Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1963–1988)
Full Cast & Crew
Series Directed by
Don Meier | ... | (306 episodes, 1963-1987) |
Ted Sack | ... | (1 episode, 1965) |
Series Writing Credits
Allan Eckert | ... | (123 episodes, 1968-1987) |
Allan Eckert | ... | (writer) (15 episodes, 1976-1987) |
Allan Eckert | ... | (written by) (1 episode, 1971) |
Don Meier | ... | (written by) (60 episodes, 1963-1969) |
Don Meier | ... | (creator) (unknown episodes) |
Donald Manelli | ... | (54 episodes, 1968-1975) |
Richard Klevickis | ... | (48 episodes, 1980-1986) |
Richard Klevickis | ... | (writer) (4 episodes, 1980-1984) |
Richard P. Creyke | ... | (story editor) (27 episodes, 1963-1965) |
Richard P. Creyke | ... | (written by) (12 episodes, 1963-1964) |
Richard P. Creyke | ... | (40 episodes, 1963-1978) |
Mark C. Doran | ... | (25 episodes, 1965-1968) |
Reinald Werrenrath Jr. | ... | (written by) (10 episodes, 1963-1968) |
Reinald Werrenrath Jr. | ... | (11 episodes, 1963-1968) |
Richard Cromer | ... | (written by) (6 episodes, 1963) |
Richard Cromer | ... | (7 episodes, 1963-1967) |
Jim Fowler | ... | (6 episodes, 1964-1967) |
Jim Fowler | ... | (written by) (1 episode) |
Bob Martin | ... | (4 episodes, 1967-1968) |
Richard Cramer | ... | (3 episodes, 1963-1964) |
E.S. George | ... | (2 episodes, 1963) |
Harold Clover | ... | (2 episodes, 1965) |
Jacque Stewart Thompson | ... | (2 episodes, 1965) |
Gerald Scott | ... | (2 episodes, 1985) |
Patrick Collins | ... | (1 episode, 1965) |
Paul Dreske | ... | (1 episode, 1972) |
W.L. Mundell | ... | (1 episode, 1973) |
David Hopcraft | ... | (1 episode, 1979) |
Series Cast verified as complete
Series Produced by
Don Meier | ... | producer (312 episodes, 1963-1987) |
Richard Reinauer | ... | associate producer (244 episodes, 1966-1987) |
Lorie Meier | ... | associate producer (195 episodes, 1970-1987) |
Warren Garst | ... | associate producer (143 episodes, 1965-1987) |
Patrick Collins | ... | associate producer (62 episodes, 1963-1968) |
Ralph J. Nelson II | ... | associate producer (50 episodes, 1968-1979) |
Jim Fowler | ... | associate producer (47 episodes, 1964-1969) |
Peter Drowne | ... | associate producer (40 episodes, 1978-1987) |
Ace Moore | ... | associate producer (31 episodes, 1968-1985) |
Liz Maartens | ... | associate producer (21 episodes, 1964-1971) |
Rod Allin | ... | associate producer (15 episodes, 1975-1984) |
Dick Robinson | ... | associate producer (9 episodes, 1966-1971) |
Tom Allen | ... | associate producer (7 episodes, 1985-1987) |
Stan Brock | ... | associate producer / assistant producer (6 episodes, 1968-1971) |
Howard Hall | ... | associate producer (6 episodes, 1986-1987) |
Robert W. Davison | ... | associate producer (3 episodes, 1967-1979) |
Bob Johnson | ... | associate producer (3 episodes, 1984-1985) |
John Prescott | ... | producer (1 episode, 1967) |
Sharon Janeczko | ... | associate producer (1 episode, 1974) |
Tom Ramsay | ... | associate producer (1 episode, 1984) |
Marty Snyderman | ... | associate producer (1 episode, 1985) |
Series Music by
Richard A. Girvin | ... | (164 episodes, 1972-1987) |
James Bourgeois | ... | (128 episodes, 1963-1973) |
Hans A. Graff | ... | (10 episodes, 1963) |
Michael Josephs | ... | (1 episode, 1984) |
Series Cinematography by
Warren Garst | ... | (125 episodes, 1967-1987) |
Jack Richards | ... | (53 episodes, 1963-1968) |
Ralph J. Nelson II | ... | (41 episodes, 1969-1979) |
Peter Drowne | ... | (39 episodes, 1978-1987) |
Ace Moore | ... | (15 episodes, 1970-1984) |
Rod Allin | ... | (14 episodes, 1973-1983) |
Robert W. Davison | ... | (4 episodes, 1965-1984) |
Hal Schullman | ... | (1 episode, 1966) |
Glenn P. Anderson | ... | (1 episode, 1974) |
Fred R. Krug | ... | (unknown episodes) |
