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