Leslie H. Martinson

In his five-hour-plus interview, Leslie H. Martinson (1915-2016) speaks about growing up in and around Boston, until his World War II service led him to Los Angeles. He talks at length about getting a job at MGM Studios and his early script supervisor credits, which then led him to start his television directing career, first under contract at Warner Bros. and then as a freelance director. He describes working with Roy Huggins and William T. Orr (at Warner Bros.), and on many shows including The Roy Rogers Show, Maverick, Tales of Wells Fargo, 77 Sunset Strip, Cheyenne, Bronco, The Frontier World of Doc Holliday, and Bourbon Street Beat. Martinson outlines directing episodes of the television series Batman (as well as the feature film of the same name). Other television work includes Ironside, The Brady Bunch, Mission: Impossible, Alias Smith and Jones, Mannix, Wonder Woman, and Small Wonder. Bill Freiberger conducted the interview on March 6, 2003 in Beverly Hills, CA.