Anton Leader
- Directing
- December 23, 1913 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- July 1, 1988
Biography
Anton Leader (December 23, 1913 – July 1, 1988) was an American radio and television director. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 23, 1913. He directed radio dramas in New York in the 1940s and moved to Los Angeles in 1948. Subsequently, he worked as a free-lancer for Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures, among others. From the middle 1950s to the middle 1970s he directed many episodes of the popular television series of that era. Known as "Tony" to friends and colleagues, his screen credits alternated between "Tony Leader" and the more formal "Anton M. Leader." He died in Los Angeles, California, on July 1, 1988.
Known for
Filmography
- Movin' On · Director
- Nichols · Director
- The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County · Director
- Hawaii Five-O · Director
- Ironside · Director
- The Road West · Director
- Star Trek · Director
- Tarzan · Director
- Get Smart · Director
- Laredo · Director
- Lost in Space · Director
- The Legend of Jesse James · Director
- Gilligan's Island · Director
- Daniel Boone · Director
- Children of the Damned · Director
- Espionage · Director
- Zero One · Director
- The Virginian · Director
- Father of the Bride · Director
- The Brothers Brannagan · Director
- National Velvet · Director
- Mr. Lucky · Director
- The Twilight Zone · Director
- Rawhide · Director
- Bold Venture · Director
- Lawman · Director
- Sea Hunt · Director
- Leave It to Beaver · Director
- Perry Mason · Director
- Sugarfoot · Director
- Confession · Director
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · Director
- Wire Service · Director
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie · Director
- Once to Every Woman · Director
- Celebrity Playhouse · Director
- Medic · Director
- Go Man Go · Producer
- It Happens Every Thursday · Producer
- Cavalcade of America · Director
- Sally and Saint Anne · Associate Producer
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Director
- The Web · Director