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Thursday, June 26, 2008


The Archive of American Television Interviews


To watch an interview online, just click on the name, below!


Listed By Profession

Listed Alphabetically by Last Name


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


A Top

  • Andy Ackerman (Director/Producer)

  • Berle Adams (Packaging Executive)

  • Edie Adams (Actress)

  • Lee Adams (Composer)

  • Dr. Robert Adler (Remote Control Inventor)

  • Ray Aghayan (Costume Designer)

  • Eddie Albert (Actor)

  • Alan Alda (Actor/Producer/Director)

  • Kay Alden (Writer)

  • Steve Allen (Performer/Host)

  • Alex Anderson (Animator)

  • Howard Anderson, Jr. (Visual Effects)

  • Charlie Andrews (Show Creator/Producer)

  • Julie Andrews (Actress)

B Top

  • Reza Badiyi (Director/Title Visualizer)

  • Buddy Baker (Composer)

  • Rick Baker (Make-up Artist)

  • George Balzer (Writer)

  • Bob Banner (Producer/Director)

  • Joseph Barbera (Animation Creator)

  • Paris Barclay (Director)

  • Richard Bare (Director)

  • Bob Barker (Game Show Host/Executive Producer)

  • Erik Barnouw (Broadcasting Historian)

  • George Barris (Custom Car Designer)

  • Cliff Barrows (Music Director)

  • Joe Behar (Director)

  • William Bell (Soap Opera Creator/Writer)

  • Earl Bellamy (Director)

  • Donald P. Bellisario (Show Creator/Producer)

  • Harve Bennett (Producer)

C Top

  • David Chase (Show Creator/ Producer)

  • Julia Child (Host)

  • Sam Christaldi (Engineer)

  • Ed Christie (Art Director/Puppet Designer)

  • Roy Christopher (Production Designer)

  • Dick Clark (Producer/Host)

  • Roy Clark (Host)

  • Kevin Clash (Puppeteer)

  • Bob Claver (Producer)

  • Art Clokey (Animator)

  • Nick Clooney (Newscaster/ Show Host)

  • William Clotworthy (Executive, Standards & Practices)

  • Imogene Coca (Performer/Actress)

  • Tommy Cole (Make-up Artist/ Performer)

  • Joan Collins (Actress)

  • Henry Colman (Producer)

  • Robert Conrad (Actor)

  • John Conte (Host/Station Owner)

  • Tim Conway (Performer)

  • Richard Coogan (Performer)

  • Joan Ganz Cooney (Children's Show Creator)

  • Hal Cooper (Director)

  • Barbara Corday (Writer/Executive)

  • Ken Corday (Producer)

  • Pierre Cossette (Producer)

  • Bob Costas (Sports Broadcaster)

  • Bob Costello (Unit Manager)

  • Alexander Courage (Composer)

  • Warren Cowan (Publicist)

  • Douglas S. Cramer (Executive/Producer)

  • Richard Crenna (Actor/Director)

  • Judith Crist (Film Crist)

  • Walter Cronkite (Anchor/Reporter)

  • Hume Cronyn (Actor)

D Top

E Top

  • Roger Ebert (Film Critic/Host)

  • Barbara Eden (Actress)

  • Ralph Edwards (Show Creator/Host)

  • Michael Eisner (Executive)

  • Peter Ellenshaw (Matte Artist)

  • Ruth Engelhardt (Agent/Executive)

  • Diane English (Show Creator/Producer) *

  • Danny Epstein (Music Director)

  • Rod Erickson (Advertising Executive)

  • Ray Evans (Songwriter/Composer)


F Top

  • Sonny Fox (Host/ Executive)

G Top

  • Sharon Gless (Actress)

  • Gary David Goldberg (Show Creator/Producer)

  • Leonard Goldberg (Producer/ Executive)

  • Leonard H. Goldenson (Founder of ABC Network)

  • Jerry Goldsmith (Composer)

  • Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. (Chief of Research - DuMont Laboratory)

  • Lewis Gomavitz (Director/Producer)

  • Julian Goodman (Executive)

  • Mary Lynn Gottfried (Production/Talent Coordinator)

  • Curt Gowdy (Sportscaster)

  • Lee Grant (Actress/Director)
  • Walter Grauman (Producer)

H Top

  • Louis J. Horvitz (Director/ Producer)

  • Ron Howard (Actor/Producer)

  • Stanely Hubbard (Broadcast Executive)

  • Roy Huggins (Show Creator/Producer/Director)

  • Kim Hunter (Actress)


I Top

  • Frank Inn (Animal Trainer)


J Top

K Top

L Top
  • Geraldine Laybourne (Executive)

  • Cloris Leachman (Actress)

  • Norman Lear (Show Creator/Writer/Director)

  • Gene LeBell (Stuntman)

