Leo Penn
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
(written from a Production point of view)
Leo Penn (born 27 August 1921 in Lawrence, MA; died 5 September 1998 in Los Angeles, California) directed TOS: "The Enemy Within". Because he ran a day over during filming, and thus ran overbudget, he was not invited back to direct more episodes.
Outside Star Trek, Penn helmed well over 400 primetime hours on a wide variety of series, ranging from Star Trek to I Spy to Diagnosis Murder. In 1973, he received an Emmy for directing a two-hour episode of Columbo titled "Any Port in a Storm". Before becoming a director, he acted on stage and in a few feature films, beginning with Shame (1945). His film career had just begun when Penn was blacklisted after attending a pro-union meeting with other actors. He also acted in dozens of TV shows.
He is the father of actor Sean Penn, musician Michael Penn, and the late actor Chris Penn. Both he and Chris appeared with William Shatner in North Beach and Rawhide, a 1975 telemovie which also featured Nicholas Guest.
[edit] External Links
- Leo Penn at the Internet Movie Database