Series Editing by
Bernard Braham | ... | (106 episodes, 1969-1987) |
Darwin R. Apel | ... | (100 episodes, 1965-1986) |
Lanny Ray Nelson | ... | (24 episodes, 1966-1980) |
Allen E. Ross | ... | (14 episodes, 1983-1987) |
Ace Moore | ... | (13 episodes, 1968-1980) |
Hans A. Graff | ... | (11 episodes, 1963) |
John C. Reese | ... | (9 episodes, 1964-1969) |
Gaylon Emerzian | ... | (4 episodes, 1978-1987) |
Barbara Kaplan | ... | (2 episodes, 1969-1980) |
Fred Lasse | ... | (1 episode, 1966) |
Peter Drowne | ... | (1 episode, 1979) |
Robert K. Rapacki | ... | (1 episode, 1987) |
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Reinauer | ... | assistant director (185 episodes, 1969-1987) |
Robert M. Koslow | ... | assistant director (22 episodes, 1969-1971) |
Series Art Department
Orville A. Hurt | ... | illustrations (79 episodes, 1978-1987) |
Series Sound Department
Roger E. Leonhardt | ... | sound recordist (78 episodes, 1963-1969) |
Frank Richter Jr. | ... | sound recordist (67 episodes, 1972-1987) |
Jim Moore | ... | sound effects / foley mixer (47 episodes, 1978-1987) |
James Bourgeois | ... | sound recordist / sound editor (39 episodes, 1966-1978) |
Ric Coken | ... | sound effects (39 episodes, 1980-1986) |
Glenn Parrish | ... | sound recordist (25 episodes, 1969-1972) |
Barney Kugel | ... | sound: studio (10 episodes, 1963) |
Hal Schullman | ... | sound recordist (10 episodes, 1969-1972) |
Robert Kidder | ... | sound recordist / sound (10 episodes, 1973-1984) |
Bob Janus | ... | sound recordist / sound recording (7 episodes, 1980-1981) |
Robert Henning | ... | sound recordist / sound (6 episodes, 1978-1979) |
Glenn Williams | ... | sound recordist (5 episodes, 1980-1981) |
J. Paul Oddo | ... | sound recordist (4 episodes, 1978) |
Bill Pellak | ... | sound recordist (3 episodes, 1972-1973) |
Raymond M. Esh | ... | sound recordist (3 episodes, 1973-1974) |
Henry Shry | ... | sound recordist (2 episodes, 1969-1971) |
William Pellak | ... | sound recordist (2 episodes, 1969) |
Kurt Kreutz | ... | sound recording (2 episodes, 1970) |
Jack S. Wiener | ... | sound recordist (2 episodes, 1979-1984) |
Wilson Dalzell | ... | sound recording (1 episode, 1964) |
Hal Magargle | ... | sound recordist (1 episode, 1966) |
Richard Lee Penney | ... | location sound (1 episode, 1966) |
Ralph Saunders | ... | sound recordist (1 episode, 1970) |
Paul Allan | ... | sound recordist (1 episode, 1971) |
Robert Ryan | ... | sound recordist (1 episode, 1972) |
Ed Logan | ... | sound recordist (1 episode, 1979) |
Michelle Landes | ... | foley artist (unknown episodes) |
Greg Curda | ... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
Series Camera and Electrical Department
Rod Allin | ... | wildlife photography / underwater photography / aerial photography / additional photography / photography (113 episodes, 1968-1987) |
Hal Schullman | ... | studio photography / photography / camera operator (112 episodes, 1963-1987) |
Warren Garst | ... | wildlife photography / location photography (54 episodes, 1963-1987) |
John Niklasch | ... | studio photography (44 episodes, 1971-1976) |
Ralph J. Nelson II | ... | underwater photography / wildlife photography / photography / camera operator (33 episodes, 1966-1985) |
Henk Maartens | ... | location photography / wildlife photography (30 episodes, 1964-1985) |
Jack Richards | ... | photography / studio photography / location photography / wildlife photography (27 episodes, 1963-1983) |
Robert W. Davison | ... | photography / location photography / wildlife photography (16 episodes, 1963-1984) |
Howard Hall | ... | location photography / underwater photography (15 episodes, 1982-1987) |
Marty Snyderman | ... | location photography / underwater photography (13 episodes, 1983-1987) |
