Craig R. Baxley
Born: 1949-10-20 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Directing
Biography
Craig Redding Baxley (born October 20, 1949) is an American actor, director, author, and stunt performer. He is best known for his work in the action and thriller genres. Beginning his career as a stunt performer, he was hired to perform stunts in number of notable television series namely Police Story, Harry O, Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, Gemini Man, Roots, M*A*S*H, The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team (his head directorial debut). He also worked as a stunt coordinator and second unit director on the feature films The Warriors (1979), The Long Riders (1980), Reds (1981) and Predator (1987). Baxley also appeared in four episodes of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, as well having small roles in Chase, Mannix, Bearcats!, Marcus Welby, M.D. and S.W.A.T. In 1987, he made his feature film directorial debut with Action Jackson. His other feature film credits are I Come in Peace (1991), Stone Cold (1991) and Sniper 2 (2002). Baxley's other television directing credits include miniseries based on Stephen King works namely Storm of the Century (1999), Rose Red (2002), The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003), Kingdom Hospital (2004), as well as The Triangle (2005) and The Lost Room (2006). Some of his television film credits include A Family Torn Apart (1993), Twisted Desire (1996) and Silencing Mary (1998) both starring Melissa Joan Hart.
Filmography
2023
- King on Screen as Self
2018
- Henchman: The Al Leong Story as Self
2008
- Aces 'N' Eights ... (Director)
2007
- Inside the Lost Room as Self
2006
- The Lost Room ... (Director)
2005
- The Triangle ... (Director)
- Left Behind: World at War ... (Director)
2004
- Kingdom Hospital ... (Director)
- Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital ... (Director)
2003
- The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer ... (Director)
2002
- Rose Red ... (Director)
- The Glow ... (Director)
- Sniper 2 ... (Director)
- Unlocking Rose Red: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer ... (Director)
1999
- Storm of the Century ... (Director)
- A Touch of Hope ... (Director)
- Chameleon II: Death Match ... (Director)
1998
- Silencing Mary ... (Director)
1997
- Bad Day on the Block ... (Director)
1996
- Twisted Desire ... (Director)
- Twilight Man ... (Director)
1995
- The Avenging Angel ... (Director)
1994
- Deconstructing Sarah ... (Director)
- Deep Red ... (Director)
1993
- Sudden Fury ... (Director)
1992
- Raven: Return of the Black Dragons ... (Director)
- Revenge on the Highway ... (Director)
1991
- Stone Cold ... (Director)
1990
- Dark Angel ... (Director)
1988
- Action Jackson ... (Director)
1987
- Predator ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1983
- The A-Team ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1982
- Six Pack ... (Stunt Driver)
- The Seduction ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Renegades ... (Second Unit Director)
1981
- Reds ... (Second Unit Director)
- Honky Tonk Freeway ... (Stunts)
- Take This Job and Shove It ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1980
- Wholly Moses ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Long Riders ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Top of the Hill ... (Second Unit Director)
- All God's Children ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1979
- The Warriors as Punk (Black and Yellow)
- Mind Over Murder as Bobby
- Nightwing ... (Stunts)
- Delta Fox ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Skatetown, U.S.A. ... (Stunts)
- Death Car on the Freeway ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1978
- Foul Play ... (Stunt Double)
- The Big Fix ... (Stunt Driver)
- Heaven Can Wait ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Zero to Sixty ... (Stunt Driver)
- The Young Runaways ... (Stunt Driver)
1977
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind ... (Stunt Driver)
- Fun with Dick and Jane ... (Stunts)
1976
- Logan's Run ... (Stunts)
- Cannonball ... (Stunt Driver)
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ... (Stunts)
- Demon and the Mummy as Staff Sgt. Rolf Anderson
1975
- Rollerball ... (Stunts)
- Shampoo ... (Stunt Double)
- Lepke ... (Stunts)
- Report to the Commissioner ... (Stunts)
- Search for the Gods ... (Second Unit)
- The Nickel Ride ... (Stunts)
1974
- Mr. Majestyk ... (Stunts)
- Earthquake ... (Stunts)
- The Parallax View as C.I.A. Agent - Top of Space Needle (uncredited)
- Welcome to Arrow Beach as Young Driver
- Get Christie Love! ... (Stunt Driver)
- 99 and 44/100% Dead ... (Stunts)
- The White Dawn ... (Stunt Double)
- Planet Earth ... (Stunt Driver)
- Nightmare Honeymoon ... (Stunt Double)
1973
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes ... (Stunts)
- Charley Varrick as Van Sickle
- Cry Rape ... (Stunts)
- Charley and the Angel ... (Stunt Driver)
1972
- Ben ... (Stunts)
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes ... (Stunts)
- The Poseidon Adventure ... (Stunts)
- What's Up, Doc? ... (Stunts)
- Trouble Man ... (Stunts)
- The Outside Man ... (Stunts)
1971
- Diamonds Are Forever ... (Stunts)
- The Sheriff ... (Stunt Driver)