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Hal Gurnee is a member of the following lists: American television directors, 1935 births and 1925 births.

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Harold Gurnee (born January 25, 1925, in New York, New York) is an American television director whose career stretched from the 1960s (directing episodes of The Tonight Show during the Jack Paar era, through the early 2000s (directing episodes of The Man Show). However, he's best remembered for having directed all of the television shows hosted by David Letterman on NBC during the 1980s and '90s. Gurnee directed the NBC daytime program The David Letterman Show, then moved with Letterman to Late Night with David Letterman in 1982. By his own account, Gurnee (then in his late 50s) was preparing to retire when Letterman approached him to direct his show; Gurnee stayed with Letterman for 15 years. Gurnee himself would often be heard or appear on the show, when Letterman would call on him in the control room to facilitate a comedy segment. When introducing him, Letterman would deliberately stumble over and mispronounce his last name (e.g., "Hal Gurtner...Gurnter"), or confuse him with Dan Gurney (e.g. "Hal... our Emmy award winning director and legendary race car driver").