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Television Archive director Karen Herman interviews
screen icon Don Herbert aka "Mr. Wizard."
Archive of American Television Interviews
Complete list of over 500 in-depth interviews conducted to date
Sorted alpha-by-last name.
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= Emmy Award win(s) and/or nomination(s)
Berle Adams - Packaging Executive
Edie Adams - Actress
Lee Adams - Lyricist
Dr. Robert Adler - Remote Control Inventor
Ray Aghayan - Costume Designer
Alan Alda - Actor/Producer/Director
Kay Alden - Producer/Writer
Steve Allen - Performer/Host
Alex Anderson - Animator
Howard Anderson Jr. - Visual Effects Specialist
Charlie Andrews - Show Creator/Producer
Julie Andrews - Performer
Army Archerd - Journalist/Host
James Arness - Actor
Beatrice Arthur - Actress
William Asher - Director/Producer
Edward Asner - Actor
Larry Auerbach - Agent
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Reza Badiyi - Director/Title Visualizer
Buddy Baker - Composer
Rick Baker - Make-up Artist
Tammy Faye Bakker Messner - Televangelist 
George Balzer - Writer
Bob Banner - Producer/Director
Joseph Barbera - Animation Creator
Richard Bare - Director
Bob Barker - Game Show Host/Executive Producer
Erik Barnouw - Broadcasting Historian
George Barris - Custom Car Design
Cliff Barrows - Music Director
Joe Behar - Director
William Bell - Soap Opera Creator/Writer
Earl Bellamy - Director
Ted Bergmann - Executive
Milton Berle - Performer
Rick Berman - Producer/Show Creator
Lewis Bernstein - Producer
Walter Bernstein - Writer - Blacklisted 1950
Tom Bettag - News Producer
Barbara Billingsley - Actress
Steve Binder - Show Creator/Producer/Director
Wade Bingham - Cameraman
William Blinn - Writer/Producer
Lucille Bliss- Voiceover Artist
Steven Bochco - Producer
Paul Bogart - Director
Haskell Boggs - Director of Photography
Mili Lerner Bonsignori - News Editor
Al Borden - Prop Master
Tom Bosley - Actor
Peter Boyle - Actor
Ed Bradley - Anchor/Correspondent
Bernie Brillstein - Manager/Producer
David Brinkley - Anchor/Correspondent
James L. Brooks - Show Creator/Producer
Kirk Browning - Director
Frances Buss Buch - Director
Harvey Bullock - Writer
Carol Burnett - Performer
Allan Burns - Writer/Producer
James Burrows - Director
Robert Butler - Director
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Sid Caesar - Performer
Dann Cahn - Editor
Vince Calandra - Talent Coordinator
David Canary - Daytime Actor
Stephen Cannell - Show Creator/Producer/Writer
Charles Cappleman - Executive
Josie Carey - Host
Phil Carey - Actor
Steve Carlin - Producer
Bob Carroll Jr. - Producer/Writer
Diahann Carroll - Actress
Marcy Carsey - Executive/Producer
Tucker Cawley - Writer/Producer
Leo Chaloukian - Sound Engineer
Stan Chambers - KTLA News Correspondent
Marge Champion - Choreographer/Dancer
Esme Chandlee - Publicist
Cyd Charisse - Dancer
Glen Charles - Writer/Creator
Les Charles - Writer/Creator
Tony Charmoli - Choreographer/Director
Julia Child - Host
Sam Christaldi - Engineer
Ed Christie - Art Director/Puppet Designer
Roy Christopher - Production Designer
Dick Clark - Producer/Entertainer
Roy Clark - Host/Performer
Kevin Clash - Puppeteer
Bob Claver - Producer
Art Clokey - Animator
Nick Clooney - Newscaster/Show Host
William Clotworthy - Executive
Henry Colman - Producer
Robert Conrad - Actor
John Conte - Host/Station Owner
Tim Conway - Performer
Richard Coogan - Performer
Joan Ganz Cooney - Children's Show Creator - "Sesame Street"
Hal Cooper - Director
Barbara Corday - Writer/Executive
Ken Corday - Daytime Drama Producer
Bob Costello - Unit Manager/Producer
Alexander Courage - Composer
Warren Cowan - Publicist
Richard Crenna - Actor
Judith Crist - Film Critic
Walter Cronkite - Anchor/Reporter
Hume Cronyn - Actor
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Bill Daily - Actor
Michael Dann - Executive/Producer
Ann B. Davis - Actress
Madelyn Pugh Davis - Producer/Writer
Ossie Davis - Writer/Actor
James Day - Former President of NET/Public Television Executive
Fred de Cordova - Producer/Director
Ruby Dee - Actress
Sam Denoff - Writer/Producer
Dixon Dern - Professional Representative/Legal
