He also directed a number of episodes of the original series “The Twilight Zone.”

His movie credits include writing “Ice Station Zebra” and “The Groundstar Conspiracy,” the latter under the pen name Matthew Howard.

Survived by his wife, J.P., his brother, two sons and two grandchildren.

No services will be held, and in lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to the Folgers Shakespeare Library, development office in Washington, D.C.