<P> On August 17, 1966, however, during production of the new season's ninth episode, "The Night of the Ready - Made Corpse", Garrison fell down a flight of stairs in his home, fractured his skull, and died . CBS brought in Bruce Lansbury, brother of actress Angela Lansbury, to produce the show for the remainder of its run . In the early 1960s Lansbury had been in charge of daytime shows at CBS Television City in Hollywood, then vice president of programming in New York . When he was tapped for The Wild Wild West, Lansbury was working with his twin brother, Edgar, producing legitimate theater on Broadway . </P> <P> The first season's episodes were filmed in black and white, and they were darker in tone . Cinematographer Ted Voightlander was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on one of these episodes, "The Night of the Howling Light ." Subsequent seasons were filmed in color, and the show became noticeably campier . </P> <P> The Wild Wild West was filmed at CBS Studio Center on Radford Avenue in Studio City in the San Fernando Valley . The 70 - acre lot was formerly the home of Republic Studios, which specialized in low - budget films including Westerns starring Roy Rogers and Gene Autry and Saturday morning serials (which The Wild Wild West appropriately echoed). CBS had a wall - to - wall lease on the lot starting in May 1963, and produced Gunsmoke and Rawhide there, as well as Gilligan's Island . The network bought the lot from Republic in February 1967, for $9.5 million . Beginning in 1971, MTM Enterprises (headed by actress Mary Tyler Moore and her then - husband, Grant Tinker) became the Studio Center's primary tenant . In the mid-1980s the western streets and sets were replaced with new sound stages and urban facades, including the New York streets seen in Seinfeld . In 1995 the lagoon set that was originally constructed for Gilligan's Island was paved over to create a parking lot . </P> <P> Among iconic locations used for filming were Bronson Canyon ("Night of the Returning Dead" S02E05) and Vasquez Rocks ("Night of the Cadre" S02E26). </P>

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