Robert Sparr

American film director

Robert Sparr
Born	Robert Tyrone Sparr (1915-09-15)September 15, 1915 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	August 28, 1969(1969-08-28) (aged 53) Colorado, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Television director, film director, editor
Years active	1952—1969

Robert Sparr (September 10, 1915 – August 28, 1969) was an American screenwriter, television director, and film director. He died as a result of a plane crash in Colorado while scouting filming locations for the 1970 film Barquero with fellow Star Trek crew member, cameraman Gerald Finnerman. The pilot was also killed but Finnerman survived.^[1]^[2]^[3] The plane crash prompted a drawn-out legal battle involving Sparr's son for a wrongful death suit, which went to the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.^[2]

Selected filmography as a director

The Alaskans (1959)
Lawman (1959–1960)
Hawaiian Eye (1961)
The Roaring 20's (1961)
Bonanza (1961)
Bronco (1960–1962)
Surfside 6 (1962)
Cheyenne (1960–1962)
The Gallant Men (1963)
77 Sunset Strip (1961–1963)
A Swingin' Summer (1965)
Perry Mason
Star Trek (1966)
The Wild Wild West (1966–1967)
Batman (1967)
The High Chaparral (1967)
The Rat Patrol (1967)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1967–1968)
Lassie (1967–1968)
More Dead Than Alive (1968)
The Outcasts (1969)
Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969)

References

^ "NTSB Identification: DEN70A0004". National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "499 F.2d 212: Gerald W. Finnerman et al., Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Harold L. Mccormick, Executor of the Estate of Georgewilliam Mccormick, Deceased, and Sunset Drive Intheatre, a Co-partnership, Defendants-appellees :: US Court of Appeals Cases :: Justia". Law.justia.com. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
^ Robert Sparr - Biography