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In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Arthur Hiller (1923-2016) speaks about his extensive career as a director of theater, film, and television. He describes his early years in television working at the...

In his five-hour interview, Roy Huggins (1914-2002) talks about his early years as a novelist and member of the Communist Party. He recalls getting into screenwriting at Columbia Pictures with...

In his three-hour interview, Phil Roman reminisces about his early interest in art, and his studies in art school before and after World War II. He talks about his first...

In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, William Link (1933-2020) talks about his early years, and coming to television with his writing partner Richard Levinson at the tail end of the era of...

In his three-hour interview, Art Linkletter (1912-2010) discusses his early years in radio and his business partnership with John Guedel, which resulted in many popular programs including Groucho Marx's You...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Noel Taylor (1913-2010) talks about his early experiences in the theater as an actor and writer before turning his talents to costume designing. He discusses his...

In his two-hour-and-forty-five-minute interview, Richard Coogan (1914-2014) discusses discovering his love of performing at an early age, doing stage plays with his high school friend. He talks about his days...

In his over three-hour interview, Jeffrey Tambor talks about his extensive dramatic training in college and under the tutelage of Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. He recalls appearing...

In her two-hour interview, Judge Judith Sheindlin discusses in detail her transition from being a New York Family Court judge (where she was known as "America's toughest judge") to becoming...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, David Gerber (1923-2010) talks about his start in television working as a television supervisor and as a packager at Famous Artists Agency. He describes becoming familiar...

In her three-hour interview, Jayne Meadows (1919-2015) talks about her early years growing up in China where her parents were missionaries. She speaks about her move to the United States...

In his three-hour interview, Sid Sheinberg (1935-2019) talks about his early life and his years in law school. He describes going to work for Revue Productions, the then-television production arm...

In the one-and-a-half-hour solo portion of her interview, Esther Shapiro describes her early influences and talks about her start in freelance writing. She discusses her work as an executive story...

In his three-hour-plus interview, Louis J. Horvitz speaks about his schooling at the University of California (UCLA) and developing his interest in the arts. He describes his eye for pictorial...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Herbert F. Solow (1930-2020) discusses his start in the business in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency and his move to NBC where he became...

In his three-hour interview, Bruce Vilanch talks about growing up in New Jersey and realizing early on in life that he could make people laugh. He discusses attending Ohio State...

In these selections from his interview, Harlan Ellison (1934-2018) recalls some of his earliest television assignments. He discusses writing for Ripcord, The Twilight Zone, and The Flying Nun, and talks...

On his approach to The X-Files, John Bartley says: "They thought it was crazy to go that dark, to get things down that far. Sometimes it's a little nail-biting and...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Adam West (1928-2017) talks about his early years in television, when he was under contract with Warner Bros. and appeared on many episodes of the studio's...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Edgar J. Scherick (1924-2002) speaks of his early years and education, getting drafted into the Air Corps as a meteorologist during World War II, and getting...