Jack Smight
Born: 1925-03-09 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died: 2003-09-01
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jack Smight (March 9, 1925 - September 1, 2003) was an American theatre and film director. Smight was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to school with future actor Peter Graves. His film credits include The Traveling Executioner, Rabbit, Run, Loving Couples, Midway, Harper, Airport 1975, Damnation Alley and the Emmy Award-winning Eddie, as well as many episodes of television series such as The Twilight Zone and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He also directed the 1960 Broadway play The 49th Cousin and composed the music for the film adaption of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Smight died from cancer in Los Angeles, California. He was 78. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Smight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Airports ... (Director)
2005
- Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound ... (Director)
2001
- The Making of Midway as Self
1989
- The Favorite ... (Director)
1987
- Number One with a Bullet ... (Director)
1985
- Dalton's Code of Vengeance ... (Director)
1982
- Remembrance Of Love ... (Director)
1980
- Loving Couples ... (Director)
1979
- Fast Break as Dibber
1978
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ... (Director)
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ... (Director)
1977
- Damnation Alley ... (Director)
1976
- Midway ... (Director)
1974
- Airport 1975 ... (Director)
- The Man from Independence ... (Director)
- Frankenstein: The True Story ... (Director)
1973
- Double Indemnity ... (Director)
- Legend in Granite ... (Director)
- Partners in Crime ... (Director)
- Frankenstein: The True Story ... (Director)
- Linda ... (Director)
1972
- Banacek ... (Director)
- The Screaming Woman ... (Director)
- The Longest Night ... (Director)
- Madigan ... (Director)
1971
- Columbo ... (Director)
1970
- McCloud ... (Director)
- Rabbit, Run ... (Director)
- The Traveling Executioner ... (Director)
1969
- The Illustrated Man ... (Director)
- Strategy of Terror ... (Director)
- Tattooed Steiger
1968
- The Secret War of Harry Frigg ... (Director)
- No Way to Treat a Lady ... (Director)
1966
- Harper ... (Director)
- Kaleidoscope ... (Director)
1965
- The Third Day ... (Director)
1964
- I'd Rather Be Rich ... (Director)
1963
- Kraft Suspense Theatre ... (Director)
- Arrest and Trial ... (Director)
- East Side/West Side ... (Director)
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ... (Director)
- The Eleventh Hour ... (Director)
1961
- Dr. Kildare ... (Director)
- The Defenders ... (Director)
1960
- Route 66 ... (Director)
1959
- The Twilight Zone ... (Director)
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson ... (Director)
- The Sound of Miles Davis ... (Director)
1958
- Naked City ... (Director)
1957
- Alcoa Theatre ... (Director)
- Suspicion ... (Director)
- The Sound of Jazz ... (Director)
1954
- Climax! ... (Director)
1951
- Goodyear Television Playhouse ... (Director)
1948
- Studio One ... (Director)
- The Philco Television Playhouse ... (Director)