle (1959)
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
The Bells of Cockaigne (1953)
Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Studio One (1948)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1920-11-12
Deathday2016-03-12 (95 years old)
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