Joseph Depew

{{Infobox person

| name = Joseph Depew

| image = Timothy's Quest (1922) - Rowland & Depew.jpg

| imagesize =200px

| caption =Still with Helen Rowland and Joseph Depew in Timothy's Quest (1922)

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|7|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Harrison, New Jersey

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|10|30|1912|7|11|mf=y}}

| death_place = Escondido, California

| occupation = Television director and producer, actor

| years_active = 1922–1971

| spouse = Dorothy Depew

}}

Joseph Depew (July 11, 1912 – October 30, 1988) was an American television director and producer and actor.{{cite news |title=Ex-TV Director Joseph Depew Dies at 76 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-02-mn-508-story.html |access-date=November 28, 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 2, 1988 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221128024131/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-02-mn-508-story.html |archive-date=November 28, 2022}}

Early years

Born on July 11, 1912, in Harrison, New Jersey, Depew spent much of his youth in northern Maine.{{cite news |title=Engine's Approach Much Too Sudden |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-express-joseph-depew/150759422/ |access-date=July 6, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Express |date=October 21, 1922 |page=10|via = Newspapers.com }}

Career

Depew began his career as a child stage actor at the age of three. He was influenced by his mother, also a stage performer. He later worked as a second unit director or an assistant director in 22 films and 26 television series episodes. He directed numerous episodes across the first six seasons of The Beverly Hillbillies, an actor in 14 films, an assistant producer in 11 episodes of The Bob Cummings Show and a production manager in one movie.{{Cite web |title=Joseph Depew - Kent Film Office |url=https://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/filmed-in-kent/tag/joseph-depew/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=kentfilmoffice.co.uk|date=September 20, 1967 }}

Depew's work on Broadway included portraying Andrew Lane Jr. in The Hero (1921).{{cite web |title=Joseph Depew |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/joseph-depew-78842 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=July 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716124705/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/joseph-depew-78842 |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |url-status=live}}

Personal life and death

Depew was married to Dorothy Depew. They had eight children. On October 30, 1988, Depew died at the age of 76 in Escondido, California.

Selected filmography

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" \| Film
Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes
1922 \| Timothy's Quest \| Timothy
1923 \| The Daring Years \| LaMotte son
1923 \| The Steadfast Heart \| Angus Burke, as a child
1924 \| The Fifth Horseman \| Sonny
1925 \| The Swan \| Prince George
1929 \| Sweetie \| Freddie Fry
1931 \| Seas Beneath \| Naval reservist \| Uncredited
1941 \| Niagara Falls \| Elevator Boy \| Uncredited
1944 \| The Bridge of San Luis Rey \| {{center
}} \| Assistant director
1945 \| Captain Kidd \| {{center
}} \| Assistant director
1946 \| The Diary of a Chambermaid \| {{center
}} \| Assistant director
1947 \| Intrigue \| {{center
}} \| Assistant director
1948 \| Lulu Belle \| {{center
}} \| Assistant director Credited as Joseph DePew
1949 \| Mrs. Mike \| {{center
}} \| Assistant director Credited as Joseph DePew
1950 \| The Golden Gloves Story \| {{center
}} \| Assistant director Credited as Joseph Depew
1952 \| Park Row \| {{center
}} \| Assistant director
colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" \| Television
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1953–1961 \| The Jack Benny Program \| {{center
}} \| Assistant director, 6 episodes
1955–1958 \| The Bob Cummings Show \| {{center
}} \| Assistant director, 15 episodes
1962–1963 \| Don't Call Me Charlie! \| {{center
}} \| Director, unknown number of episodes
1963 \| Petticoat Junction \| {{center
}} \| Assistant director, 3 episodes
1963–1969 \| The Beverly Hillbillies \| {{center
}} \| Director, 144 episodes

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! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film

Year

! Film

! Role

! Notes

1922

| Timothy's Quest

| Timothy

1923

| The Daring Years

| LaMotte son