Robert Sparr
American screenwriter, television director and film director

Robert Sparr

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American screenwriter, television director and film director
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
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Film editorFilm directorScreenwriter
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
10 September 1915(United States of America)
Death:
28 August 1969(Colorado, U.S.A.)
Star sign:
Virgo
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Robert Sparr (September 10, 1915 – August 28, 1969) was an American screenwriter, television director and film director. He died in a plane crash in Colorado while scouting filming locations with fellow Star Trek crew member, cameraman Gerald Finnerman. The pilot was also killed but Finnerman survived. The plane crash prompted a drawn-out legal battle involving Sparr's son for a wrongful death suit, which went to the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Selected filmography as a director

  • Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969)
  • The Outcasts (1969)
  • More Dead Than Alive (1968)
  • Lassie (1967–1968)
  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1967–1968)
  • The Rat Patrol (1967)
  • The High Chaparral (1967)
  • Batman (1967)
  • The Wild Wild West (1966–1967)
  • Star Trek (1966)
  • Perry Mason
  • A Swingin' Summer (1965)
  • 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1963)
  • The Gallant Men (1963)
  • Cheyenne (1960–1962)
  • Surfside 6 (1962)
  • Bronco (1960–1962)
  • Bonanza (1961)
  • The Roaring 20's (1961)
  • Hawaiian Eye (1961)
  • Lawman (1959–1960)
  • The Alaskans (1959)