Search results
Robert Sparr (September 10, 1915 – August 28, 1969) was an American screenwriter, television director, and film director. He died as a result of a plane crash in Colorado while scouting filming locations for the 1970 film Barquero with fellow Star Trek crew member, cameraman Gerald Finnerman.
Robert Sparr (1915-1969) was a director and editor who worked on Star Trek (1966) and other TV shows. He died in a plane crash while scouting locations with a cameraman in 1969.
- Director, Editor, Editorial Department
- September 10, 1915
- Robert Sparr
- August 28, 1969
Robert Sparr. Director: Star Trek. Robert Sparr was born on 10 September 1915 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Star Trek (1966), A Swingin' Summer (1965) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). He died on 28 August 1969 in Penrose, Colorado, USA.
- September 10, 1915
- August 28, 1969
- Overview
- External links
Robert Sparr (10 September 1915 – 28 August 1969; age 53) was a director for American television whose credits include the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Shore Leave". He started out as an editor before becoming a director. He directed episodes of many other television shows throughout the 1950s and 1960s in addition to Star Trek, including Lawman, Cheyenne, 77 Sunset Strip, Bonanza, The Wild Wild West, Batman, Lassie, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Sparr directed Star Trek star DeForest Kelley in a 1960 episode of Lawman entitled "The Thimblerigger". Other Star Trek actors Sparr directed on this series include John Anderson, Paul Comi, Richard Evans, Joel Grey, Richard Hale, John Hoyt, Ken Lynch, Joan Marshall, Joseph Ruskin, William Schallert, Warren Stevens, Kenneth Tobey, and Ian Wolfe.
Sparr directed several of his guest actors from "Shore Leave" in other shows. He directed both Oliver McGowan and Perry Lopez in the 1965 episode of The Wild Wild West entitled "The Night of the Feathered Fury" (along with George Murdock). He also worked with these two actors individually, directing McGowan in an episode Cheyenne and an episode of 77 Sunset Strip and directing Lopez in an episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He also directed Bruce Mars, another "Shore Leave" guest star, in a different episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
The two 1967 episodes of Batman which Sparr directed featured Julie Newmar in her famous role as Catwoman and Stanley Adams as Captain Courageous. Sparr previously directed Adams in an episode of The Gallant Men. Some of the other Star Trek actors Sparr has worked with over the years include Lee Bergere (on Perry Mason), Anthony Caruso (on The Roaring 20's and The Wild Wild West), Henry Darrow (on The High Chapparal), Michael Dunn and Paul Fix (in the same episode of The Wild Wild West with Anthony Caruso), Roy Jenson (on The Wild Wild West), Jon Lormer and Bill Zuckert (in an episode of The Wild Wild West), Dick Miller (on The Roaring 20's), Julie Newmar (on Batman), Susan Oliver and Bill Quinn (in an episode of 77 Sunset Strip with George Murdock), Leslie Parrish and William Windom (in an episode of The Wild Wild West), Charles Seel (on Bronco), George D. Wallace (on 77 Sunset Strip), Richard Webb (on Cheyenne), and Grace Lee Whitney (on The Roaring 20's).
In addition to his television work, Sparr directed three feature films. His first film was the 1965 musical comedy A Swingin' Summer, which he also co-wrote and which featured Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actor William Wellman Jr. Sparr then directed the 1968 western More Dead Than Alive, featuring George Sawaya. His last film, the 1969 thriller Once You Kiss a Stranger... (starring Whit Bissell), was released posthumously.
Sparr was killed in a plane crash in Colorado in 1969. Original Series cameraman Jerry Finnerman was seriously injured in the crash, but he survived.
•Robert Sparr at Wikipedia
•Robert Sparr at the Internet Movie Database
More Dead Than Alive: Directed by Robert Sparr. With Clint Walker, Vincent Price, Anne Francis, Paul Hampton. Released from prison after 18 years, notorious gunslinger 'Killer' Cain is a peaceful reformed man but the Old West has died and he cannot adapt to the modern West where some unpaid moral debts and old troubles resurface.
- (1.1K)
- Western
- Robert Sparr
- 1969-01-15
Mar 18, 2022 · Hitchcock’s adaptation wasn’t the only reworking of Highsmith’s novel for film—director Robert Sparr’s 1969 thriller Once You Kiss a Stranger, took liberal inspiration from Strangers on a Train,...
People also ask
How did Robert Sparr die?
Who is Dr Michael Sparr?
Who is Robert Parr?
What is Sparr and why is it important?
Robert Sparr is a director and writer who worked on Star Trek, Batman, Perry Mason, and other shows. He also wrote and directed A Swingin' Summer and Once You Kiss a Stranger.
