Ralph Senensky, the prolific TV director who called the shots for the emotional return of Ellen Corby on The Waltons , the three-part pilot for Dynasty and, before he was fired, 6 1/2 episodes of the original Star Trek , has died. He was 102.

Senensky died Saturday in a hospital in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, his niece, costume designer Lisa Lupo-Silvas, told The Hollywood Reporter . “He was 100 precent sharp until the end,” she said. “He may have been 102, but he had a mind like he was 30.”

The Iowa native also helmed multiple episodes of Dr. Kildare, Naked City , 12 O’Clock High , The Fugitive , The F.B.I., Ironside, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father , Dan August , Nanny and the Professor , The Partridge Family , Barnaby Jones , Insight , Hart to H

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