- Born
- Died
- Birth nameArthur Earl Wachsmuth
- Nickname
- "No Strain"
- Directed more than 1,600 episodes of television. Graduated from Hollywood High School in 1935 and got a job as a messenger at Columbia Studios, working his way up to second assistant director by 1939. Served in the U.S. Navy's photographic unit near the end of World War II.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesGail Duff Bruns(October 7, 1977 - November 30, 2003) (his death)Margaret Jane (MarJane) Nulle(November 22, 1952 - August 29, 1977) (her death, 1 child)Catherine Theresa Murphy(1939 - December 22, 1951) (her death, 2 children)
- Talks about the Bela Lugosi movie The Return of the Vampire (1943)--on which he worked as assistant director--in the book "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010) by Tom Weaver.
- After he retired from directing he became the head of production for Universal Pictures Television.
- Children: Earl J. Bellamy, Michael Bellamy, Karen Bellamy.
- Earl Bellamy, director, retired in 1991. His son, Earl J. Bellamy became VP of TV at Universal before he retired.
- [about the ability of Highland Dale--aka "Beauty"--the title horse used in Fury (1955), to play baseball] The horse was out in center field. When the kid hit the ball, wherever it went, Fury went after it and ran to home base with it. McCutcheon [trainer Ralph McCutcheon] had the horse so well trained he could say, "All right, Beaut, go". The horse would run and Ralph would yell to him, "Look over your right shoulder" and the horse would turn while running and look back. He could do that on either the right or left side. What McCutcheon used to train horses and dogs I'll never know, but he was unbelievable!
- [on John Dehner] He was a true professional. Came in prepared--knew his part, your part and the next guy's part. A fine actor, old reliable--he could do comedy or heavy villains.
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