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- Birth nameHerbert Leslie Martinson
- Nickname
- Les
- Leslie H. Martinson was born on January 16, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for Batman: The Movie (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Hot Rod Girl (1956). He was married to Connie Martinson. He died on September 3, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseConnie Martinson(September 24, 1955 - September 3, 2016) (his death, 1 child)
- Decided to stay in Hollywood after a sojourn in California and began his film career in the mailroom at MGM (according to his own website, because MGM needed a softball catcher for their team). Before long, he worked his way up to script supervisor. He left the studio in 1951 because he wanted to direct and television provided the best opportunities.
- Prolific television director who started out as a columnist for "The Boston Evening Transcript".
- In a 2003 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, he stated that he was forced to take on a small role of an executive in The Cincinnati Kids (1973) when an actor didn't show up. It was the only time he acted onscreen.
- He began directing TV western series in the early 1950s.
- He was a newspaper journalist before accepting a long-term job as an MGM script clerk in 1936.
- If you want to be a director you can start before you're anywhere near a set. Every time you watch the television show, you're learning your craft. You don't watch a show for entertainment, you watch to study.
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