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name: "John Meredyth Lucas"
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roles: ["Director","Producer","Writer"]
born: "1 May 1919"
died: "19 October 2002"
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# John Meredyth Lucas

Director and producer. Born 1 May 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 19 October 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer, Writer
- **Born:** 1 May 1919, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 19 October 2002
- **Active:** 1963–1973
- **Works often with:** Joseph Sargent, Leo Penn, Oliver Crawford, Alex March, Barry Trivers, Bill Brame

## Biography

John Meredyth Lucas (1919–2002) was an American writer, director and producer who worked primarily in television. The son of screenwriter Bess Meredyth and actor-director Wilfred Lucas, and the adopted son of director Michael Curtiz, he began his career as an apprentice script clerk at Warner Bros. before becoming a screenwriter in 1950 and moving into television in 1953.

He is best known for his contributions to *Star Trek* (1966), where he wrote four episodes including "The Changeling" (1967) and "Patterns of Force" (1968), directed three including "The Ultimate Computer" (1968) and "Elaan of Troyius" (1968) — the only episode of the original series directed by its writer — and served as producer for much of the second season. He was also co-producer on *The Fugitive* (1963) and worked as writer, director or producer on series including *Ben Casey*, *Mannix*, *Insight*, *Night Gallery* and *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974). He received two Emmy Award nominations for his work on *Insight*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, memory-alpha.fandom.com, latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Director, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, Director, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Director, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Also known for

- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Writer, Director, Teleplay
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Director
- *Zorro* (1957), Writer, Director
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), Writer
- *Night Gallery* (1970), Director
- *Planet of the Apes* (1974), Director
- *The Invaders* (1967), Director
- *The Sign of Zorro* (1958), Screenplay

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