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Jack Laird is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 8 march 1923 at Los Angeles (USA)
Jack Laird (May 8, 1923 – December 3, 1991) was an American television producer, writer, director and actor who received three Emmy nominations for writing and/or producing the TV series Ben Casey, Night Gallery and Kojak.
Laird entered the entertainment industry at a young age. One of his first appearances as a child actor was in an unbilled bit part in the 1934 film The Circus Clown. He continued to appear in unbilled bits into his late twenties, but eventually moved into writing and producing.
One of Laird's favorite actors was Leslie Nielsen with whom he made several made-for-TV movies, including 1964's See How They Run, the first feature in that genre, Code Name: Heraclitus, Dark Intruder, The Return of Charlie Chan and numerous TV episodes. Nielsen also starred in a series created by Laird, The Bold Ones: The Protectors.
Laird was evidently an admirer of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. He based at least two episodes of Night Gallery on Lovecraft's work - "Pickman's Model" (based directly on the Lovecraft story of the same title Pickman's Model) and "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture". The dialogue of the 1965 horror movie Dark Intruder, produced by Laird, includes some references to alien beings invented by Lovecraft, tying the film to Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. In an early scene where Brett Kingsford meets with the police commissioner, opines that "gods older than the human race...deities like Dagon and Azathoth still have worshippers." He was an avid film collector and jazz fan.
Laird died of cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 68. His final resting place in Hollywood Forever Cemetery is in the "Garden of Legends" (formerly Section 8), Lot 266. His grave is next to the cenotaph of actress Jayne Mansfield.
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Nationality USA
Birth 8 march 1923 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 3 december 1991 (at 68 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 8 march 1923 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 3 december 1991 (at 68 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Laird entered the entertainment industry at a young age. One of his first appearances as a child actor was in an unbilled bit part in the 1934 film The Circus Clown. He continued to appear in unbilled bits into his late twenties, but eventually moved into writing and producing.
One of Laird's favorite actors was Leslie Nielsen with whom he made several made-for-TV movies, including 1964's See How They Run, the first feature in that genre, Code Name: Heraclitus, Dark Intruder, The Return of Charlie Chan and numerous TV episodes. Nielsen also starred in a series created by Laird, The Bold Ones: The Protectors.
Laird was evidently an admirer of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. He based at least two episodes of Night Gallery on Lovecraft's work - "Pickman's Model" (based directly on the Lovecraft story of the same title Pickman's Model) and "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture". The dialogue of the 1965 horror movie Dark Intruder, produced by Laird, includes some references to alien beings invented by Lovecraft, tying the film to Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. In an early scene where Brett Kingsford meets with the police commissioner, opines that "gods older than the human race...deities like Dagon and Azathoth still have worshippers." He was an avid film collector and jazz fan.
Laird died of cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 68. His final resting place in Hollywood Forever Cemetery is in the "Garden of Legends" (formerly Section 8), Lot 266. His grave is next to the cenotaph of actress Jayne Mansfield.
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Amanda Fallon (1973)
, 1hDirected by Jack Laird, Frank Pierson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Jane Wyman, Leslie Nielsen, Pat O'Brien
Rating54%
A family doctor Jane Wyman tries to help a pregnant teen.
Scriptwriter
The Hanged Man (1964)
, 1h27Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Robert Culp, Edmond O'Brien, Vera Miles, Norman Fell, Seymour Cassel, Gene Raymond
Rating60%
À la Nouvelle-Orléans, en plein carnaval, un homme recherche le meurtrier de son ami.
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Amanda Fallon (1973)
, 1hDirected by Jack Laird, Frank Pierson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Jane Wyman, Leslie Nielsen, Pat O'Brien
Roles Producer
Rating54%
A family doctor Jane Wyman tries to help a pregnant teen.
The Return of Charlie Chan (1973)
, 1h31Directed by Leslie H. Martinson, Daryl Duke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Ross Martin, Leslie Nielsen, Louise Sorel, Kathleen Widdoes, Don Gordon, Richard Haydn
Roles Producer
Rating57%
Code Name: Heraclitus (1967)
, 1h28Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Stanley Baker, Leslie Nielsen, Jack Weston, Sheree North, Kurt Kasznar, Signe Hasso
Roles Producer
Rating70%
Stanley Baker stars as a British spy who investigates the past of Lydia Constantine (Signe Hasso), the widow of secret agent Constantine (Kurt Kasznar). Lydia is suspected of selling cold war secrets to the Communists. To ascertain the truth, it is necessary to "rebuild" agent Constantine and send his living counterpart behind the Iron Curtain.
Dark Intruder (1965)
, 59minutesDirected by Harvey Hart, Harvey Hart
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Leslie Nielsen, Peter Mark Richman, Judi Meredith, Gilbert Green, Werner Klemperer, Mike Ragan
Roles Producer
Rating62%
The film opens, after the murder of a woman in dark alley by a mysterious caped figure, on a scene between Kingsford and his fiance Eveleyn Lang (Meredith). Kingsford is an expert on the supernatural and along with his dwarf assistant Nikola (Charles Boldender) he is called in by police to uncover the scheme of a Sumerian demon to return to earth and take over a human body. A series of murders of women (similar to those committed in 1888 London by Jack the Ripper has taken place in San Francisco; in the San Francisco killings, however, a series of statuettes carved of ivory and depicting a repulsive reptilian head is left beside each body. In each statue found at a victim’s feet, the demon in the little figurines emerges from the back of a man, budding out farther with each crime. It as though with each killing, the demon is freeing itself from its host a little bit more. There also seem to be connections between the various four victims.
See How They Run (1964)
, 1h40Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors John Forsythe, Senta Berger, Jane Wyatt, Pamela Franklin, Franchot Tone, Leslie Nielsen
Roles Producer
Rating80%
Three orphans head for the US, unknowingly carrying important evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which has just murdered their father. The cartel is desperate to retrieve the evidence.