Jerry Thorpe
Born: 1926-01-01 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2018-09-25
Known For: Directing
Biography
Richard Jerome Thorpe (August 29, 1926 – September 25, 2018) was an American television-and-film director and producer.[1] Actor and director Richard Thorpe was his father. Thorpe served as the executive producer of 33 episodes of The Untouchables (starring Robert Stack) during the series's second season (1960–61). Thorpe also served as executive producer of Harry O, the 1973-75 David Janssen TV series. Thorpe won an Emmy award for his work on an episode of Kung Fu. In 2003, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him and his father. Thorpe died in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 92 from natural causes. He was buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.
Filmography
1994
- One West Waikiki ... (Director)
1991
- P.S. I Luv U ... (Director)
1986
- Blood & Orchids ... (Director)
- Our House ... (Director)
- Blood & Orchids ... (Director)
1985
- Dirty Work ... (Director)
1983
- Happy Endings ... (Director)
1981
- Falcon Crest ... (Director)
- American Dream ... (Director)
1980
- All God's Children ... (Producer)
1979
- The Lazarus Syndrome ... (Director)
- Heaven Only Knows ... (Director)
1978
- Stickin' Together ... (Producer)
- A Question of Love ... (Director)
1977
- The Possessed ... (Executive Producer)
1976
- The Dark Side of Innocence ... (Director)
- I Want to Keep My Baby! ... (Director)
1974
- Harry O ... (Director)
- The Healers ... (Executive Producer)
- Smile Jenny, You're Dead ... (Director)
1973
- Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On ... (Director)
1972
- Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon ... (Director)
- Kung Fu ... (Director)
1971
- Crosscurrent ... (Director)
- Lock, Stock and Barrel ... (Director)
1970
- Dial Hot Line ... (Director)
- The Interns ... (Director)
- Company of Killers ... (Director)
1968
- Hawaii Five-O ... (Director)
- Day of the Evil Gun ... (Director)
1967
- The Venetian Affair ... (Director)
1958
- The Texan ... (Director)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ... (Director)
1957
- The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour ... (Director)
1955
- The 20th Century Fox Hour ... (Director)
1954
- The Long, Long Trailer ... (Assistant Director)
1953
- Take the High Ground! ... (Assistant Director)
- The Band Wagon ... (Assistant Director)
- Ride, Vaquero! ... (Assistant Director)
- Nostradamus and the Queen ... (Assistant Director)
1952
- The Bad and the Beautiful ... (Assistant Director)
- The Wild North ... (Assistant Director)