Gary Nelson, director of “Freaky Friday”, “The Black Hole” and “Get Smart”, has died at age 87.

Gary Nelson, Disney Film Director crazy friday s Black HoleHe acted as an insider in its first two seasons. Intelligence And the so-called images from dozens of other shows, they died. He was 87 years old.

Nelson died on May 25 in Las Vegas of natural causes, said his son Garrett Nelson. the hollywood reporter.

His father was Sam Nelson, who worked as an assistant director on historical films such as shanghai lady (1947), all the king’s men (1949), some like it hot (1959) and a horror experiment (1962) and co-founded, with King Vidor and others, what would become the DGA.

Gary Nelson also started out as an AD, working on films such as Nicholas Ray A rebel without a cause (1955) by John Ford search engines (1956) and John Sturgess A fight in the OK Corral (1957), before getting his big break thanks to his future wife, the late actress Judy Meredith.

Nelson was known for his dry, deadpan sense of humor on set and Intelligence Star Don Adams nicknamed him “The Iceman” because comedy writers and actors Mel Brooks and Buck Henry rarely failed to make him smile. (He directed 23 episodes of the 1965-70 series.)

with additions crazy friday (1976), starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster and Black Hole (1979), Disney’s first PG-rated film, directed by Nelson Molly and Law John (1972), starring Vera Miles and Sam Elliott; Holy (1973), starring Glenn Ford; Jimmy the baby (1982), starring Gary Coleman; s Alan Quaterman and the Lost City of Gold (1986), starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone.

He also directed all six episodes of the critically acclaimed 1977 ABC miniseries. Washington: behind closed doorswhich clocked in at 12 and a half hours and earned Robert Vaughn an Emmy Award.

Nelson was born in Los Angeles on October 6, 1934. In 1955, he worked for AD. A rebel without a causejoseph l mankiewicz children and dolls and in installments millionaire, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp s 20th century fox clock..

On set he met Meredith, an actress in search of sensational roles. Have a weapon: you will travel In the 1950s, and when the producers wanted him in a 1962 CBS Western episode, he signed on, but only if Nelson was allowed to direct. He had the opportunity to play him in an episode of “Monica Memories” in 1962.

Nelson continued with direct installments The Andy Griffith Show, gun smoke, Please don’t eat the margaritas., The Patty Duke Show, army s, Gilligan’s Island, Captain Nice, good morning World, Gomer Pyle: USMC, Dory’s daytime show, I love american style, room 222, The Phantom and Mrs. muir, nanny and teacher, I love Eddie’s dad, macmillan and wife, kojak s a detective story.

He retired from 1996 to 2000 as director and executive producer of the CBS drama. First editionWith Kyle Chandler.

He and Meredith were married for 52 years before his death in 2014. Survivors include his children, Garrett and Blue;