Leslie H. Martinson
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Leslie H. Martinson (January 16, 1915 - ) was a director of moderately successful if not best known theatre and television movies, including Batman, Gary Coleman's Kid with the Broken Halo, PT 109, and Rescue From Gilligan's Island.
He was born in Boston, and was a newspaper journalist before accepting a long-term job as an MGM script clerk in 1936. He directed TV western series in the early 1950s, and then Republic's The Atomic Kid a Mickey Rooney matinee vehicle.
He also directed:
- PT 109(1963) (John F. Kennedy was still in the White House when PT 109 was released)
- Batman (1966) (Batman was the hottest TV series of 1966)
- Fathom (1967) (Fathom had Raquel Welch)
- Mrs. Pollifax: Spy (1971) (final theater film)
His TV movies:
- Rescue From Gilligan's Island (1978)
- Gary Coleman vehicles The Kid With the Broken Halo (1982)
- The Kid With the 200 IQ (1983)
