Trivia

Served in the Pacific in the U.S. Army during World War II and directed about 50 plays for the troops.

Tied with TV director James Burrows for most nominations from Director Guild of America.

In the early 1950s, he directed the first live TV productions of "Hamlet" and "Richard II".

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan as a Member of Board of the National Council on the Arts, 1982 to 1988.

Chairman and later associate dean at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Theater, Film and Television, 1985-1991.

(1979-1981) President of the Directors Guild of America (DGA).

Won Broadway's 1954 Tony Award as Best Producer (Dramatic) with collaborator Maurice Evans for "The Teahouse of the August Moon."

During World War II, directed 50 plays for the Central Pacific Base command.

With Merrill H. Karpf, founded Schaefer/Karpf Productions in 1982.

Studied at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and at the Yale School of Drama.

Has directed ten Emmy Award-winning performances: Julie Harris in Little Moon of Alban (1958), Judith Anderson in Macbeth (1960), Pamela Brown in Victoria Regina (1961), Julie Harris in Victoria Regina (1961), Ruth White in Little Moon of Alban (1964), Alfred Lunt in The Magnificent Yankee (1965), Lynn Fontanne in The Magnificent Yankee (1965), Peter Ustinov in Barefoot in Athens (1966), Hal Holbrook in Lincoln (1974): Season 2 and Anthony Hopkins in The Bunker (1981).