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name: "Russ Mayberry"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "22 December 1925"
died: "27 July 2012"
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average_fi1m_score: 81
updated: "2026-09-16T19:58:05.034465+00:00"
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# Russ Mayberry

Director. Born 22 December 1925 in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.. Died 27 July 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 22 December 1925, Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
- **Died:** 27 July 2012
- **Active:** 1973–1984
- **Also known as:** Russell Bradley Mayberry
- **Works often with:** Charles Sailor, Charles S. Dubin, David Taylor, Donald L. Gold, Eric Kaldor, Fred Baratta

## Biography

Russ Mayberry was an American television director. Born Russell Bradley Mayberry on 22 December 1925 in Duluth, Minnesota, he served as a naval aviator during the Second World War before studying at Northwestern University. He began his career in television in 1947 as a stagehand in Chicago and later directed episodes of numerous series.

Mayberry's credits include episodes of *The Monkees*, *Bewitched*, *I Dream of Jeannie*, *The Brady Bunch*, *Kojak* (1973–1978), *The Rockford Files* (1974–1977), *Miami Vice*, *Star Trek: The Next Generation* and *Matlock*. He also directed television films and the feature *Unidentified Flying Oddball* (1979). His final credit was an episode of *Pointman* in 1995. He died on 27 July 2012 in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Director
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), Director
- *Bewitched* (1964), Director
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), Director
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Director
- *The Fall Guy* (1981), Director
- *The Brady Bunch* (1969), Director
- *Matlock* (1986), Director

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