Levy-Gardner-Laven

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Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions was an American film production company based in Beverly Hills, California.

The principals, Jules V. Levy, Arthur Gardner, and Arnold Laven, met while serving in the Air Force's First Motion Picture Unit during World War II. While serving, they decided to form their own production company after the war ended. The three men formed Levy-Gardner-Laven in 1951.

Laven produced both films and television shows, and he directed many popular American television shows, including episodes of The A-Team, CHiPs, Mannix, The Big Valley, The Greatest American Hero and Hill Street Blues. Gardner was an actor prior to World War II, but chose to produce after the company was formed. Along with Levy, who was a script supervisor prior to the war, Gardner wrote the story for a 1982 movie called Safari 3000.

Levy-Gardner-Laven maintains an office in Beverly Hills, but their last production credit was in 1982.

Contents 1 Selected filmography 1.1 Feature films 1.2 Television 2 External links

[edit] Selected filmography

[edit] Feature films

• Without Warning! (1952)
• Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
• The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
• Clambake (1967)
• The Scalphunters (1968)
• Sam Whiskey (1969)
• The McKenzie Break (1970)
• The Hunting Party (1971)
• White Lightning (1973)
• McQ]] (1974)
• Brannigan (1975)
• Gator (1976)

[edit] Television

• The Big Valley (1965-1969)
• Mannix (1972-1973)
• The Rifleman (1959-1963)

[edit] External links

• Levy-Gardner-Laven at the Internet Movie Database
• Jules Levy at the Internet Movie Database
• Arthur Gardner at the Internet Movie Database
• Arnold Laven at the Internet Movie Database