Peter Drowne | ... | wildlife photography / additional photography (11 episodes, 1975-1987) |
Lawrence V. Smith | ... | wildlife photography / location photography (10 episodes, 1963-1984) |
Jim Simon | ... | location photography / wildlife photography / photography (10 episodes, 1963-1967) |
Bill Miller | ... | location photography (8 episodes, 1963-1965) |
Edwin Ahbe | ... | studio photography (8 episodes, 1969-1971) |
Dick Reucassel | ... | location photography / wildlife photography (7 episodes, 1964-1969) |
John Elsenbach | ... | photography / studio photography / camera operator (6 episodes, 1968-1969) |
Lutz Hapke | ... | studio photography (6 episodes, 1969-1979) |
Edgar T. Jones | ... | wildlife photography (5 episodes, 1964-1965) |
Glenn P. Anderson | ... | wildlife photography (5 episodes, 1974-1980) |
Frank Pfeiffer | ... | studio photography (5 episodes, 1979-1983) |
Ed Udey | ... | location photography (4 episodes, 1964-1965) |
Bob Dienethal | ... | wildlife photography (4 episodes, 1965-1966) |
John Teschke | ... | camera operator / studio photography / wildlife photography (4 episodes, 1966-1969) |
David Current | ... | additional photography / wildlife photography (4 episodes, 1981) |
Franz Camenzind | ... | wildlife photography (4 episodes, 1983-1985) |
William J.L. Sladen | ... | location photography / wildlife photography (3 episodes, 1963-1966) |
Dick Borden | ... | wildlife photography / location photography (3 episodes, 1963-1964) |
Don Renn | ... | photography / wildlife photography (3 episodes, 1965-1972) |
Thomas E. Spalding | ... | camera operator / studio photography / wildlife photography (3 episodes, 1968-1978) |
Dick Thomsett | ... | camera operator (3 episodes, 1969-1981) |
Don Cahill | ... | studio photography (3 episodes, 1969-1970) |
Jack Tipping | ... | studio photography (3 episodes, 1969-1970) |
Ron Hayes | ... | location photography (2 episodes, 1963-1964) |
Stephen E. Briggs | ... | location photography / wildlife photography (2 episodes, 1963) |
Stan Jorstad | ... | location photography (2 episodes, 1963) |
Wilford L. Miller | ... | location photography (2 episodes, 1963) |
Marlin Perkins | ... | location photography (2 episodes, 1963) |
Roy Pinney | ... | location photography (2 episodes, 1963) |
Deejay Nelson | ... | photography / wildlife photography (2 episodes, 1964-1967) |
Gerald Coward | ... | wildlife photography (2 episodes, 1964) |
Gordon Eastman | ... | wildlife photography (2 episodes, 1964) |
Jack Couffer | ... | wildlife photography (2 episodes, 1965-1980) |
Arthur Reucassel | ... | location photography / wildlife photography (2 episodes, 1965-1968) |
Leo Heitkemper | ... | wildlife photography (2 episodes, 1965) |
Martin Rohde | ... | wildlife photography (2 episodes, 1965) |
Sol Benatar | ... | camera operator (2 episodes, 1967) |
Bob Price | ... | camera operator (2 episodes, 1967) |
Ed Ahbe | ... | photography (2 episodes, 1968) |
Paul Vombrack | ... | studio photography (2 episodes, 1970) |
Jack Whitehead | ... | studio photography (2 episodes, 1971-1977) |
George Bokland | ... | camera operator / wildlife photography (2 episodes, 1971-1972) |
Richard H. Johnson | ... | additional photography / photography: shark agonistic display (2 episodes, 1978) |
George Kohut | ... | studio photography (2 episodes, 1980-1981) |
John Biagi | ... | studio photography (2 episodes, 1980) |
Perry W. Gilbert | ... | location photography (1 episode, 1963) |
Quentin Keynes | ... | location photography (1 episode, 1963) |
Ed Meyer | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1963) |
Harry Pederson | ... | location photography (1 episode, 1963) |
Jim Reed | ... | location photography (1 episode, 1963) |
