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Hyman Jack "Hy" Averback (1920-1997), a former actor from [[Minnesota]], was the principal director of ''The Real McCoys,'' but versatile co-star Richard Crenna (1926-2003), in the role of Luke McCoy, later assumed duties as a director along with two others.

Hyman Jack "Hy" Averback (1920-1997), a former actor from [[Minnesota]], was the principal director of ''The Real McCoys,'' but versatile co-star Richard Crenna (1926-2003), in the role of Luke McCoy, later assumed duties as a director along with two others.

Kathleen Nolan (born 1933), one of the last two living members of the cast of ''The Real McCoys,'' recalls how the Pincus brothers discovered singer and bandleader Tony Martinez (1920-2002), the [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] native selected to play the Mexican farmhand Pepino Garcia. Martinez was playing at a club in [[Hollywood]], which the Pincuses visited. Nolan played housewife Kate McCoy in the first five years of the series; she was written out as "deceased" in the sixth season, which aired not on ABC but the CBS Sunday night schedule from 1963 to 1964. Nolan recalled that Martinez first failed to respond because he thought that the Pincus brothers' interest in his services was merely a joke, but the producers pursued Martinez and signed him to the cast. Nolan, who was also the president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] from 1975 to 1980, called Martinez's selection as Pepino "a major breakthrough in terms of minority representation on television. It may not have been the representation that we are seeking now, but it certainly was a breakthrough to have a major character on television that was not white."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/cine/tony-martinez.htm|title=Tony Martinez, 'Pepino' on 'Real McCoys', Dies at 82|publisher=latinamericanstudies.org|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref>

Kathleen Nolan (born 1933), one of the last two living members of the cast of ''The Real McCoys,'' recalls how the Pincus brothers discovered singer and bandleader Tony Martinez (1920-2002), the [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] native selected to play the Mexican farmhand Pepino Garcia. Martinez was playing at a club in [[Hollywood]], which the Pincuses visited. Nolan played housewife Kate McCoy in the first five years of the series; she was written out as "deceased" in the sixth season, which aired not on ABC but the CBS Sunday night schedule from 1962 to 1963. Nolan recalled that Martinez first failed to respond because he thought that the Pincus brothers' interest in his services was merely a joke, but the producers pursued Martinez and signed him to the cast. Nolan, who was also the president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] from 1975 to 1980, called Martinez's selection as Pepino "a major breakthrough in terms of minority representation on television. It may not have been the representation that we are seeking now, but it certainly was a breakthrough to have a major character on television that was not white."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/cine/tony-martinez.htm|title=Tony Martinez, 'Pepino' on 'Real McCoys', Dies at 82|publisher=latinamericanstudies.org|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}</ref>

After ''The Real McCoys,'' Pincus did not produce again until the 1971 television movie ''Eddie'' and the 1972 theater film ''To Find a Man,'' starring Pamela Sue Martin, a retired actress born in [[Connecticut]] in 1953. Pincus's first directing had occurred in 1950 and 1951 in two episodes of the original DuMont television version of ''The Adventures of Ellery Queen,'' which aired from 1951 to 1956. He subsequently directed seven more episodes of the series. Even earlier, he was the creator of the 1940 musical comedy at the Schubert Theatre on [[Broadway]], ''Higher and Higher,'' with music by Richard Charles Rodgers (1902-1979) and the lyrics of Lorenz Hart (1895-1943). The play was made into a film of the same name in 1943.<ref name=imdb/>

After ''The Real McCoys,'' Pincus did not produce again until the 1971 television movie ''Eddie'' and the 1972 theater film ''To Find a Man,'' starring Pamela Sue Martin, a retired actress born in [[Connecticut]] in 1953. Pincus's first directing had occurred in 1950 and 1951 in two episodes of the original DuMont television version of ''The Adventures of Ellery Queen,'' which aired from 1951 to 1956. He subsequently directed seven more episodes of the series. Even earlier, he was the creator of the 1940 musical comedy at the Schubert Theatre on [[Broadway]], ''Higher and Higher,'' with music by Richard Charles Rodgers (1902-1979) and the lyrics of Lorenz Hart (1895-1943). The play was made into a film of the same name in 1943.<ref name=imdb/>