Gilligan&#… Editing Earl Bellamy 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AEarl-bellamy.jpg%7Cthumb%7Cright%7C375px%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Earl-bellamy.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Earl-bellamy%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22align%22%3A%22right%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%2C%22width%22%3A375%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17468308775f60a0293114e" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/9/9c/Earl-bellamy.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160106004009" width="250" height="323" class="image thumb alignRight" data-image-name="Earl-bellamy.jpg" data-image-key="Earl-bellamy.jpg" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><b>Earl Arthur Bellamy</b> was an American television and film director. He was born March 11, 1917 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Richard James Bellamy, a railroad engineer. He moved to Hollywood in 1920 with his parents and graduated from Hollywood High School in 1935, later receiving a degree from Los Angeles City College. He worked as a messenger for Columbia Studios and within four years worked his way up to second assistant director before taking time off to serve in the U.S. Navy's photographic unit during World War Two. <br data-rte-washtml="1" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->After the war, Bellamy became a TV director best known for Westerns. In addition to almost two dozen feature films, he was best known for his work on "The Lone Ranger," "Rawhide," "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" and "The Virginian." He also became involved with family-friendly TV shows, such as "Lassie," "Leave It to Beaver," "The Donna Reed Show," "Gilligan's Island" and "Get Smart," "The Monkees," "The Munsters," "The Addams Family," and "McHale's Navy" in the Sixties. He also directed a few medical dramas, such as "Marcus Welby, M.D." "Trapper John M.D." and "M*A*S*H." He also directed the TV-series, "The Monroes," "V:The Series," "Fantasy Island" and "Hart to Hart." <br data-rte-washtml="1" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->After his retirement, Bellamy and his wife moved to New Mexico. In 2002, the Motion Picture and Television Fund gave him the prestigious Golden Boot Award. On November 30, 2003, he died of a heart attack at the age of 86. A widower, he is survived by his three children, Michael, Earl Jr, and Karen Bellamy. </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Episode(s)</h2> <ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Castaways%20on%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Castaways%20on%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Castaways%20on%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17468308775f60a0293114e" href="/wiki/The_Castaways_on_Gilligan%27s_Island" title="The Castaways on Gilligan's Island">The Castaways on Gilligan's Island</a> </li></ul> <p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key gilligan:rte-parser-cache:4670 --> Loading editor Directors Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes