Leo Penn

Biography

Leonard Francis Penn (August 27, 1921 – September 5, 1998) was an American actor and director. He was the father of musician Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn.

Directed

1. Star Trek (1966) — Director
2. Little House on the Prairie (1974) — Director
3. Columbo (1971) — Director
4. Magnum, P.I. (1980) — Director
5. The Bionic Woman (1976) — Director
6. Starsky & Hutch (1975) — Director
7. Hawaii Five-O (1968) — Director
8. Remington Steele (1982) — Director
9. Kojak (1973) — Director
10. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) — Director
11. Matlock (1986) — Director
12. Lost in Space (1965) — Director
13. Hart to Hart (1979) — Director
14. Diagnosis: Murder (1993) — Director
15. Gunsmoke (1955) — Director
16. St. Elsewhere (1982) — Director
17. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Director
18. Cagney & Lacey (1982) — Director
19. Ironside (1967) — Director
20. Fame (1982) — Director
21. In the Heat of the Night (1988) — Director
22. The Fugitive (1963) — Director
23. Jake and the Fatman (1987) — Director
24. Mannix (1967) — Director
25. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Director
26. Hardcastle and McCormick (1983) — Director
27. Cannon (1971) — Director
28. The Virginian (1962) — Director
29. I Spy (1965) — Director
30. 77 Sunset Strip (1958) — Director
31. Mike Hammer (1984) — Director
32. Trapper John, M.D. (1979) — Director
33. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) — Director
34. Room 222 (1969) — Director
35. Dr. Kildare (1961) — Director
36. Police Story (1973) — Director
37. A Man Called Adam (1966) — Director
38. Ben Casey (1961) — Director
39. Judgment in Berlin (1988) — Director
40. Laredo (1965) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) — Eddie Kassellis (uncredited)
2. The Crossing Guard (1995) — Hank
3. Amazing Stories (1985) — Fred
4. Matlock (1986) — Father Fitzgerald
5. The Untouchables (1959) — Milton Tannenbaum
6. Diagnosis: Murder (1993) — Leo Pepper
7. The Wild Life (1984) — Tom's Dad
8. Jake and the Fatman (1987)
9. Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
10. The Undercover Man (1949) — Sidney Gordon
11. Not Wanted (1949) — Steve Ryan
12. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
13. One Step Beyond (1959) — Jed Horvath
14. Ben Casey (1961)
15. Fall Guy (1947) — Tom Cochrane
16. Studio One (1948) — Morrow
17. The Detectives (1959)
18. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) — Walter Blake
19. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Sam Hodgekiss
20. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
21. Decoy (1957) — Lt. Larry Hayes
22. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) — Marshall Collins
23. The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986) — Leo
24. Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Father Paul
25. The Law and Mr. Jones (1960) — Eddie Simms
26. The Story on Page One (1959) — Morrie Goetz
27. The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
28. The Veil (1958)
29. Navy Log (1955)
30. Cain's Hundred (1961) — Larry Cram
31. The Aquanauts (1960) — Moe
32. Dangerous Assignment (1952)
33. Don't Call Me Charlie (1962)
34. Boston Blackie (1951)
35. Sixth and Main (1977) — Doc
36. The Horse Dealers Daughter (1983) — Dr. Lloyd Sloan
37. Straightaway (1961)
38. Harrigan and Son (1960)
39. New York Confidential (1959)
40. The Asphalt Jungle (1961)