Phyllis Diller - Comedienne/Actress
Dr. Walter Dishell - Medical Consultant/Writer
Elinor Donahue - Actress
Phil Donahue - Show Host
Sam Donaldson - News Correspondent
Richard Donner - Director
Louis Dorfsman - Art Director/Graphic Designer
David Dortort - Producer
Hugh Downs - Anchor/Host
Mike Douglas - TV Talk Show Host
Bob Doyle - News & Documentary Producer/Director
Charles S. Dubin - Director
Betty Cole Dukert - Producer
Dominick Dunne - Host/Writer
Roger Ebert - Film Critic
Ruth Duskin Feldman - Quiz Show Panelist
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Barbara Eden - Actress
Ralph Edwards - Show Creator/Host
Michael Eisner - Executive
Peter Ellenshaw - Matte Artist
Ruth Englehardt - Agent/Executive
Danny Epstein - Music Director
Rod Erickson - Advertising Executive/Producer
Ray Evans - Songwriter/Composer
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George Faber - Publicist
Nanette Fabray - Performer
Jerry Falwell - Religious Broadcaster
Elma Farnsworth - Widow of Philo Farnsworth, Electronic Television Inventor
Irving Fein - Manager/Producer
Norman Felton - Director/Producer
Mike Fenton - Casting Director
Bob Finkel - Producer/Director
Gerald Finnerman - Director of Photography
Imero Fiorentino - Lighting Designer
Betsy Fischer - Producer
Les Flory - RCA Laboratory Electronic Television Technician
Dorothy (D.C.) Fontana - Writer
Horton Foote - Writer - Live Dramas
June Foray - Voiceover Artist
Ray Forrest - Television's First Announcer/Broadcaster
John Forsythe - Actor
Charles Fox - Composer
Michael J. Fox - Actor
Eddie Foy III - Casting Director
Reuven Frank - News Executive/Producer
John Frankenheimer - Director
Dennis Franz - Actor
Stanley Frazen - Editor
Albert Freedman - Producer
Gerald Fried - Composer
Chuck Fries - Producer
Eileen Fulton - Actress
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James Garner - Actor
Brad Garrett - Actor
Betty Garrett - Performer
Greg Garrison - Director/Producer
Tony Geiss - Writer
Larry Gelbart - Writer/Producer/Director
Michael Gelman - Producer
David Gerber - Executive/Producer
Marla Gibbs - Actress
Frank Gifford - Sportscaster
Herschel Burke-Gilbert - Composer
Leonard Goldberg - Producer
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
Everett Greenbaum - Writer
Marge Greene - Writer/Actress
Andy Griffith - Actor
Robert Guillaume - Actor
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Earle Hagen - Composer
Larry Hagman - Actor
Donald Hall - Executive
Monty Hall - Game Show Host
Earl Hamner - Show Creator/Producer
Jonathan Harris - Actor
Kitty Carlisle Hart - Performer
Don Hastings - Actor
Patricia Heaton - Actress
Dwight Hemion - Director
Sherman Hemsley - Actor
Florence Henderson - Actress
Lyle "Skitch" Henderson - Music Director
Paul Henning - Show Creator/Writer/Producer
Don Herbert - Show Host, Mr. Wizard
Albert Heschong - Art Director
Don Hewitt - Show Creator/News Producer
Arthur Hiller - Director
Pat Hitchcock O'Connell - Actress
Martin Hoade - Executive/Producer
Leslie Hoffman - Stuntwoman
Monica Horan - Actress
Ron Howard - Actor/Producer
Stanley Hubbard - Broadcast Executive
Roy Huggins - Show Creator/Producer/Director
Kim Hunter - Actress
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Frank Inn - Animal Trainer
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Seaman Jacobs - Writer
Alan Jaggs - Editor
Allison Janney - Actress
Lucy Jarvis - Producer
Herb Jellinek - Executive
Joseph Jennings - Production Designer
George Clayton Johnson - Writer
Lamont Johnson - Director
Robert Johnson - BET Founder/Executive
Russell Johnson - Performer
Chuck Jones - Animator
Loren Jones - RCA Laboratory Electronic Television Engineer
Quincy Jones - Composer/Producer
Shirley Jones - Actress
Robert Justman - Director
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Lucille Kallen - Writer
Hal Kanter - Writer
Eddie Kean - Writer
Bob Keeshan - Children's Show Creator
Lynwood King - Director
Roger King - Executive
Ernest Kinoy - Writer
Eartha Kitt - Performer
William Klages - Lighting Designer
Jack Klugman - Actor
Don Knotts - Actor
Kay Koplovitz - USA Network Founder
Ted Koppel - News Anchor
Harvey Korman - Performer
Marty Krofft - Children's Show Creator
