Biography
Leonard Francis Penn (August 27, 1921 – September 5, 1998) was an American actor and director. He was the father of musician Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn.
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Filmography
all 112
TV Shows 95
Director 76
Movies 17
Writer 1
Hank
The Crossing Guard (1995)
Movie
2
Leo Pepper / Director
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
TV
6.46
Director
Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice (1990)
Movie
Director
Nasty Boys (1989)
TV
Director
Judgment in Berlin (1988)
Movie
Director
In the Heat of the Night (1988)
TV
5.76
Director
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
TV
Leo
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986)
Movie
Director
Matlock (1986)
TV
6
Fred
Amazing Stories (1985)
TV
5.33
Tom's Dad
The Wild Life (1984)
Movie
Director
Paper Dolls (1984)
TV
Director
Mike Hammer (1984)
TV
6
Director
Boone (1983)
TV
Director
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
TV
5.71
Director
The Mississippi (1983)
TV
Director
St. Elsewhere (1982)
TV
Director
Remington Steele (1982)
TV
6
Director
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
TV
Director
Fame (1982)
TV
Director
Bret Maverick (1981)
TV
Director
Father Murphy (1981)
TV
Director
Mr. Merlin (1981)
TV
Director
Hellinger's Law (1981)
Movie
Director
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
TV
5.61
Director
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
TV
6
Director
Hart to Hart (1979)
TV
6.32
Director
Eischied (1979)
TV
Director
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
Director
Mrs. Columbo (1979)
TV
Director
Murder in Music City (1979)
Movie
Director
Little Women (1978)
TV
Director
What Really Happened To the Class Of '65? (1977)
TV
Doc
Sixth and Main (1977)
Movie
Director
The Bionic Woman (1976)
TV
6.67
Director
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
TV
10
Director
Doctors' Hospital (1975)
TV
Director
Switch (1975)
TV
Director
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
TV
6
Director
Lucas Tanner (1974)
TV
Director
Movin' On (1974)
TV
Director
Kojak (1973)
TV
6
Director
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1973)
TV
Director
The New Perry Mason (1973)
TV
Director
The Girl with Something Extra (1973)
TV
Director
Police Story (1973)
TV
Director
Ghost Story (1972)
TV
Director
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971)
TV
Director
Columbo (1971)
TV
5.78
Director
Cannon (1971)
TV
6
Director
The Interns (1970)
TV
Director
Quarantined (1970)
Movie
Director
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
TV
4.8
Director
Room 222 (1969)
TV
6
Director
Lancer (1968)
TV
Director
The Outcasts (1968)
TV
Director
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Director
The Name of the Game (1968)
TV
Director
Mannix (1967)
TV
6.38
Director
Judd for the Defense (1967)
TV
Director
Dundee and the Culhane (1967)
TV
Director
Custer (1967)
TV
Director
Deadlock (1967)
Movie
Director
Ironside (1967)
TV
6
Director
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
TV
Director
Star Trek (1966)
TV
7.9
Director
A Man Called Adam (1966)
Movie
Director
Blue Light (1966)
TV
Director
Laredo (1965)
TV
6
Director
Lost in Space (1965)
TV
2
Director
I Spy (1965)
TV
6.5
Director
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
TV
6
Director
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
TV
Director
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Director
The Eleventh Hour (1962)
TV
Don't Call Me Charlie (1962)
TV
Director
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Director
The Virginian (1962)
TV
Eddie Kassellis (uncredited)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Movie
5.33
Straightaway (1961)
TV
The Gertrude Berg Show (1961)
TV
Director
Ben Casey (1961)
TV
4.75
Director
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Larry Cram
Cain's Hundred (1961)
TV
The Asphalt Jungle (1961)
TV
Harrigan and Son (1960)
TV
Eddie Simms
The Law and Mr. Jones (1960)
TV
Moe
The Aquanauts (1960)
TV
Morrie Goetz
The Story on Page One (1959)
Movie
The Detectives (1959)
TV
Jed Horvath
One Step Beyond (1959)
TV
Joel Connors / Stan Adams
New York Confidential (1959)
TV
Director
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
The Veil (1958)
TV
Lt. Larry Hayes
Decoy (1957)
TV
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
TV
6
Walter Blake
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
Navy Log (1955)
TV
Director
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
TV
Adaptation
Julius Caesar (1955)
Movie
Dangerous Assignment (1952)
TV
Sam Hodgekiss
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
The Adventures of Boston Blackie (1951)
TV
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
TV
Father Paul
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Marshall Collins
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
TV
Steve Ryan
Not Wanted (1949)
Movie
Sidney Gordon
The Undercover Man (1949)
Movie
Morrow / Peter / Writer
Studio One (1948)
TV
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
Tom Cochrane
Fall Guy (1947)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.31
Based on 424 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1947
1961
1968
1962
1995
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1921-08-27
Deathday1998-09-05 (77 years old)
Birth NameLeonard Francis Penn
Birth PlaceLawrence, Massachusetts, United States of America
RelationshipsEileen Ryan (1958-01-01 - 1998-01-01)
ChildrenMichael Penn, Chris Penn, Sean Penn
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsTheatre World Award
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