Star Trek Director Dead.

30-05-2008 17:01

Star Trek Director Dead....

The man behind some of Star Trek's most beloved episodes has died in Palm Desert, California.Joseph Pevney, a former Broadway star and 1940s actor, died of age-related causes on 18 May (08). He was 96.After directing movies like Man of A Thousand Faces, Pevney turned his attention to TV work and directed episodes of popular series like The Munsters, The Fugitive, The Incredible Hulk and Fantasy Island, among others.

But it was the 14 episodes of Star Trek he directed that made him beloved of Trekkers. Pevney shares the record of the mostcredited Star Trek episode director with Marc Daniels.He is most famous for taking charge of Star Trek's first fullcomedy episode The Trouble With Tribbles.As a film director, Pevney also is credited for Frank Sinatra's Meet Danny Wilson and 3 Ring Circus, which featured comedy doubleact Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.