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Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

42

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-12-23

Deathday

1988-07-01 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

  • Anton M. Leader

Anton Leader

Biography

Anton Leader (December 23, 1913 – July 1, 1988) was an American radio and television director. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 23, 1913. He directed radio dramas in New York in the 1940s and moved to Los Angeles in 1948. Subsequently, he worked as a free-lancer for Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures, among others. From the middle 1950s to the middle 1970s he directed many episodes of the popular television series of that era. Known as "Tony" to friends and colleagues, his screen credits alternated between "Tony Leader" and the more formal "Anton M. Leader." He died in Los Angeles, California, on July 1, 1988.

Known For

Star Trek
8.0%

Star Trek

Sep 8, 1966

The Twilight Zone
8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

Get Smart
7.9%

Get Smart

Sep 18, 1965

Gilligan's Island
7.4%

Gilligan's Island

Sep 26, 1964

Hawaii Five-O
7.1%

Hawaii Five-O

Sep 20, 1968

Perry Mason
7.7%

Perry Mason

Sep 21, 1957

Lost in Space
7.1%

Lost in Space

Sep 15, 1965

Children of the Damned
6.1%

Children of the Damned

Jan 10, 1964

Leave It to Beaver
7.0%

Leave It to Beaver

Oct 4, 1957

Ironside
6.8%

Ironside

Mar 28, 1967

Rawhide
7.2%

Rawhide

Jan 9, 1959

The Virginian
6.5%

The Virginian

Sep 19, 1962

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Directing

1974
Movin' On as Director
1971
Nichols as Director
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Director
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Director
1967
Ironside as Director
1966
The Road West as Director
1966
Star Trek as Director
1966
Tarzan as Director
1965
Get Smart as Director
1965
Laredo as Director
1965
Lost in Space as Director
1965
The Legend of Jesse James as Director
1964
Gilligan's Island as Director
1964
Daniel Boone as Director
1964
Children of the Damned as Director
1963
Espionage as Director
1962
Zero One as Director
1962
The Virginian as Director
1961
Father of the Bride as Director
1960
The Brothers Brannagan as Director
1960
National Velvet as Director
1959
Mr. Lucky as Director
1959
The Twilight Zone as Director
1959
Rawhide as Director
1959
Bold Venture as Director
1958
Lawman as Director
1958
Sea Hunt as Director
1957
Leave It to Beaver as Director
1957
Perry Mason as Director
1957
Sugarfoot as Director
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Director
1956
Wire Service as Director
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie as Director
1956
Once to Every Woman as Director
1955
Celebrity Playhouse as Director
1954
Medic as Director
1952
Cavalcade of America as Director
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Director
1950
The Web as Director

Production

1954
Go Man Go as Producer
1953
It Happens Every Thursday as Producer
1952
Sally and Saint Anne as Associate Producer
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