Stan Waterman | ... | location photography (1 episode, 1963) |
Roy Wilcox | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1963) |
Vern Erickson | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1964) |
Pete Jurgens | ... | location photography (1 episode, 1964) |
Michael P. Davis | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1965) |
Robert Hesselschwerdt | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1965) |
James A. Larsen | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1965) |
Roger Tory Peterson | ... | second unit photography (1 episode, 1966) |
P.L. Waugh | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1966) |
William Grunkmeyer | ... | photography (1 episode, 1967) |
Harmon Lougher | ... | photography (1 episode, 1967) |
Karl Weidmann | ... | photography (1 episode, 1968) |
Derrick Furlong | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1969) |
Dave McIntosh | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1969) |
Ace Moore | ... | field photography (1 episode, 1971) |
Rudolf Kovanic | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1972) |
Ian Wilson | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1972) |
Everett Soetenga | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1975) |
Fred R. Krug | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1976) |
Louis Ell | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1977) |
Don Nelson | ... | additional photography (1 episode, 1978) |
Frank Koza | ... | studio photography (1 episode, 1979) |
Carl Mrozek | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1979) |
Henry Ushijima | ... | studio photography (1 episode, 1982) |
Ray Paunovich | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1983) |
Tom Romsay | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1984) |
Ralph Stutchbury | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1985) |
Glen Carroll | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1987) |
Prem Upadhya | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode, 1987) |
William Birch | ... | wildlife photography (1 episode) |
Series Editorial Department
Ace Moore | ... | supervising editor (278 episodes, 1963-1987) |
Lanny Ray Nelson | ... | supervising editor / additional editing (16 episodes, 1968-1985) |
Robert K. Rapacki | ... | assistant editor (4 episodes, 1987) |
Darwin R. Apel | ... | additional editing (2 episodes, 1984-1985) |
Bernard Braham | ... | additional editing (2 episodes, 1984-1985) |
Series Music Department
Al Cobine | ... | composer: theme music (8 episodes, 1963) |
Series Additional Crew
Genny Garst | ... | production assistant (25 episodes, 1978-1986) |
Carla Christensen | ... | production assistant (2 episodes, 1987) |
Ernest Wilkinson | ... | consultant (1 episode, 1963) |
Morlan Nelson | ... | technical consultant (1 episode, 1964) |
Morlan Nelson | ... | technical consultant (1 episode, 1964) |
David 'Kit' Beecher | ... | consultant (1 episode, 1965) |
William J.L. Sladen | ... | scientific consultant (1 episode, 1966) |
Dorothy Seyfarth | ... | consultant (1 episode, 1979) |
Robert Seyfarth | ... | consultant (1 episode, 1979) |
Stephen W. Kress | ... | principal investigator (1 episode, 1980) |
David Nettleship | ... | special consultant (1 episode, 1980) |
James W. Carpenter | ... | project officer (1 episode, 1981) |
Robert W. Davison | ... | production assistance (1 episode, 1981) |
Stanley A. Temple | ... | project supervisor (1 episode, 1981) |
Hemanta R. Mishra | ... | scientific advisor (1 episode, 1987) |
Hal Schullman | ... | studio photography (1 episode, 1987) |
Carol Riggins | ... | animal trainer (unknown episodes) |
Series Thanks
Archie Carr | ... | thanks (1 episode, 1966) |
Pedro Trebbau | ... | special thanks (1 episode, 1969) |