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Jerry Thorpe
Los Angeles, California, USA
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. Thorp…
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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.
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1994
One West Waikiki
TV show Director
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1991
P.S. I Luv U
TV show Director
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1986
Our House
TV show Director
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1986
Blood & Orchids
TV show Director
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1985
Dirty Work
Movie Director
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1983
Happy Endings
Movie Director
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1981
Falcon Crest
TV show Director
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1981
American Dream
TV show Director
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1980
All God's Children
Movie Producer
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1979
The Lazarus Syndrome
Movie Director
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1979
Heaven Only Knows
Movie Director
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1978
A Question of Love
Movie Director
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1978
Stickin' Together
Movie Producer
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1977
The Possessed
Movie Executive Producer
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1976
I Want to Keep My Baby!
Movie Director
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1976
The Dark Side of Innocence
Movie Director
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1974
Harry O
TV show Director
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1974
The Healers
Movie Executive Producer
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1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Movie Director
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1973
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Movie Director
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1972
Kung Fu
TV show Producer
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1972
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
Movie Director
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1971
Crosscurrent
Movie Director
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1971
Lock, Stock and Barrel
Movie Director
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1970
The Interns
TV show Director
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1970
Company of Killers
Movie Director
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1970
Dial Hot Line
Movie Director
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1969
Hawaii Five-O
TV show Director
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1968
Day of the Evil Gun
Movie Director
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1966
The Venetian Affair
Movie Director
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1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV show Director
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1958
The Texan
TV show Director
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1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV show Director
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1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV show Director
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1954
The Long, Long Trailer
Movie Assistant Director
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1953
Take the High Ground!
Movie Assistant Director
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1953
Nostradamus and the Queen
Movie Assistant Director
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1953
The Band Wagon
Movie Assistant Director
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1953
Ride, Vaquero!
Movie Assistant Director
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1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie Assistant Director
