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{{short description|American film director}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| 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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==Biography==
Bellamy was born in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. He was also known as Earl J. Bellamy, or Earl J. Bellamy, Jr.<ref name=AP_obit>
▲ |title=Earl Bellamy, 85, a TV Director of Shows With Cactus or Comedy
|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E5DF1F3AF930A35751C1A9659C8B63
|orig-date=December 3, 2003
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Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC
Document Number: K1609009682. Fee. Retrieved December 28, 2008.</ref> His father was Richard James Bellamy. He moved to Hollywood in 1920 with his parents; his father was a [[railroad engineer]]. After graduating from [[Hollywood High School]] in 1935, Bellamy received a degree from [[Los Angeles City College]]<ref>
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018202959/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/81277/Earl-Bellamy/biography
|title=Earl Bellamy - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com▼
|url-status=dead
▲ |accessdate=December 28, 2008
|archive-date=October 18, 2012
|first=Hal |last=Erickson |authorlink= |coauthors=▼
|access-date=December 28, 2008
|work=[[The New York Times]]
|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)
|date=2012
|quote=...Bellamy specialized in second-feature westerns. He was also extremely busy in all facets of filmed television: his most fondly remembered TV association was with the tongue-in-cheek western series Laredo (1965–67).}}
</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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==Films==
*''[[Speedtrap (film)|Speedtrap]]'' (1978) director▼
*''[[Sidewinder 1]]'' (1977) director
*''[[Against a Crooked Sky]]'' (1975) director
*''[[Walking Tall Part 2]]'' (1975) director
*''[[Seven Alone]]'' (1975) director▼
*''[[Sidecar Racers]]'' (1975) director
*''[[
*''[[Incident at Phantom Hill]]'' (1966) director
*''[[Munster, Go Home!]]'' (1966) director
*''[[Gunpoint (film)|Gunpoint]]'' (1966) director
*''[[Fluffy (1965 film)|Fluffy]]'' (1965) director
*''[[Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock]]'' (1962) director
*''[[Toughest Gun in Tombstone]]'' (1958) director
*''[[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
*''
*''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]'' Role: Director
*''[[Desilu Playhouse]]'' Role: Director
*''[[The Desperate Mission (1969 film)|The Desperate Mission]]'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*''Desperate Women'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*''[[Eight Is Enough]]'', season 3, episode 17: "Mother's Rule", Role: Director
*''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'' Role: Director
*''[[Fantasy Island (1977 TV series)|Fantasy Island]]'' Role: Director
*''[[Fire! (1977 film)|Fire!]]'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*''[[Flood!]]'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*''[[Future Cop (TV series)|Future Cop]]'' Role: Director
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*''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]'' Role: Director
*''[[Isis (TV series)|Isis]]'' Role: Director
*''
*''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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*''O'Connor's Ocean'' (TV special) Role: Director
*''Partners'' (TV series) Role: Director
*''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' Role: Director
*''[[The Pigeon (1969 film)|The Pigeon]]'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*''[[The Quest (1976 TV series)|The Quest]]'' Role: Director
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*''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'' Role: Director
*''[[U.S. Marshal (TV series)|U.S. Marshal]]'' Role: Director 2 episodes
*''Valentine Magic on Love Island'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*''[[Wagon Train]]'' Role: Director
*''[[Young Dan'l Boone]]'' Role: Director
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==References==
{{More citations needed|date=December 2008}}
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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}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018203029/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/81277/Earl-Bellamy/filmography Filmography by New York Times]
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[[Category:Artists from Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
[[Category:Los Angeles City College alumni]]
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[[Category:United States Navy sailors]]
[[Category:Film directors from Minnesota]]
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