Earl Bellamy Papers, 1970-1971

Biography/History

Earl Bellamy, producer and director, was born on March 11, 1917 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has been active in both film and television and began his career as a messenger at Columbia Pictures. His motion picture credits include Fluffy, Incidental Phantom, Gunpoint, and Munster Go Home. In addition he has served as assistant director on such film classics as A Star Is Born, Born Yesterday, Arizona, and From Here To Eternity; for the last-named, he received the Directors' Guild Annual Award in 1953. Bellamy has also directed hundreds of television shows, among them The Virginian, I Spy, Mod Squad, My Three Sons, Rin Tin Tin, McHale's Navy, Bachelor Father, The Lone Ranger, and The Donna Reed Show. Bellamy is married to Marjane Nulle; they have three children.