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Ralph Levy (December 18, 1920 – October 15, 2001) was an American producer, film and television director. Ralph Levy was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He directed episodes of several television shows, including I Love Lucy, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Trapper John, M.D. and Hawaii Five-O. He also served as producer/director of The Ed Wynn Show, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and The Jack Benny Program. Levy's film directorial career includes Do Not Disturb starring Doris Day, and Bedtime Story starring David Niven, Shirley Jones and Marlon Brando. Levy was the director of General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein, a TV special broadcast on March 28, 1954, on all four TV networks in the US at the time. Levy won the 1960 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy for The Jack Benny Program.
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1979
Trapper John, M.D.
TV show Director
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1979
Detective School
TV show Director
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1966
The Pruitts of Southampton
TV show Director
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1965
Do Not Disturb
Movie Director
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1965
The Jack Benny Hour
Movie Director
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1965
Green Acres
TV show Director
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1964
Bedtime Story
Movie Director
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1963
Petticoat Junction
TV show Director
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1963
Vacation Playhouse
TV show Director
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1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV show Director
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1960
Jack Benny Christmas Show
Movie Director
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1954
A Christmas Carol
Movie Director
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1952
Stars in the Eye
Movie Director
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1952
Omnibus
TV show Director
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1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV show Director
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1949
The Ed Wynn Show
TV show Director