Robert Sparr Explained

Robert Sparr
Birth Name:	Robert Tyrone Sparr
Birth Date:	15 September 1915
Birth Place:	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:	Colorado, U.S.
Occupation:	Television director, film director, editor
Yearsactive:	1952—1969

Robert Sparr (September 10, 1915  - August 28, 1969) was an American screenwriter, television director, and film director. He died as a result of a plane crash in Colorado while scouting filming locations for the 1970 film Barquero with fellow Star Trek crew member, cameraman Gerald Finnerman. The pilot was also killed but Finnerman survived.^{[1] [2] [3]} The plane crash prompted a drawn-out legal battle involving Sparr's son for a wrongful death suit, which went to the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.^[2]

Selected filmography as a director

• The Alaskans (1959)
• Lawman (1959–1960)
• Hawaiian Eye (1961)
• The Roaring 20's (1961)
• Bonanza (1961)
• Bronco (1960–1962)
• Surfside 6 (1962)
• Cheyenne (1960–1962)
• The Gallant Men (1963)
• 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1963)
• A Swingin' Summer (1965)
• Perry Mason
• Star Trek (1966)
• The Wild Wild West (1966–1967)
• Batman (1967)
• The High Chaparral (1967)
• The Rat Patrol (1967)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1967–1968)
• Lassie (1967–1968)
• More Dead Than Alive (1968)
• The Outcasts (1969)
• Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969)

Notes and References

1. Web site: NTSB Identification: DEN70A0004. National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB. 1 July 2017.
2. Web site: 499 F.2d 212: Gerald W. Finnerman et al., Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Harold L. Mccormick, Executor of the Estate of Georgewilliam Mccormick, Deceased, and Sunset Drive Intheatre, a Co-partnership, Defendants-appellees :: US Court of Appeals Cases :: Justia . Law.justia.com . 2012-03-08.
3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817081/bio Robert Sparr - Biography