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Marc Daniels

Marc Daniels

Director, also writer and producer · Died April 23, 1989, aged 77 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Marc Daniels (January 27, 1912 – April 23, 1989), born Danny Marcus, was an American television director. He directed on TV programs such as I Love Lucy, Gunsmoke, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Hogan's Heroes, and more. From Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 27, 1912
Died
April 23, 1989 (aged 77)
From
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Works as
Director, also writer and producer
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 94 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 15% in 30 days

What are Marc Daniels' films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Family2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Family movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
23%
Self
23%
Bonds
22%
Society
17%
Power
8%
Survival
5%
Ideas
2%
Community5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
8
Joyful
6
Hopeful
4
Tense
3
Melancholic
3
Other
2

How their films linger

Feel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic1
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Marc Daniels' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Subscription and free streaming for Marc Daniels' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

94 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Magic Boy's Easter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director

  • Mr. President (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo(1986)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Life with Lucy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • The Wizard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Crazy like a Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • He's Fired, She's Hired(1984)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Special People(1984)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • All the Money in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • Amanda's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Private Benjamin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Flo(1980)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol(1979)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • California Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Trapper John, M.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Doctors' Private Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director

  • In the Beginning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Vega$ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Have I Got a Christmas for You(1977)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lucy Calls the President(1977)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • ABC Weekend Specials (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • James at 16 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Fitzpatricks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Father Knows Best Reunion(1977)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director

  • Eight Is Enough(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Spencer's Pilots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Alice(1976)

    Show 86 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • The Swiss Family Robinson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Planet Earth(1974)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Apple's Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Toma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Star Trek: The Animated Series(1973)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Barnaby Jones(1973)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Kung Fu(1972)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Jigsaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Search (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Matt Lincoln (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Young Rebels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Prudence and the Chief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Director

  • Squeeze a Flower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Director

  • Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)

    Show 11 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Hawaii Five-O(1968)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • The Doris Day Show(1968)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • The Outcasts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • The Name of the Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Flying Nun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Space Seed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Director

  • Mission: Impossible(1966)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Shane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Star Trek(1966)

    Show 15 episodes · Director · as Prof. Jackson Roykirk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The F.B.I. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Hogan's Heroes(1965)

    Show 19 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Long, Hot Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Branded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Slattery's People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • East Side/West Side (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Lieutenant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Power and the Glory(1961)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Eleventh Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Saints and Sinners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Ricochet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Director

  • Ben Casey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 9 episodes · Director

  • The Dick Powell Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 9 episodes · Director

  • Jane Eyre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Director

  • Way Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Light That Failed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Director

  • Mrs. Miniver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director

  • Play of the Week (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Startime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Decoy(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • DuPont Show of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

  • The Backbone of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director

  • Where's Raymond? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • I Married Joan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Campbell Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • I Love Lucy(1951)

    Show 39 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Nash Airflyte Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 23 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Armstrong Circle Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • She Loves Me Not (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Director

  • The Twentieth Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Director

  • Ford Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • The Ford Theatre Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Years Ago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 94 titles from 1948 to 1989.

Highest rated

Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)

Midcredits 55th

Most popular right now

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 94: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting93 of 94: 90 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thWriting2 of 94: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 94: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

94 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1940s5 · crew1950s14 · crew1960s30 · 1 acting · 30 crew1970s32 · crew1980s13 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Marc Daniels' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

19thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · director, producer

Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol (1979)

92nd percentile spread · 63% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director

Star Trek (1966)

Midcredits 94th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 48/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Marc Daniels work with?

People who share at least 2 of Marc Daniels' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joseph Cates shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Producers