Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elliot Silverstein, acclaimed television director of shows like “The Twilight Zone,” “Naked City” and “Route 66,” died on Friday ...

UPDATE, with DGA statement: Elliot Silverstein, who directed Jane Fonda and, in an Oscar-winning performance, Lee Marvin in the 1965 comedy-Western Cat Ballou, died Nov. 24 in Los Angeles. He was 96.

Cat Ballou (1965) is a western comedy film directed by Elliot Silverstein. It revolves around a brave daughter forced to take revenge for the death of her beloved father, who was murdered by a ...

Cat Ballou spoofs the Old West, whose adherents take their likker neat, and emerges middlingly successful, sparked by an amusing way-out approach and some sparkling performances. Cat Ballou spoofs the ...

Elliot Silverstein, acclaimed television director of shows like “The Twilight Zone,” “Naked City” and “Route 66,” died on Friday in Los Angeles at the age of 96, his family has confirmed. While best ...

He also was the guiding force behind the establishment in the 1960s of the Director's Cut, part of the DGA’s landmark Bill of Creative Rights. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor The Boston native also ...

According to an obituary on the website of Brezniak Funeral Directors in Newton, Massachusetts, Silverstein died in Los Angeles. In addition to his film work, the Boston native also directed ...