Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-08-27

Deathday

1998-09-05 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Leo Penn

Biography

Leonard Francis Penn (August 27, 1921 – September 5, 1998) was an American actor and director. He was the father of musician Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn.

Known For

7.5%

Birdman of Alcatraz

Jul 4, 1962

6.0%

The Crossing Guard

Jan 26, 1995

7.4%

Amazing Stories

Sep 29, 1985

7.1%

Matlock

Mar 3, 1986

7.1%

Diagnosis: Murder

Oct 29, 1993

6.2%

The Wild Life

Sep 28, 1984

6.0%

Jake and the Fatman

Sep 26, 1987

7.4%

Have Gun, Will Travel

Sep 14, 1957

6.2%

The Undercover Man

Mar 21, 1949

6.8%

Not Wanted

Jun 24, 1949

6.6%

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Sep 6, 1955

5.6%

Ben Casey

Oct 2, 1961

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Acting

1995

The Crossing Guard as Hank

1993

Diagnosis: Murder as Leo Pepper

1987

Jake and the Fatman

1986		The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Leo
1986		Matlock

1985

Amazing Stories as Fred

1984

The Wild Life as Tom's Dad

1977

Sixth and Main as Doc

1962		Don't Call Me Charlie
1962		Birdman of Alcatraz as Eddie Kassellis (uncredited)

1961		Straightaway
1961		The Gertrude Berg Show
1961		Ben Casey
1961		Cain's Hundred as Larry Cram
1961		The Asphalt Jungle

1960		Harrigan and Son
1960		The Law and Mr. Jones as Eddie Simms
1960		The Aquanauts as Moe

1959		The Story on Page One as Morrie Goetz
1959		The Detectives
1959		One Step Beyond as Jed Horvath
1959		New York Confidential

1958

The Veil

1957		Decoy as Lt. Larry Hayes
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Walter Blake

1955		Navy Log
1955		The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1952

Dangerous Assignment

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sam Hodgekiss
1951		The Adventures of Boston Blackie
1951		The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1950		Lux Video Theatre as Father Paul
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents as Marshall Collins

1949		Not Wanted as Steve Ryan
1949		The Undercover Man as Sidney Gordon

1948		Studio One as Morrow
1948		Studio One as Peter
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse

1947

Fall Guy as Tom Cochrane

Directing

1993

Diagnosis: Murder as Director

1990

Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice as Director

1989

Nasty Boys as Director

1988		Judgment in Berlin as Director
1988		In the Heat of the Night as Director

1987

Jake and the Fatman as Director

1986

Matlock as Director

1984		Paper Dolls as Director
1984		Mike Hammer as Director

1983		Boone as Director
1983		Hardcastle and McCormick as Director
1983		The Mississippi as Director

1982		St. Elsewhere as Director
1982		Remington Steele as Director
1982		Cagney & Lacey as Director
1982		Fame as Director

1981		Bret Maverick as Director
1981		Father Murphy as Director
1981		Mr. Merlin as Director
1981		Hellinger's Law as Director

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Director

1979		Trapper John, M.D. as Director
1979		Hart to Hart as Director
1979		Eischied as Director
1979		Tales of the Unexpected as Director
1979		Mrs. Columbo as Director
1979		Murder in Music City as Director

1978		Little Women as Director
1978		The Dark Secret of Harvest Home as Director

1977

What Really Happened to the Class of '65? as Director

1976

The Bionic Woman as Director

1975		Doctors' Hospital as Director
1975		Starsky & Hutch as Director
1975		Switch as Director

1974		Movin' On as Director
1974		Little House on the Prairie as Director
1974		Lucas Tanner as Director

1973		Kojak as Director
1973		Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice as Director
1973		The New Perry Mason as Director
1973		The Girl with Something Extra as Director
1973		Police Story as Director

1972

Ghost Story as Director

1971		Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Director
1971		Columbo as Director
1971		Cannon as Director

1970		The Interns as Director
1970		Quarantined as Director

1969		Marcus Welby, M.D. as Director
1969		Room 222 as Director

1968		Lancer as Director
1968		The Outcasts as Director
1968		Hawaii Five-O as Director
1968		The Name of the Game as Director

1967		Mannix as Director
1967		Judd for the Defense as Director
1967		Dundee and the Culhane as Director
1967		Custer as Director
1967		Deadlock as Director
1967		Ironside as Director

1966		The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Director
1966		Star Trek as Director
1966		A Man Called Adam as Director
1966		Blue Light as Director

1965		Laredo as Director
1965		Lost in Space as Director
1965		I Spy as Director

1964

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Director

1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Director
1963		The Fugitive as Director

1962		The Eleventh Hour as Director
1962		The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Director
1962		The Virginian as Director

1961		Ben Casey as Director
1961		Dr. Kildare as Director

1958

77 Sunset Strip as Director

1955

Gunsmoke as Director

Writing

1988

Judgment in Berlin as Writer

1948

Studio One as Writer