Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Of 2024Holiday PicksSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Robert Sparr(1915-1969)

  • Director
  • Editor
  • Editorial Department
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Robert Sparr was born on 10 September 1915 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Star Trek (1966), A Swingin' Summer (1965) and 77 Sunset Strip (1958). He died on 28 August 1969 in Penrose, Colorado, USA.
BornSeptember 10, 1915
DiedAugust 28, 1969(53)
BornSeptember 10, 1915
DiedAugust 28, 1969(53)
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Add photos, demo reels
  • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
    • 2 nominations total

Known for

Star Trek (1966)
Star Trek
8.4
TV Series
  • Director
A Swingin' Summer (1965)
A Swingin' Summer
4.8
  • Director
  • 1965
Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
77 Sunset Strip
7.7
TV Series
  • Director
Robert Conrad and Ross Martin in The Wild Wild West (1965)
The Wild Wild West
8.1
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Director

  • Carol Lynley in Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969)
    Once You Kiss a Stranger...
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Don Murray and Otis Young in The Outcasts (1968)
    The Outcasts
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Jon Provost, Tommy Rettig, Lassie the Dog, and Lassie in Lassie (1954)
    Lassie
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1967–1969
  • More Dead Than Alive (1969)
    More Dead Than Alive
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1967–1968
  • The Rat Patrol (1966)
    The Rat Patrol
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1967–1968
  • Leif Erickson, Linda Cristal, Henry Darrow, Cameron Mitchell, and Mark Slade in The High Chaparral (1967)
    The High Chaparral
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Adam West and Burt Ward in Batman (1966)
    Batman
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Robert Conrad and Ross Martin in The Wild Wild West (1965)
    The Wild Wild West
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1966–1967
  • Star Trek (1966)
    Star Trek
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1966
  • A Swingin' Summer (1965)
    A Swingin' Summer
    4.8
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Raymond Burr in Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
    Kraft Suspense Theatre
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    77 Sunset Strip
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1961–1963
  • Robert Conrad, Anthony Eisley, Poncie Ponce, and Connie Stevens in Hawaiian Eye (1959)
    Hawaiian Eye
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1961–1963

Editor

  • Robert Conrad and Ross Martin in The Wild Wild West (1965)
    The Wild Wild West
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1965–1966
  • James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1966
  • Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, and Sheb Wooley in Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1965
  • Lawman (1958)
    Lawman
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1958–1959
  • Andrew Duggan, Arlene Howell, Richard Long, and Van Williams in Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
    Bourbon Street Beat
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Editor (as Robert T. Sparr)
    • 1959
  • Sugarfoot (1957)
    Sugarfoot
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Editor (as Robert T. Sparr)
    • 1957–1959
  • Wayde Preston in Colt .45 (1957)
    Colt .45
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1959
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    77 Sunset Strip
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Editor (as Robert T. Sparr)
    • 1958–1959
  • James Garner and Jack Kelly in Maverick (1957)
    Maverick
    8.0
    TV Series
    • film editor (as Robert T. Sparr)
    • 1957–1958
  • Cheyenne (1955)
    Cheyenne
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Editor (as Robert T. Sparr)
    • 1956–1957
  • Guns Don't Argue (1957)
    Guns Don't Argue
    5.0
    • Editor (as Robert T. Sparr)
    • 1957
  • Jack Benny in The Jack Benny Program (1950)
    The Jack Benny Program
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Editor (as Robert T. Sparr)
    • 1957
  • Conflict (1956)
    Conflict
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1956–1957
  • Groucho Marx in You Bet Your Life (1950)
    You Bet Your Life
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1954–1956
  • Natalie Wood and Jacques Sernas in Warner Brothers Presents (1955)
    Warner Brothers Presents
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1956

Editorial Department

  • Premiere (1968)
    Premiere
    7.8
    TV Series
    • supervising editor
    • 1968
  • Gang Busters (1952)
    Gang Busters
    6.8
    TV Series
    • supervising editor
    • supervising film editor (as Robert T. Sparr)
    • 1952

Personal details

Edit
  • Alternative name
    • Robert T. Sparr
  • Born
    • September 10, 1915
    • Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • August 28, 1969
    • Penrose, Colorado, USA(plane crash)

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    Was killed in a plane crash while scouting locations with a fellow Star Trek (1966) crew member, cameraman Gerald Perry Finnerman. The pilot was also killed but Finnerman survived.

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb app
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
Follow IMDb on social
Get the IMDb app
For Android and iOS
Get the IMDb app
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • License IMDb Data
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2024 by IMDb.com, Inc.