Anton Leader

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1913-12-23

Deathday 1988-07-01 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As Anton M. Leader

Anton Leader

Biography

Anton Leader (December 23, 1913 – July 1, 1988) was an American radio and television director. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 23, 1913. He directed radio dramas in New York in the 1940s and moved to Los Angeles in 1948. Subsequently, he worked as a free-lancer for Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures, among others. From the middle 1950s to the middle 1970s he directed many episodes of the popular television series of that era. Known as "Tony" to friends and colleagues, his screen credits alternated between "Tony Leader" and the more formal "Anton M. Leader." He died in Los Angeles, California, on July 1, 1988.

Known For

Director

1974
Movin' On

as Director

1971
Nichols

as Director

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Director

1967
Ironside

as Director

1966
Star Trek

as Director

1966
Tarzan

as Director

1966
The Road West

as Director

1965
Lost in Space

as Director

1965
Laredo

as Director

1965
Get Smart

as Director

1964
1964
Gilligan's Island

as Director

1964
Daniel Boone

as Director

1963
Espionage

as Director

1962
The Virginian

as Director

1962
Zero One

as Director

1961
1960
National Velvet

as Director

1960
1959
Mr. Lucky

as Director

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Director

1959
Rawhide

as Director

1959
Bold Venture

as Director

1958
Sea Hunt

as Director

1958
Lawman

as Director

1957
Perry Mason

as Director

1957
Leave It to Beaver

as Director

1957
Sugarfoot

as Director

1956
1956
Wire Service

as Director

1955
1954
Medic

as Director

1952
1950
The Web

as Director

Producer

1954
Go Man Go

as Producer

1952
Sally and Saint Anne

as Associate Producer