Leigh Jason (born Leigh Jacobson) was an instructor at UCLA before entering the film business in 1924 as an electrician. He turned to screenwriting in 1926, then changed his name to Leigh Jason when he started directing in 1928. He turned out numerous shorts and B pictures, mainly thrillers and light comedies, up to the 1950s, when he began to devote most of his energies to directing TV series, although he still directed a feature every now and then. He was the brother of director Will Jason. Date of Birth 26 July 1904, New York City, New York Date of Death 19 February 1979, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

Wise Girl

Love on a Bet

A Preferred List

Meet Me on Broadway

Apples to You!

Your Jeweler's Showcase

That Girl from Paris

The Mad Miss Manton

Out of the Blue

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Science Fiction Theatre

Dangerous Blondes

The Man from Texas

Treasury Men in Action

Three Girls About Town

The Choppers

Carolina Blues

Lost Honeymoon

Nine Girls

Lady for a Night

The Bride Walks Out

The Festival Girls

High Gear

Model Wife

Okinawa

The Flying Irishman

The Knife of the Party

New Faces of 1937

Bubbling Over

Love, Honor and Obey (the Law!)

Roamin' Vandals

Career

The Go-Getter

Everybody Likes Music

Eyes of the Underworld

The Body Punch

I Led Three Lives