TVSquad

A roundup of TV people from in front of the camera and behind the scenes who have passed away.

• Nancy Littlefield: Littlefield was not only the director of New York's Film Office, overseeing the filming of several movies including Fame, Kramer vs. Kramer, and All That Jazz, she was also one of the first women in the Director's Guild of America, having helmed episodes of The Defenders and The Naked City. She died of cancer in Florida at age 77.

Stuart Rosenberg is probably best known for directing big screen movies such as Cool Hand Luke, The Amityville Horror, Brubaker, The Pope of Greenwich Village, The Drowning Pool, and Voyage of the Damned, but he had an impressive TV resume as well.

Rosenberg directed several episodes of the original Twilight Zone, as well as episodes of The Untouchables, Ben Casey, The Defenders, Rawhide, For The People, Naked City, Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theater, The Nurses, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. He also directed the TV movie Fame is the Name of the Game, which led to the TV series The Name of the Game.

Rosenberg died last week at his home in Beverly Hills of a heart attack.

Veteran TV and movie producer Herb Leonard died of cancer last night in Hollywood.

Besides directing the movies Going Home and The Perils of Pauline, and producing several movies including those two movies, Popi, and Friendly Persuasion, Leonard was also producer on three classic television shows: The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The Naked City, and Route 66 (the original, not the remake in the 90s). Interestingly, he was a production manager on two famous serial dramas in the 40s and 50s: Atom Man vs. Superman, which became the Superman TV series, and Batman and Robin.

His last credits were Katts and Dog, a TV series in the late 80s, and a 1974 Three Stooges anthology film.

• All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series - Dogs Undercover; Friends to the Rescue
• Babylon 5 - The Legend Of The Rangers
• Columbo - The Complete 4th Season
• I Dream of Jeannie - The Complete 1st Season: Colorized Edition; The Complete 1st Season: Original Black & White Edition
• MacGyver - Season 5
• Multiple Shows - Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2
• Murder, She Wrote - The Complete 3rd Season
• Naked City - Set 3
• A Perfect Spy (mini-series) - John Le Carre's: A Perfect Spy
• She Spies: Bad Girls Gone Good - Season 1
• The Simple Life 3: Interns - Complete Season
• Sleeper Cell - The Complete 1st Season
• Speed Racer - Collector's Edition Vol 4
• V.I.P. - The Complete 1st season