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Title: Lee Philips scripts,
Date (inclusive): 1967-1974, 1977
Collection number: 307
Creator: Philips, Lee, 1927-
Extent: 6 boxes (2.75 linear feet)
Abstract: Lee Philips was a prolific television director. The bulk of the collection includes scripts for a variety of television shows
produced during the late 1960s through the mid 1970s. Included are scripts for the
Andy Griffith Show,
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and
The Doris Day Show, among others.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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[Identification of item], Lee Philips scripts (Collection 307). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Lee Philips was born January 10, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career as an actor before starting his long career
as a television director in the late 1950s. Early in his acting career he appeared on the Philco Television Playhouse production
of
Marty in 1948. He would go on to make other television appearances in shows such as
Alfred Hitchcock Presents,
I Spy,
Perry Mason,
The Twilight Zone and
The Untouchables. Philips also had feature appearances in the motion pictures
Peyton Place (1957) and
Tess of the Storm (1960). His stage credits include the Broadway production of
Middle of the Night in the mid-1950s.
It is reported he started his directing career with an episode of
The Donna Reed Show in 1958. Among his many directorial credits are:
The Andy Griffith Show,
The Dick Van Dyke Show,
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,
Kung Fu,
M*A*S*H,
The Partridge Family and
The Waltons, among others. Philips also directed a number of television movies and miniseries including
Crazy Times,
Getting Away From It All, James Michener's
Dynasty,
Mae West,
Silent Motive and
The War Between the Tates. His final directorial project was an episode for
Diagnosis Murder in 1993. Philips died on March 3, 1999 in Brentwood, CA.
The collection consists of scripts related to the career of Lee Philips, specifically associated to his television directing.
The bulk of the collection includes scripts representing 24 episodic television programs produced during the late 1960s and
early 1970s. Included are scripts from
The Andy Griffith Show,
The Doris Day Show,
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,
The New Dick Van Dyke Show,
Peyton Place,
Room 222 and
The Waltons, among others. Notably absent from the collection are scripts from
The Donna Reed Show and
M*A*S*H. Additionally, there are scripts for the television movies,
Comedy Company (1977) and
Getting Away from it All (1971). Also included is an incomplete script for what is believed to be the motion picture
The Adventures of Sir Galahad (ca. 1949), in which Philips' connection to the production is unknown. A number of the scripts in the collection are annotated
and some may include information regarding production.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by project title.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Philips, Lee, 1927- -- Archives.
Television producers and directors -- Archival resources.
television scripts.