Sid Krofft - Children's Show Creator
Irma Kusely - Hair Stylist
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Jack LaLanne - Host
Mort Lachman - Producer
Perry Lafferty - Executive/Producer
Angela Lansbury - Actress
Ring Lardner, Jr. - Writer
Jack Larson - Actor
Cloris Leachman - Actress
Norman Lear - Show Creator/Writer/Director
Gene LeBell - Stuntman
Anna Lee - Actress
Jim Lehrer - News Anchor/Correspondent
Jack Lemmon - Actor
Sheldon Leonard - Show Creator/Prod./Director/Actor
Al Lewis - Actor
Jerry Lewis - Actor/Comedian
Richard Lewis - Producer
Frank Liberman - Publicist
William Link - Show Creator/Writer/Producer
Art Linkletter - Producer/Host - Children's Shows
Jay Livingston - Songwriter/Composer
John J. Lloyd - Production Designer
Norman Lloyd - Producer/Director/Actor
Loretta Long - Performer
Jim Loper - Executive
Sam Lovullo - Producer
Sidney Lumet - Director
A.C. Lyles - Executive

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Stewart MacGregory - Unit Manager
Bob Mackie - Costume Designer
Gavin MacLeod - Actor
Robert MacNeil - Anchor/Host
Abby Mann - Writer
Delbert Mann - Director
Martin Manulis - Producer
Sonia Manzano - Performer
Ann Marcus - Writer
Rose Marie - Performer
Bob Markell - Set Designer/Producer/Executive
E.G. Marshall - Actor
Garry Marshall - Show Creator/Producer/Actor
Dick Martin - Performer/Director
John Martinelli - Editor
Leslie Martinson - Director
Jerry Mathers - Actor
Richard Matheson - Writer
Bob May - Performer
Rue McClanahan - Actress
Bob McGrath - Performer
Jim McKay - Sports Broadcaster
Ed McMahon - Host/Announcer
Barney McNulty - Dialogue Coach/Cue Cards
Jayne Meadows - Actress
Anne Meara - Performer
Emily Meisler - Production Secretary
Bill Melendez - Animator
Lee Mendelson - Producer
Burt Metcalfe - Producer
Al Michaels - Sportscaster
Sig Mickelson - Executive
JP Miller - Writer
Mitch Miller - Host/Conductor
Nolan Miller - Writer
Newton Minow - Executive/Former FCC Chairman
Vic Mizzy - Composer
John Moffitt - Director
Paul Monash - Writer/Producer
Bill Monroe - Moderator/Executive Producer
Mary Tyler Moore - Actress
Thomas W. Moore - Executive
Ricardo Montalban - Actor
Rita Moreno - Actress
Harry Morgan - Actor
Priscilla Morgan - Agent
Pat Morita - Actor
Howard Morris - Actor
Lloyd Morrisett - Executive, Sesame Workshop Co-founder
Tad Mosel - Writer
Robert Mott - Sound Effects Specialist
Tony Mottola - Composer/Musician
Bill Moyers - News Correspondant
E. Roger Muir - Producer/Director
Thomas Murphy - Capital Cities Executive
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Frank Nastasi - Performer
Anne Nelson - Executive
Alan Neuman - Director
Sheila Nevins - Executive
David Newell - Actor/Public Relations
Bob Newhart - Actor
Leonard Nimoy - Actor
Agnes Nixon - Soap Opera Creator/Writer
Nicolas Noxon - Documentarian/Executive
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Hugh O'Brian - Actor
Carroll O'Connor - Actor
Don Ohlmeyer - Sports Executive/Producer
Roscoe Orman - Performer
Don Pardo - Announcer
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Fess Parker - Actor
Estelle Parsons - Actress
Arthur Penn - Director
Bill Persky - Writer/Producer
Russ Petranto - Director
Daniel Petrie, Sr. - Director
Regis Philbin - Host
Frederick S. Pierce - Executive
Don Pike - Technical Director/Color Television Engineer
Suzanne Pleshette - Actress
Abraham Polonsky - Writer
Mike Post - Composer
Tom Poston - Actor
Carroll Pratt - Audio Effects Engineer
David Pressman - Director
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Ward Quaal - WGN Executive
Sterling "Red" Quinlan - Station Manager
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Tony Randall - Actor
Joyce Randolph - Actress
Arthur Rankin, Jr - Animation Producer
Dan Rather - News Anchor/Reporter
Sumner M. Redstone - Executive
Marian Rees - Producer
Frances Reid - Actress
Carl Reiner - Show Creator/Writer/Actor/Director
Rob Reiner - Actor/Director
Del Reisman - Writer/Associate Producer
Ed Resnick - Cameraman
Gene Reynolds - Director/Producer
Larry Rhine - Writer
John Rich - Director
Lee Rich - Executive/Producer
Theodore Rich - Editor
Hank Reiger - Publicity Executive
Rita Riggs - Costume Designer
