Bob Markell

Set Designer, Producer & Executive

"We were free to do anything we wanted, to say anything we wanted. And we weren’t afraid of being fired or anything like that. We kind of knew our limits so we weren’t that extravagant. The "golden age of television" was an age where everybody was learning. There were no experts, so there was nobody to tell us what to do."

About This Interview

Bob Markell was interviewed for five hours in Shelter Island, New York. Mr. Markell discussed his early work designing sets for landmark shows, Danger, Studio One, Playhouse 90, and winning the first awarded Emmy for Art Direction in 1954 for You Are There. He became an Emmy winning producer on shows including T he Defenders, Bicentennial Minutes, and later Vice President of CBS miniseries. The interview was conducted by Sunny Parich on April 18, 1998.

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Chapter 1
Full Chapter One
Chapter 2
Full Chapter Two
Chapter 3
Full Chapter Three
Chapter 4
Full Chapter Four
Chapter 5
Full Chapter Five
Chapter 6
Full Chapter Seven
Chapter 7
Full Chapter Eight
Chapter 8
Full Chapter Nine

Capturing Television History, One Voice At A Time

Bob Markell

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