Jack Arnold reigns supreme as one of the great directors of 1950s science-fiction features. His films are distinguished by moody black and white cinematography, solid acting, smart, thoughtful scripts, snappy pacing, a genuine heartfelt enthusiasm for the genre and plenty of eerie atmosphere. Arnold was born on October 14, 1916, in New Haven, ...
I love science fiction. As a youngster, I used to buy all the pulp magazines. I loved them. I was very pleased when I was assigned to direct my first SF film because I was still an avid fan. The more I did this type of film the better I liked it, because the studio left me alone. Fortunately, no one at that time at the studio was an expert at directing SF films, so I claimed to be one. I wasn't, of course, but the studio didn't know that. So they never argued with me.
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Fact
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Some time after The Lost World (1960) came out, Universal Pictures planned to remake the Arthur Conan Doyle classic in the U. K. with Arnold directing. It was a project he wanted badly to do, but according to friend and former star John Agar, the studio canceled the project because of Arnold's health issues.
Father of two daughters: Susan Arnold Jacobson (casting director Susan Arnold) and Kathy Arnold.
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As a director, he said he liked to think of the movie screen as a traditional proscenium-arch stage into which people and objects could abruptly enter as if coming in from the wings. He often used this technique for shock effect, as in It Came from Outer Space (1953) when Russell Johnson's hand suddenly reaches in from the side of the screen to touch a startled Barbara Rush on the shoulder.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Love Boat
1977-1984
TV Series 8 episodes
The Fall Guy
1981
TV Series 1 episode
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1981
TV Series 2 episodes
Marilyn: The Untold Story
1980
TV Movie
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1980
TV Series 2 episodes
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977-1978
TV Series 2 episodes
The Bionic Woman
1978
TV Series 1 episode
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
TV Series 1 episode
Wonder Woman
1977
TV Series 1 episode
Sex and the Married Woman
1977
TV Movie
Holmes and Yo-Yo
1976
TV Series 2 episodes
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
1976
archive footage
McNaughton's Daughter
1976
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
Ellery Queen
1975-1976
TV Series 3 episodes
Movin' On
1976
TV Series 2 episodes
The Swiss Conspiracy
1976
Archer
1975
TV Series 1 episode
Boss Nigger
1975
The Bunny Caper
1974
Black Eye
1974
Dusty's Trail
1973-1974
TV Series 2 episodes
The Magician
1974
TV Series 1 episode
The Brady Bunch
1970-1974
TV Series 15 episodes
McCloud
1972
TV Series 1 episode
Alias Smith and Jones
1971-1972
TV Series 5 episodes
Love, American Style
1971-1972
TV Series 4 episodes
Nanny and the Professor
1970-1971
TV Series 2 episodes
The Virginian
1970
TV Series 1 episode
Make Room for Granddaddy
1970
TV Series 1 episode
It Takes a Thief
1968-1970
TV Series 8 episodes
Hello Down There
1969
Mod Squad
1968-1969
TV Series 2 episodes
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
Documentary short
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1968
TV Series 2 episodes
Cowboy in Africa
1967
TV Series 1 episode
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
TV Series 1 episode
Mr. Terrific
1967
TV Series 9 episodes
The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special
1967
TV Special
Run Buddy Run
1966
TV Series 1 episode
It's About Time
1966
TV Series 3 episodes
Gilligan's Island
1964-1966
TV Series 26 episodes
The Mouse That Roared
1966
TV Movie
Who Goes There?
1965
TV Movie
Perry Mason
1964-1965
TV Series 2 episodes
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1964
TV Series 1 episode
Rawhide
1959-1964
TV Series 4 episodes
The Lively Set
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-1964
TV Series 2 episodes
A Global Affair
1964
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
TV Series 1 episode
Dr. Kildare
1963
TV Series 3 episodes
The Eleventh Hour
1963
TV Series 3 episodes
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
Mr. Lucky
1959-1960
TV Series 15 episodes
Peter Gunn
1959-1960
TV Series 6 episodes
World of Giants
1959
TV Series 2 episodes
The Mouse That Roared
1959
Wagon Train
1959
TV Series 1 episode
No Name on the Bullet
1959
Bold Venture
1959
TV Series 1 episode
Monster on the Campus
1958
The Space Children
1958
High School Confidential!
1958
Man in the Shadow
1958
The Lady Takes a Flyer
1957
The Tattered Dress
1957
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957
Outside the Law
1956
Red Sundown
1956
Science Fiction Theatre
1955-1956
TV Series 4 episodes
Tarantula
1955
The Man from Bitter Ridge
1955
Revenge of the Creature
1955
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954
The Glass Web
1953
It Came from Outer Space
1953
Girls in the Night
1953
The Challenge
1951
Documentary
Working Through College
1951
Documentary short
World Affairs Are Your Affairs
1951
Documentary
With These Hands
1950
ILGWU's 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Convention
1950
Documentary short
Our Union
1949
Documentary short
The Chicken of Tomorrow
1948
Documentary short
The Valley of the Shadow
1947
Documentary short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
ILGWU's 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Convention
1950
Documentary short co-producer
Our Union
1949
Documentary short co-producer
The Road
1949
Documentary short producer
The Valley of the Shadow
1947
Documentary short producer
Beechwood Package Home
Documentary short producer
The Test
Documentary short producer
Sex and the Married Woman
1977
TV Movie producer
Boss Nigger
1975
producer
It Takes a Thief
TV Series executive producer - 30 episodes, 1969 - 1970 producer - 5 episodes, 1969 - 1970
Mr. Terrific
TV Series executive producer - 16 episodes, 1967 producer - 1 episode, 1967
The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special
1967
TV Special producer
The Mouse That Roared
1966
TV Movie producer
Who Goes There?
1965
TV Movie producer
Gilligan's Island
1964-1965
TV Series producer - 23 episodes
A Global Affair
1964
producer - uncredited
Mr. Lucky
1959-1960
TV Series producer - 34 episodes
No Name on the Bullet
1959
producer
At Our House
1951
Documentary short producer
Cleveland - 1951
1951
Documentary short producer
The Challenge
1951
Documentary producer
Union and the Community
1951
Documentary short producer
Working Through College
1951
Documentary short producer
World Affairs Are Your Affairs
1951
Documentary producer
With These Hands
1950
producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Global Affair
1964
screenplay / story - uncredited
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
story - uncredited
The Monolith Monsters
1957
story
Tarantula
1955
story
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Into the Night
1985
Man with Dog
With These Hands
1950
Communist Agitator (uncredited)
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
This Island Earth
1955
first assistant director: second unit - uncredited
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980
TV Movie program consultant
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre
special thanks filming
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jack Arnold erzählt
1983
TV Series documentary
Himself - Narrator
The Bond Between Us
1953
Documentary short
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Fearmakers Collection
2007
Video documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1985
President's Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1967
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Variety Special
The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967)