Jerry Thorpe
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Born | Richard Jerome Thorpe (1926-08-29)August 29, 1926 Los Angeles, California |
Died | September 25, 2018(2018-09-25) (aged 92) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
Burial place | Desert Memorial Park Cathedral City, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Film director, television producer, writer |
Years active | 1956–1990 |
Parent | Richard Thorpe |
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.[1]
Thorpe served as the executive producer of 33 episodes of The Untouchables (starring Robert Stack) during the series' 2nd season (1960–61). Thorpe also served as executive producer of Harry O, the 1973-75 David Janssen TV series. [2][unreliable source?]
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.[3]
Thorpe died in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 92 from natural causes.[4][5] He was buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.[4]
Filmography
- The Venetian Affair (1966), starring Robert Vaughn
- Day of the Evil Gun (1968), starring Glenn Ford[5]
- Lock, Stock, and Barrel (1971), a television movie
- A Question of Love (1978), a television movie
References
- ^ a b Hal Erickson (2014). "Jerry Thorpe". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 23, 2014.
- ^ Jerry Thorpe at IMDb
- ^ "The Brightest Stars from New-York to Los Angeles" (PDF). May 8, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 18, 2019.
- ^ a b "Jerry Thorpe 1926 - 2018 - Obituary". obituariesf.desertsun.com.
- ^ a b "Jerry Thorpe, Emmy-Winning Director and Producer of 'Kung Fu,' Dies at 92 | Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. October 11, 2018.
External links
- Jerry Thorpe at IMDb
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- Jack Smight for "Eddie" (1959)
- Robert Mulligan for The Moon and Sixpence (1960)
- George Schaefer for Macbeth (1961)
- Franklin J. Schaffner for The Defenders (1962)
- Stuart Rosenberg for "The Madman" (1963)
- Tom Gries for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964)
- Paul Bogart for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965)
- Sydney Pollack for "The Game" (1966)
- Alex Segal for Death of a Salesman (1967)
- Paul Bogart for "Dear Friends" (1968)
- David Greene for "The People Next Door" (1969)
- Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" (1970)
- Daryl Duke for "The Day the Lion Died" (1971)
- Alexander Singer for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" (1972)
- Jerry Thorpe for "An Eye for an Eye" (1973)
- Robert Butler for "Part III" (1974)
- Bill Bain for "A Sudden Storm" (1975)
- David Greene for "Part I: Chapters 1 & 2" (Rich Man, Poor Man) (1976)
- David Greene for "Part 1" (Roots) (1977)
- Marvin J. Chomsky for Holocaust (1978)
- Jackie Cooper for "Pilot" (The White Shadow) (1979)
- Roger Young for "Cop" (1980)
- Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station"(1981)
- Harry Harris for "To Soar and Never Falter" (1982)
- Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983)
- Corey Allen for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" (1984)
- Karen Arthur for "Heat" (1985)
- Georg Stanford Brown for "Parting Shots" (1986)
- Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (L.A. Law) (1987)
- Mark Tinker for "Weigh In, Way Out" (1988)
- Robert Altman for "The Boiler Room" (1989)
- Thomas Carter for "Promises to Keep" / Scott Winant for "The Go-Between" (1990)
- Thomas Carter for "In Confidence" (1991)
- Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1992)
- Barry Levinson for "Gone for Goode" (1993)
- Daniel Sackheim for "Tempest in a C-Cup" (1994)
- Mimi Leder for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995)
- Jeremy Kagan for "Leave of Absence" (1996)
- Mark Tinker for "Where's 'Swaldo?" (1997)
- Mark Tinker for "Pilot" (Brooklyn South) / Paris Barclay for "Lost Israel, Part 2" (1998)
- Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1999)
- Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (The West Wing) (2000)
- Thomas Schlamme for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I" & "Part II" (2001)
- Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2002)
- Christopher Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003)
- Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004)
- J. J. Abrams for "Pilot" (Lost) (2005)
- Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006)
- Alan Taylor for "Kennedy and Heidi" (2007)
- Greg Yaitanes for "House's Head" (2008)
- Rod Holcomb for "And in the End..." (2009)
- Steve Shill for "The Getaway" (2010)
- Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2011)
- Tim Van Patten for "To the Lost" (2012)
- David Fincher for "Chapter 1" (2013)
- Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" (2014)
- David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015)
- Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016)
- Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017)
- Stephen Daldry for "Paterfamilias" (2018)
- Jason Bateman for "Reparations" (2019)
- Andrij Parekh for "Hunting" (2020)
- Jessica Hobbs for "War" (2021)
- Hwang Dong-hyuk for "Red Light, Green Light" (2022)
- Mark Mylod for "Connor's Wedding" (2023)
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