  • Anna Lee (Actress)

  • Stan Lee (Animator)
  • Jim Lehrer (News Anchor/Correspondent)

  • Jack Lemmon (Actor)

  • Sheldon Leonard (Show Creator/Producer/Director/Actor)

  • Al Lewis (Performer)

  • Jerry Lewis (Actor/Comedian)

  • Richard Lewis (Producer)

  • Frank Liberman (Publicist)

  • William Link (Show Creator/Writer/Producer)

  • Art Linkletter (Producer/Host - Children's Shows)

  • James Lipton (Actor/Host)

  • Charles Lisanby (Production Designer)

  • Jay Livingston (Songwriter/Composer)

  • John J. Lloyd (Production Designer)

  • Norman Lloyd (Producer/Director/Actor)

  • Loretta Long (Performer)

  • Dr. Jim Loper (Executive)

  • Sam Lovullo (Producer)

  • Sidney Lumet (Director)

  • A.C. Lyles (Executive)


M Top

  • Don Mischer (Producer/ Director)

  • Vic Mizzy (Composer)

  • John Moffitt (Producer/ Director)

  • Paul Monash (Writer/Producer)

  • Bill Monroe ( Moderator/Executive Producer)

  • Ricardo Montalban (Actor)

  • Leslie Moonves (Executive)

  • Mary Tyler Moore (Actress)

N Top

O Top

P Top

Q Top

  • Ward Quaal (WGN Executive)

  • Sterling “Red” Quinlan (Station Manager)


R Top

  • Howard Rosenberg (Television Critic)

  • Meta Rosenberg (Agent/Producer)Link

  • Phil Rosenthal ( Show Creator/Producer)

  • Barney Rosensweig (Producer)

  • Marion Ross (Actress)

  • Stanley Ralph Ross (Writer/Producer/Show Creator)

  • Aaron Ruben (Writer/Producer/Director)

  • Stanley Rubin (Producer)

  • Tim Russert (News Executive/Host)

  • Romilly Rutherford (Farnsworth Laboratory Television Engineer)


S Top

  • Lalo Schifrin (Composer)

  • Bob Schiller (Writer/Producer)

  • Max Schindler (News Director)

  • Thomas Schlamme (Director)

  • George Schlatter (Producer)

  • Herbert S. Schlosser (Executive)

  • Alfred Schneider (Executive, Standards & Practices)

  • Arthur Schneider (Editor) ˚

  • Lew Schneider (Writer/Producer)

  • Reese Schonfeld (Network Creator/Executive)

  • Daniel Schorr (News Correspondent/Commentator)

  • Robert Schuller (Religious Broadcaster)

  • Lloyd J. Schwartz (Producer)

  • Sherwood Schwartz (Show Creator/Producer/Writer)

  • Jan Scott (Art Director)

  • Vin Scully (Sports Announcer)

  • Joe Sedelmaier (Advertising Executive)

  • William Self (Producer/Executive)

  • Howard Storm (Director)

  • John Strauss (Publicist)Link

  • Sir Howard Stringer (Executive)

  • Charles Strouse (Composer)

  • Maxine Stuart (Actress)

  • George Sunga (Producer)

  • Loretta Swit (Actress)


T Top

  • Donald L. Taffner, Sr. (Executive)

UV Top

  • Dean Valentine (Executive)

  • Dick Van Dyke (Actor)

  • Robert Vaughn (Actor)

  • Tony Verna (Director)

  • Ellen M. Violett (Writer)


W Top

  • John Walsh (Host)

  • Barbara Walters (Anchor/Correspondent/Producer)

  • Joseph A. Wapner ( TV Court Judge)

  • Ruth Warrick (Actress)

  • Dawn Wells (Actress)
Link
XY Top

  • Bud Yorkin (Show Creator/Producer/Director)

  • Alan Young (Actor/Comedian)


Z Top

  • Kim Zimmer (Actress)

  • Frederic Ziv (Syndication)



• Completed as a co-venture with The Publicist Guild of America


° Completed as a co-venture with American Cinema Editors


ª Completed as a co-venture with Women in Film


* Completed as a co-venture with American Comedy Archives


Over 300 Archive interviews are available for free viewing online, with more being added regularly. The remainder of the collection can be seen by appointment at the Archive's headquarters in North Hollywood, CA

For information about clip licensing, click here.


Archive of American Television
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation
5220 Lankershim Blvd.
N. Hollywood, CA 91601
Phone: 818-754-2800
Email: archive@emmys.org


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Interview Excerpts:

Just a few of our interviewees are sampled here:
Carroll O' Connor, Rob Reiner, Henry Winkler,
Betty White, Andy Griffith, Barbara Eden,
Jim McKay, Diahann Carroll, Dick Clark,
Ted Koppel & Marion Ross.