Harvey Laidman, a veteran TV director who helmed several episodes of series such as The Waltons, Scarecrow and Mrs King, died at the age of 82.
Harvey's son, Dan Laidman, told The Hollywood Reporter that his father died of cancer on January 3 in a hospital in Simi Valley.
Laidman was born in 1942 in Cleveland to a librarian mother and an electrical contractor father.
Laidman served as assistant director and unit production manager on the second and third seasons of CBS's The Waltons from 1973-75.
Laidman later went back to school to earn a doctorate in education and taught science.

The Waltons Director Harvey Laidman Dies At 82