Peter Baldwin

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Peter Baldwin

Born January 11, 1931 · Winnetka, Illinois, United States

Died November 19, 2017 · aged 86

Peter Baldwin (1931–2017) was an American director, producer, actor, and screenwriter for television. Baldwin started his career as a contract player at Paramount Studios and eventually became a television director with an extensive résumé. As well as directing every episode of The Brady Bunch, he also directed a few episodes of The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1971. He won an Emmy in 1988 for …

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The Tin StarThe Tin Star · 1957
The Tin Star
★ 7.01957
MovieWestern
An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
Stalag 17Stalag 17 · 1953
Stalag 17
★ 7.71953
MovieComedyDrama
After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.
The Mattei AffairThe Mattei Affair · 1972
The Mattei Affair
★ 7.51972
MovieDramaHistory
Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.G.I.P., and ultimately as the head of ENI, a state body formed for the development of oil resources. On October 27, 1962, he died when his private airplane crashed during a flight to Milan. Officially, it is declared an accident, but many journalists explore other plausible reasons for Mattei's untimely death.
Teacher's PetTeacher's Pet · 1958
Teacher's Pet
★ 6.81958
MovieComedyRomance
The rugged editor of a city newspaper poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.
The TrapThe Trap · 1959
The Trap
★ 6.91959
MovieCrimeThriller
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...
The Turning PointThe Turning Point · 1952
The Turning Point
★ 6.31952
MovieCrimeDrama
Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand Matt's reluctance, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship with John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.
I Married a Monster from Outer SpaceI Married a Monster from Outer Space · 1958
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
★ 6.01958
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople.
Meet Wally SparksMeet Wally Sparks · 1997
Meet Wally Sparks
★ 4.71997
MovieComedy
Wally Sparks is a tabloid TV show reporter who's trying to boost ratings on his show. He goes to the governor's mansion to uncover a sex scandal.

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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. · 1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
★ 7.11964
SeriesComedyFamily
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also produced the show with Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. Filmed and set in California, it stars Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, a naive but good-natured gas-station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the United States Marine Corps. Frank Sutton plays Gomer's high-octane, short-fused Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell plays Gomer's friend Gilbert "Duke" Slater. Allan Melvin played in the recurring role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter's rival, Sergeant Charley Hacker. The series never discussed nor addressed the then-current Vietnam War, instead focusing on the relationship between Gomer and Sergeant Carter. The show retained high ratings throughout its run.

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