Ivan Dixon
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Combined Graph record U-03271 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-1201. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Director of The Spook Who Sat by the Door
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Director of The Spook Who Sat by the Door
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- Role(s): creator
- Known for: Director of The Spook Who Sat by the Door
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- The Spook Who Sat by the Door — authored by → this record
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- https://www.library.ucla.edu/visit/events-exhibitions/the-spook-who-sat-by-the-door-infiltrating-hollywood-05-31-25/ (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Director of The Spook Who Sat by the Door. The stored claim 'Creator of The Spook Who Sat by the Door' is corrected on the UCLA Film & Television Archive program notes (fetched in full 2026-10-17), which credit direction to Ivan Dixon and screenplay to Sam Greenlee and Melvin Clay, from Greenlee's 1969 novel.
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