Joseph Depew

{{Short description|American actor (1912–1988)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Joseph Depew | image = Timothy's Quest (1922) - Rowland & Depew.jpg | image_size = 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.<ref name="lat">{{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}}</ref>

==Early years== Born on July 11, 1912,<ref name="ibdb" /> in Harrison, New Jersey,<ref name=kfo/> Depew spent much of his youth in northern Maine.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==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.<ref name=kfo>{{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 }}</ref>

Depew's work on Broadway included portraying Andrew Lane Jr. in ''The Hero'' (1921).<ref name="ibdb">{{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}}</ref>

==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.<ref name=lat/>

==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<br>Credited as Joseph DePew |- | 1949 | ''Mrs. Mike'' | {{center|-}} | Assistant director<br>Credited as Joseph DePew |- | 1950 | ''The Golden Gloves Story'' | {{center|-}} | Assistant director<br>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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==External links== *{{IBDB name}} *{{IMDb name|0220082}}

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