Leon Tokatyan Movies
Television writer Leon Tokatyan penned episodes for the popular and critically acclaimed television drama Lou Grant (1977-1981), including its pilot episode. The show was a spin-off of the long-running sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977) and centered on the exploits of Edward Asner as the TV news producer-turned-editor of a large L.A. newspaper. Over the show's run, Tokatyan won a Writers Guild of America Award for the episode "Vet" in which a combat photographer from the Vietnam War suffers post-traumatic stress disorder. Tokatyan's work also earned him the Humanitas award for affirming humanitarian values with his television writing. Tokatyan also wrote for The Virginian, Espionage, and Kraft Suspense Theater. Before becoming a writer, Tokatyan had been a tour guide for the NBC network's New York facility. Tokatyan passed away on May 13, 1997, at the age of 73. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide- 1978
In this drama, a conscientious mental patient tries to be freed from an asylum after he sees the guards beating up other patients. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1976
This Kojak episode is the second of two pilot films for Salathiel Harris, an unsold TV action series starring Rosey Grier as a two-fisted California bounty hunter. Just as in the first pilot "Bad Dude", Salathiel Harris has arrived in Manhattan in search of a particularly scabrous bail jumper. And just as before, Lt. Kojak (Telly Savalas) is determined to beat Harris to the punch and haul in the fugitive himself. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1973
In this dark drama, filmed in the Mojave Desert, a conniving wife and her lover leave her husband, who broke his leg, alone in the desert to die. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Arthur Hill, Diana Muldaur, (more)
- 1971
Made for television, The Harness was "suggested" by a John Steinbeck short story. Lorne Greene stars as an aging California farmer, long under the thumb of his domineering wife. Much against his better judgment, Greene becomes fascinated with young Julie Sommars, a free-spirited unwed mother. When his wife dies, Greene begins to spend time with Sommars, causing an avalanche of malicious gossip. The Harness was filmed near Salinas, California, site of many a John Steinbeck tale. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1967
An international incident quickly develops when a celebrated Soviet track star disappears during an American athletic event. It's possible that the man was kidnapped, and equally possible that he has defected for love of a woman. Investigating the case, Ironside (Raymond Burr) must work hand and glove with the Soviet officials--all the while keeping secret the fact that the missing man was actually a counterintelligence agent for the U.S. TV's future "Lou Grant", Ed Asner, is seen as Marlon Davis, while Lee Miller, Raymond Burr's longtime stand-in, appears as a bartender. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
