Andrew McCullough

Andrew McCullough was born in Flushing, NY, to Frank and Hazeltine McCullough. His parents briefly moved the family to Boston before moving to Great Neck, Long Island. He entered Harvard at age 16, interrupted his studies to serve in World War II (on a crash crew in Italy and then as an Armed Forces Radio DJ in Rome), then graduated. He and his Harvard friend Jack Lemmon tried their hands at songwriting in New York but were unsuccessful. He directed, wrote, or produced for CBS and other networks on several productions, including Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic. Robert Montgomery optioned his first play "The General's Other Son." He married actress Bethel Leslie on June 7, 1953 and they had a daughter, Leslie. They later divorced in 1963. At the end of the 50s, he moved to California and directed and wrote multiple episodes of many different programs. His novel "Rough Cut" was published on August 19, 1976 by Morrow. He worked as a 2nd Assistant Director on some Movies of the Week and several episodes of Happy Days (1974), as a 1st Assistant Director on Laverne & Shirley (1976), and was the 1st AD for the entire run of Family Ties (1982), also directing 14 episodes of that program. After retiring from television, McCullough got a master's degree in Clinical Psychology which he practiced for over 20 years. He was married to Janet Carlson from 1989 until her death in 2002.