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)
2006
- The Lost Room ... (Director)
2005
- The Triangle ... (Director)
- Left Behind: World at War ... (Director)
2004
- Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital ... (Director)
- Kingdom Hospital ... (Director)
2003
- The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer ... (Director)
2002
- Rose Red ... (Director)
- Sniper 2 ... (Director)
- The Glow ... (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
- Under Pressure ... (Director)
1996
- Twisted Desire ... (Director)
- Twilight Man ... (Director)
1995
- The Avenging Angel ... (Director)
1994
- Deep Red ... (Director)
- Deconstructing Sarah ... (Director)
1993
- Sudden Fury ... (Director)
1992
- Revenge on the Highway ... (Director)
- Raven: Return of the Black Dragons ... (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
- The Long Riders ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Wholly Moses ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- All God's Children ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1979
- The Warriors as Punk (Black and Yellow)
- Death Car on the Freeway ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Skatetown, U.S.A. ... (Stunts)
- Nightwing ... (Stunts)
- Mind Over Murder as Bobby
- Delta Fox ... (Second Unit Director)
1978
- Foul Play ... (Stunt Double)
- Heaven Can Wait ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Big Fix ... (Stunt Driver)
- 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)
- Search for the Gods ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Report to the Commissioner ... (Stunts)
- Lepke ... (Stunts)
- The Nickel Ride ... (Stunts)
1974
- Harry O ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Earthquake ... (Stunts)
- The Parallax View as C.I.A. Agent - Top of Space Needle (uncredited)
- Mr. Majestyk ... (Stunts)
- The White Dawn ... (Stunt Double)
- Welcome to Arrow Beach as Young Driver
- Get Christie Love! ... (Stunt Driver)
- 99 and 44/100% Dead ... (Stunts)
- Nightmare Honeymoon ... (Stunt Double)
- Planet Earth ... (Stunt Driver)
1973
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes ... (Stunts)
- Charley Varrick as Van Sickle
- Charley and the Angel ... (Stunt Driver)
- Cry Rape ... (Stunts)
1972
- The Poseidon Adventure ... (Stunts)
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes ... (Stunts)
- What's Up, Doc? ... (Stunts)
- Ben ... (Stunts)
- The Outside Man ... (Stunts)
- Trouble Man ... (Stunts)
1971
- Diamonds Are Forever ... (Stunts)
- The Sheriff ... (Stunt Driver)