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| name = Earl Bellamy
| birth_date = March 11, 1917
| birth_place = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]],
| death_date = November 30, 2003 (aged 86)
| death_place = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]],
| years_active = 1953—91
| birth_name = {{nowrap|Earl Arthur Bellamy}}
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</ref> and took a job as a messenger for [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia Studios]]. Within four years, Bellamy had worked his way up to [[assistant director|second assistant director]] before taking time off to serve in the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy's]] photographic unit during World War II.
When Bellamy returned to Hollywood, he became a well-respected TV director who was particularly adept at Westerns. Although he directed nearly two dozen feature films, Bellamy was best known for his work on ''[[The Lone Ranger (TV series)|The Lone Ranger]]'', ''[[Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV series)|Sergeant Preston of the Yukon]]'', ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin]]'', ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', [[Perry Mason]]’’ and ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]''.
Family fare was his forte in the 1950s. He directed shows like ''[[Jungle Jim (TV series)|Jungle Jim]]'', ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'', ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' and ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]''. In the 1960s, he focused on [[sitcoms]] like ''[[Bachelor Father (U.S. TV series)|Bachelor Father]]'', ''[[Get Smart]]'', ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', ''[[The Munsters]]'', ''[[McHale's Navy]]'', and the final season of ''[[My Three Sons]]''. Medical dramas, like ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]'' and ''[[Trapper John M.D.]]'', as well as sitcoms such as ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' and ''[[The San Pedro Beach Bums]]'', kept him busy in the 1970s. Before retiring in 1986, Bellamy directed the science fiction miniseries, ''[[V (1983 miniseries)|V]]'', and many episodes of ''[[Fantasy Island (1977 TV series)|Fantasy Island]]'' and ''[[Hart to Hart]]''.
After his retirement, Bellamy and his wife moved to [[New Mexico]]. The state had provided him with many different [[filming location]]s.
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*''[[Sidecar Racers]]'' (1975) director
*''[[Seven Alone]]'' (1974) director
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*''[[Incident at Phantom Hill]]'' (1966) director
*''[[Munster, Go Home!]]'' (1966) director
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*''[[Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado]]'' (1956) director
*''[[Seminole Uprising]]'' (1955) director
*''[[A Star Is Born (1954 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' (1954) assistant director
*''[[It Should Happen to You]]'' (1954) assistant director
*''[[From Here to Eternity]]'' (1953) assistant director
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*''[[The Brian Keith Show]]'' Role: Director of some episodes
*''[[CHiPs]]'' Role: Director
*''[[The Castaways on Gilligan's Island]]'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*''[[Code Red (U.S. TV series)|Code Red]]'' Role: Director
*''Crusader'' Role: Director
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*''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]'' Role: Director
*''[[Isis (TV series)|Isis]]'' Role: Director
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*''Knight in Shining Armour'' (TV special) Role: Director
*''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'' Role: Director
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*''[[M Squad]]'' Role: Director
*''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' Role: Director
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*''[[Matt Helm (TV series)|Matt Helm]]'' Role: Director
*''[[McHale's Navy]]'' Role: Director
*''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'' Role: Director
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
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* [http://arcat.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=95/ Earl Bellamy Papers] at the [[Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research]]
* {{Rotten Tomatoes person|earl_bellamy}}
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