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.

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.

6 boxes (2.75 linear feet)

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