Director
Jerry Thorpe
100 years · Los Angeles, California, USA · 19 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 19
Dirty Work
1985 · Director
Happy Endings
1983 · Director
All God's Children
1980 · Producer, Director
The Lazarus Syndrome
1979 · Director, Producer
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Heaven Only Knows
1979 · Director, Producer
A Question of Love
1978 · Director, Producer
Stickin' Together
1978 · Producer, Director
The Possessed
1977 · Director
I Want to Keep My Baby!
1976 · Director
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976 · Director
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974 · Director, Producer
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973 · Director, Producer
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
1972 · Director
Crosscurrent
1971 · Director
Lock, Stock and Barrel
1971 · Director
Company of Killers
1970 · Director, Producer
Dial Hot Line
1970 · Director
Day of the Evil Gun
1968 · Director, Producer
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The Venetian Affair
1966 · Director, Producer