Heino Ripp - Technical Director
Doris Roberts - Actress
Pat Robertson - Religious Broadcaster
Cliff Robertson - Actor
Fred Rogers - Children's Show Creator/Host
Phil Roman - Animation Director
Andy Rooney - Writer/Producer/Commentator
Mickey Rooney - Actor
Meta Rosenberg - Agent/Producer
Phil Rosenthal - Show Creator/Producer
Marion Ross - Actor
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
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Morley Safer - Correspondent/Anchor
Soupy Sales - Performer/Host
Marlene Sanders - Correspondent
Jay Sandrich - Director
Isabel Sanford - Actress
Joseph Sargent - Director
Thomas Sarnoff - Executive
Edgar Scherick - Executive Producer
Bob Schiller - Writer/Producer
Max Schindler - News Director
George Schlatter - Producer
Alfred Schneider - Executive, Standards & Practices
Arthur Schneider - Editor
Daniel Schorr - News Correspondent/Commentator
Reese Schonfeld - News Executive
Robert Schuller - Religious Broadcaster
Sherwood Schwartz - Show Creator/Producer/Writer
Jan Scott - Art Director
Vin Scully - Sports Announcer
Joe Sedelmaier - Advertising Director
William Self - Producer/Executive
Esther Shapiro - Show Creator/Producer/Writer
Richard Shapiro - Show Creator/Producer/Writer
William Shatner - Actor
Mel Shavelson - Writer/Director
David Shaw - Writer
Jack Shea - Director
James Sheldon - Director
Sidney Sheldon - Writer/Show Creator
Hazel Shermet - Actress
John Silva - Engineer
Fred Silverman - Executive/Producer
Garry Simpson - Producer/Director
Doris Singleton - Actress
Ira Skutch - Director/Producer/Stage Manager
Erika Slezak - Actress
Howard Smit - Makeup
Bob Smith - Children's Show Creator - "The Howdy Doody Show"
Dick Smith - Makeup
Gary Smith - Producer
Howard K. Smith - News Correspondent/Anchor
Sid Smith - Director/Producer
Dick Smothers - Comedian/Performer
Tom Smothers - Comedian/Performer
Aaron Spelling - Show Creator/Producer
Carroll Spinney - Puppeteer
Lesley Stahl - News Correspondent/Anchor
Lynn Stalmaster - Casting Executive
Frank Stanton - Executive - Former President of CBS
Jean Stapleton - Actress
John Stearns - Show Creator/Actor
Mary Kay Stearns - Actress
Fred Steiner - Composer
Herbert Stempel - Quiz Show Contestant
Leonard Stern - Writer/Producer
Jeremy Stevens - Writer/Producer
Rachel Stevenson - Producer
Bob Stewart - Game Show Creator/Producer
Nick Stewart - Actor - Cast Member of TV's "Amos & Andy"
Dick Stiles - Art Director
Jerry Stiller - Performer
Gale Storm - Actress
John Strauss - Publicist
Maxine Stuart - Actress
Loretta Swit - Actress
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George Takei - Actor
William Tankersley - Executive
June Taylor - Choreographer
Noel Taylor - Costume Designer
Studs Terkel - Performer/Writer
Keith Thibodeaux - Actor
Marlo Thomas - Actress/Producer
Tony Thomas - Tony Thomas
Grant Tinker - Executive/Producer
Stanford Tischler - Editor
Mel Tolkin - Writer
Daniel J. Travanti - Actor
Robert Trout - Correspondent
Ret Turner - Costume Designer
Ted Turner - Network Creator/Executive
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Dick Van Dyke - Actor
Tony Verna - Director
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Helen Wagner - Actress
James Wall - Performers and Stage Managers
Mike Wallace - Anchor/Correspondent
Barbara Walters - Anchor/Correspondent/Producer
Joseph A. Wapner - TV Court Judge
Ruth Warrick - Actress
George Watters - Editor
Dennis Weaver - Actor
Bob Weiskopf - Writer/Producer
Lou Weiss - Agent
Tom Werner - Executive/Producer
Joseph Wershba - CBS News Reporter/News Producer
Adam West - Actor
Ellen Wheeler - Producer/Actress
Betty White - Actress
Max Wilk - Writer/Historian
Andy Williams - Host/Performer
Ethel Winant - Casting Director/Executive
Henry Winkler - Actor/Producer
Jonathan Winters - Comedian
Ben Wolf - Cameraman
Dick Wolf - Producer
David Wolper - Producer/Documentarian
Jane Wyatt - Actress
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Bud Yorkin - Show Creator/Producer/Director
Alan Young - Actor/Comedian
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Kim Zimmer - Actress
Frederic Ziv - Syndication

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