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In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Walter E. Grauman (1922-2015) describes how he began his career in the television industry, as a co-producer (with Alan A. Armer) of the talent-search series Lights...

In his three-hour interview, Heino Ripp (1925–2009) recalls his earliest days at NBC in the NBC Development Group, working alongside engineers who were creating the modern television system. He discusses...

In her three-hour interview, Leslie Hoffman speaks about her training at Paul Stader's gym in the 1970s, which launched her into her first job as a stuntwoman on the feature...

In her two-hour interview, actress Helen Wagner (1918-2010) describes breaking into acting on the New York stage and in experimental television. She talks about her appearance as a regular on...

In his nearly two-hour interview, Bob Claver (1928-2017) talks about breaking into television in Chicago and his move to New York, where he worked as a writer on various children's...

In the half-hour solo portion of his interview, Sid Krofft talks about his childhood and his early interest in puppets. He discusses getting involved in puppetry and touring with the...

In his four-hour interview, Earl Hamner, Jr. (1923-2016) talks briefly about his earliest writing credits, for shows such as Today; Wide, Wide World; and The United States Steel Hour. Next...

In this selection from his interview, Soupy Sales (1926-2009) talks about how he got his nickname. He recalls how he got the idea for his pie-in-the-face gag. He notes the...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Paul Shaffer talks about growing up in Canada, attending the University of Toronto, and becoming the music director for the Toronto production of Godspell. He reveals...

In her three-and-a-half-hour interview, Lee Grant discusses her long and distinguished career in stage, television, and film. She describes her breakthrough role in the stage and film versions of Detective...

In his five-and-a-half-hour interview, Tony Charmoli (1921-2020) speaks about choreographing television shows including Your Hit Parade, Alice in Wonderland, NBC Comedy Hour, The Dinah Shore Show, and T he Danny...

In his three-and-half-hour interview, Gene LeBell (1932-2022) talks about his childhood interest in judo and boxing that eventually led to his career as a stuntman in movies and television. He...

In his over two-hour interview, David Canary (1938-2015) speaks in great detail about the daytime soap opera All My Children and the dual role for which he is most well-known...

In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Maria Riva speaks of the power of television, made apparent to her when she and her mother, famed screen star Marlene Dietrich, were once approached by...

In his two-hour interview, Dick Berg (1922-2009) speaks about his early interest in athletics, dramatics and music (as a member of a three-piece jazz band). He relates his arrival in...

In his four-hour interview, Garry Simpson (1914-2011) discusses directing live demonstrations of early television technology around the country in the 1940s. He talks about directing some of the first televised...

In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Lamont Johnson (1922-2010) describes his work as an actor in network radio, which led to a career as an actor in television on series including Hallmark...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Richard Chamberlain (1934-2025) talks about his life-long interest in acting. He discusses his first television role, on Gunsmoke, and describes at length his experience on Dr...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Max Schindler (1930-2022) talks about his early years as a cameraman/production manager in 1950's local television. He describes his foray into network television in the 1960s...

In his three-hour interview, Abby Mann (1927-2008) discusses writing the teleplays "A Child Is Waiting," for Studio One and "Judgement at Nuremberg," for Playhouse 90. He also talks about the...