Known for Camera
Born
August 3, 1913
Died
December 7, 1988 (age 75)
Birthplace
Kellogg, Idaho, USA
Filmography
19 films, 2 shows


The Bad Seed
1985 · 1h 40m · US
Rachel is a 9-year-old girl who is perfection itself - unless she's crossed or challenged. Several disturbing recent incidents have led Rachel's mother Christine to suspect that her child is a latent murderess. Upon discovering that she herself is the daughter of a convicted killer, Christine becomes convinced that sweet little Rachel is a "bad seed" - an inherent killer who feels no remorse because she doesn't know any better.


No Man's Land
1984 · 2h · US
Sheriff Stella Stevens uses her wiles and the help of her three resourceful daughters -- one by each of her previous husbands -- to rope in a notorious desperado and a band of foreign revolutionaries in this light-hearted Western.


Little House: The Last Farewell
1984 · US
While Charles and Caroline are visiting Walnut Grove, the townspeople learn that a land development tycoon has acquired title to all the land in Hero Township. They are inspired by Laura to vent their anger at this injustice.


Sparkling Cyanide
1983 · 1h 40m
The beautiful but unfaithful wife of a successful lawyer meets her untimely end at their anniversary dinner. After a suicide note is found soon after her death, it seems more likely that she was murdered, as all the dinner guests had good reason to want her dead.


A Caribbean Mystery
1983 · 1h 36m · US
While Miss Marple is on vacation in a luxurious Caribbean resort, a fellow guest confides he has evidence that another resident of the hotel is an unscrupulous serial murderer but is poisoned before he can reveal his identity to her.


Splendor in the Grass
1981 · 1h 40m · US
Two teenagers, in love in pre-Depression Kansas, cope with parental pressure and the strict sexual mores of the day.


The Diary of Anne Frank
1980 · 1h 49m · US
The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.


The Miracle Worker
1979 · 1h 38m · US
The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed off from the world, Helen cannot communicate with anyone, nor anyone with her. Often frustrated and desperate, Helen flies into uncontrollable rages and tantrums that terrify her hopeless family. The gifted teacher Annie Sullivan is summoned by the family to help the girl understand the world from which she is isolated, freeing Helen Keller from her internal prison forever. Television remake of the 1962 film which also starred Patty Duke in the role of Helen Keller.


Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
1978 · 1h 30m · US
This lighthearted Western was an unsuccessful series pilot in which two sisters -- a gun-toting tomboy and a beauty with an engaging smile -- team up to track down a pair of train robbers, suspects in the shooting of their father.


Killing Stone
1978 · 1h 40m · US
Returning from prison after serving ten years on trumped-up charges, a freelance writer tries to uncover the truth behind a homicide involving the son of a U.S. senator in this pilot for a prospective series.


The Loneliest Runner
1976 · 1h 14m · US
A young boy who still wets the bed finds escapism from his abusive mother and his own embarrassment by going running after school.


Amelia Earhart
1976 · 2h 30m · US
Biography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous publisher and her disappearance during a flight in 1937.


Little House on the Prairie
1974 · 1h 37m · US
The story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.


It's Good to Be Alive
1974 · 1h 40m · US
This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile accident in 1959. Cinematographer Ted Voigtlander was Emmy-nominated.


Key West
1973 · 1h 40m
A former CIA agent and his friend, operating a charter boat service in Florida, find themselves the target of an eccentric millionaire with a score to settle.


Night of the Lepus
1972 · 1h 28m · US
Rancher Cole Hillman is fed up of rabbits plaguing his fields. Zoologist Roy Bennett conducts an experiment to curb their population, but it gives rise to giant rabbits that terrorise the town.