David Alexander (December 23, 1914 – March 6, 1983) was an American television director. He directed episodes of the CBS series The Best of Broadway and several popular 1960s television shows, including: My Favorite Martian, Petticoat Junction, Get Smart, The Munsters, F Troop and The Brady Bunch. He also directed two episodes, Plato's Stepchildren and The Way to Eden, of Star Trek: The Original Series.
On Broadway, he directed the 1952 revival of Pal Joey (musical). This production had the longest run of any revival of a musical in the history of the Broadway theatre at the time. In the previous year, he was the director of the Broadway production of The King of Friday's Men (1951).
References
- Roberts, Jerry (2003). The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, Video, and DVD. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-55783-512-3.
- Meade, Marion (2014). Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase: A Biography. Open Road Media. p. 296. ISBN 978-1-4976-0231-1.
- "My Favorite Martian TV Series (1963)".
- "Petticoat Junction TV Series (1963)". FilmAffinity.
- "Get Smart TV Series (1965)".
- Kerby, Carl (2006). Remote Control: The Power of Hollywood on Today's Culture. New Leaf Publishing Group. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-89051-491-7.
- John, Michael St (2019). Hollywood Through the Back Door: A Journal of Survival. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-7960-4754-7.
- "The Brady Bunch TV Series (1969)". FilmAffinity.
- Porter, Jennifer E.; McLaren, Darcee L. (1999). Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion, and American Culture. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-7914-4333-0.
- Pollack, Howard (2017). The Ballad of John Latouche : an American Lyricist's Life and Work. Oxford University Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-19-045829-4.
- "IRISH COMEDY DUE TO OPEN TONIGHT". The New York Times.
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