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name: "Arnold Laven"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/arnold-laven"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "23 February 1922"
died: "13 September 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:51:05.010064+00:00"
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# Arnold Laven

Director. Born 23 February 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 13 September 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 23 February 1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 13 September 2009

## Biography

Arnold Laven (1922–2009) was an American film and television director and producer. He co-founded the production company Levy-Gardner-Laven in 1951 with Jules V. Levy and Arthur Gardner, after the three met while serving in the First Motion Picture Unit during the Second World War.

Laven produced the long-running western series *The Rifleman* (1958–1963) and *The Big Valley* (1965–1969). He directed feature films including *Without Warning!* (1952), *The Rack* (1956), *The Monster That Challenged the World* (1957), *Geronimo* (1962) and *Sam Whiskey* (1969). In the 1970s and 1980s he directed dozens of television episodes, among them two of *The Rockford Files* (1974), as well as episodes of *Mannix*, *The Six Million Dollar Man*, *CHiPs*, *Hill Street Blues* and *The A-Team*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, latimes.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)

## Also known for

- *The A-Team* (1983), Director
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Director
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Director
- *D.O.A.* (1949), Script Supervisor
- *CHiPs* (1977), Director
- *Planet of the Apes* (1974), Director
- *Hunter* (1984), Director
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), Director

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