Leo Penn

ActorDirectorWriter Aug 27 (died age 77) Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA 1947–1995 (48 year career)

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Biography

Leonard Francis Penn (August 27, 1921 – September 5, 1998) was an American actor and director. He was the father of musician Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn.

Known For

Film

Star Trek

Director

Film

Little House on the Prairie

Director

Film

Columbo

Director

Film

Magnum, P.I.

Director

Film

Birdman of Alcatraz

Eddie Kassellis (uncredited)

Film

The Bionic Woman

Director

Film

Starsky & Hutch

Director

Film

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Director

Filmography

Acting (41)

Movies (10)

The Crossing Guard

1995

as Hank

6.0

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

as Leo

The Wild Life

as Tom's Dad

The Horse Dealers Daughter

1983

as Dr. Lloyd Sloan

Sixth and Main

1977

as Doc

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962

as Eddie Kassellis (uncredited)

7.5

The Story on Page One

as Morrie Goetz

The Undercover Man

as Sidney Gordon

Not Wanted

as Steve Ryan

Fall Guy

as Tom Cochrane

Television (31)

Diagnosis: Murder

as Leo Pepper

Jake and the Fatman

Matlock

as Father Fitzgerald

Amazing Stories

as Fred

Don't Call Me Charlie

Ben Casey

Cain's Hundred

as Larry Cram

Straightaway

The Gertrude Berg Show

The Asphalt Jungle

Harrigan and Son

The Aquanauts

as Moe

The Law and Mr. Jones

as Eddie Simms

The Untouchables

as Milton Tannenbaum

One Step Beyond

as Jed Horvath

The Detectives

New York Confidential

1959

The Veil

1958

7.6

Have Gun, Will Travel

Decoy

as Lt. Larry Hayes

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Walter Blake

6.0

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Navy Log

Dangerous Assignment

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Boston Blackie

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Sam Hodgekiss

8.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Marshall Collins

Lux Video Theatre

as Father Paul

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

as Morrow

Crew (79)

Movies (8)

Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice

Director

Judgment in Berlin

Director

Judgment in Berlin

Writer

Hellinger's Law

Director

Murder in Music City

Director

Quarantined

1970

Director

5.0

Deadlock

1967

Director

A Man Called Adam

1966

Director

6.0

Television (71)

Diagnosis: Murder

Director

Nasty Boys

Director

In the Heat of the Night

Director

Jake and the Fatman

Director

Matlock

Director

Mike Hammer

Director

Paper Dolls

Director

Hardcastle and McCormick

Director

The Mississippi

Director

Boone

Director

St. Elsewhere

Director

Fame

Director

Cagney & Lacey

Director

Remington Steele

Director

Bret Maverick

Director

Father Murphy

Director

Mr. Merlin

Director

Magnum, P.I.

Director

Hart to Hart

Director

Tales of the Unexpected

Director

Trapper John, M.D.

Director

Mrs. Columbo

Director

Eischied

Director

Little Women

Director

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

1978

Director

7.6

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

Director

The Bionic Woman

Director

Starsky & Hutch

Director

Switch

Director

Doctors' Hospital

Director

Little House on the Prairie

Director

Movin' On

Director

Lucas Tanner

Director

Kojak

Director

Police Story

Director

The Girl with Something Extra

Director

The New Perry Mason

Director

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Director

Ghost Story

Director

Columbo

Director

Cannon

Director

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Director

The Interns

Director

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Director

Room 222

Director

Hawaii Five-O

Director

The Name of the Game

Director

Lancer

Director

The Outcasts

Director

Ironside

Director

Mannix

Director

Judd for the Defense

Director

Dundee and the Culhane

Director

Custer

Director

Star Trek

Director

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Director

Blue Light

Director

Lost in Space

Director

I Spy

Director

Laredo

Director

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Director

The Fugitive

Director

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

Director

5.7

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Director

The Virginian

Director

The Eleventh Hour

Director

Dr. Kildare

Director

Ben Casey

Director

77 Sunset Strip

Director

Gunsmoke

Director

Studio One

Writer