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Sobey Martin(1909-1978)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Sobey Martin was born on 27 June 1909 in Leipzig, Germany. Sobey was a director and assistant director, known for The Time Tunnel (1966), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) and Land of the Giants (1968). Sobey died on 27 July 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJune 27, 1909
DiedJuly 27, 1978(69)
BornJune 27, 1909
DiedJuly 27, 1978(69)
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Known for

The Time Tunnel (1966)
The Time Tunnel
7.5
TV Series
  • Director
Richard Basehart and David Hedison in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
7.2
TV Series
  • Director
Stefan Arngrim, Gary Conway, Kurt Kasznar, Deanna Lund, Don Marshall, Don Matheson, and Heather Young in Land of the Giants (1968)
Land of the Giants
7.1
TV Series
  • Director
The Silent Service (1957)
The Silent Service
8.5
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director

  • Aliens from Another Planet (1982)
    Aliens from Another Planet
    4.9
    TV Movie
    • episode "Chase Through Time"
    • episode "Visitors from Beyond the Stars"
    • 1982
  • Stefan Arngrim, Gary Conway, Kurt Kasznar, Deanna Lund, Don Marshall, Don Matheson, and Heather Young in Land of the Giants (1968)
    Land of the Giants
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1968–1970
  • Andrew Duggan, Wayne Maunder, and James Stacy in Lancer (1968)
    Lancer
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1968–1969
  • June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, Dick Tufeld, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)
    Lost in Space
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1965–1967
  • The Time Tunnel (1966)
    The Time Tunnel
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1966–1967
  • Richard Basehart and David Hedison in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1964–1966
  • Freddy Quinn in In the Wild West (1964)
    In the Wild West
    4.2
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Four Nights of the Full Moon
    5.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1962–1963
  • Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1961–1962
  • The Big Step
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Don Collier, Judy Lewis, and Bruce Yarnell in Outlaws (1960)
    Outlaws
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1960–1961
  • Grand Jury (1959)
    Grand Jury
    6.7
    TV Series
    • directed by
    • Director
    • 1959–1960
  • John Bromfield in U.S. Marshal (1958)
    U.S. Marshal
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Union Pacific (1958)
    Union Pacific
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1958–1959

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, Dick Tufeld, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)
    Lost in Space
    7.3
    TV Series
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1993

Personal details

  • Born
    • June 27, 1909
    • Leipzig, Germany
  • Died
    • July 27, 1978
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

Did you know

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    Had a reputation for shouting "Action!" and then falling asleep in his director's chair.

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