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Starting out as a radio writer, Rodney Amateau began his film career as... moreAwards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. moreAlternate Names:
Rod AmateauFilmography
Jump to filmography as: Producer, Director, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Stunts, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Actor, Self
Producer:
- Swimsuit (1989) (TV) (producer)
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
- Six Pack (1983) (TV) (producer)
- "Enos" (1980) TV series (supervising producer) (unknown episodes)
- "The Dukes of Hazzard" (supervising producer) (28 episodes, 1979-1980)
- Southern Comfurts (1980) TV episode (supervising producer) (as Rod Amateau)
- R.I.P. Henry Flatt (1980) TV episode (supervising producer) (as Rod Amateau)
- Mason Dixon's Girls (1980) TV episode (supervising producer) (as Rod Amateau)
- Return of the Ridge Raiders (1980) TV episode (supervising producer) (as Rod Amateau)
- Jude Emery (1980) TV episode (supervising producer) (as Rod Amateau)
(23 more) - "Supertrain" (producer) (2 episodes, 1979)
- The Queen and the Improbable Knight (1979) TV episode (producer)
- And a Cup of Kindness Too (1979) TV episode (producer) - Where Does It Hurt? (1972) (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
- "O.K. Crackerby!" (executive producer) (9 episodes, 1965-1966) (producer) (2 episodes, 1965)
- Operation Susan (1966) TV episode (executive producer)
- Bitter Ravioli (1965) TV episode (executive producer)
- Ol' Sam (1965) TV episode (producer)
- Crackerby's Unfinished Symphony (1965) TV episode (executive producer)
- Woodman, Spare That Family Tree (1965) TV episode (executive producer)
(6 more) - "My Mother the Car" (producer) (1 episode, 1965)
- Come Honk Your Horn (1965) TV episode (producer) - "The New Phil Silvers Show" (producer) (1 episode, 1963)
- Man It's Like Progress (1963) TV episode (producer) - "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (producer) (147 episodes, 1959-1963)
- The Devil and Dobie Gillis (1963) TV episode (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
- The Call of the, Like, Wild (1963) TV episode (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
- Beauty Is Only Kin Deep (1963) TV episode (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
- There's a Broken Light for Every Heart on Broadway (1963) TV episode (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
- I Was a Spy for the F.O.B. (1963) TV episode (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
(142 more) - "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
... aka "The Burns and Allen Show"
Director:
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) (as Rod Amateau)
- Lovelines (1984)
... aka Sueños juveniles (USA: Spanish title: TV title) - High School U.S.A. (1983) (TV)
- Uncommon Valor (1983) (TV) (as Rod Amateau)
- Six Pack (1983) (TV)
- "Enos" (2 episodes, 1980)
- Grits and Greens Strike Again (1980) TV episode
- Uncle Jesse's Visit (1980) TV episode - "The Dukes of Hazzard" (6 episodes, 1979-1980)
- Southern Comfurts (1980) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- Jude Emery (1980) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- The Meeting (1979) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- Money to Burn (1979) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- Mary Kaye's Baby (1979) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
(1 more) - "Supertrain" (1 episode, 1979)
- And a Cup of Kindness Too (1979) TV episode - The Seniors (1978)
... aka The Senior - Son of Hitler (1978) (as Rod Amateau)
... aka Hitler's Son (USA)
... aka Hitlers Sohn (West Germany) - Drive-In (1976) (as Rod Amateau)
- Where Does It Hurt? (1972) (as Rod Amateau)
- The Statue (1971)
- Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)
- "Vacation Playhouse" (1 episode, 1966)
- Where There's Smokey (1966) TV episode - "My Mother the Car" (12 episodes, 1965-1966)
- When You Wish Upon a Car (1966) TV episode
- The Blabbermouth (1966) TV episode
- It Might as Well Be Spring as Not (1966) TV episode
- Over the Hill to the Junkyard (1966) TV episode
- My Son, the Criminal (1966) TV episode
(7 more) - "O.K. Crackerby!" (3 episodes, 1965)
- Crackerby's Tutor (1965) TV episode
- The Wellecliffe Story (1965) TV episode
- O.K. Crackerby Arrives (1965) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) - "Gilligan's Island" (2 episodes, 1962-1964)
- Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk (1964) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) (archive footage)
- Marooned (1962) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) - "The Patty Duke Show" (2 episodes, 1964)
- The Boy Next Door (1964) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- Patty, the Pioneer (1964) TV episode - Gilligan's Island: Marooned (1964) (TV) (as Rod Amateau)
- "The New Phil Silvers Show" (5 episodes, 1963)
- Harry Today, Gone Tomorrow (1963) TV episode
- The Tortoise and the Harry (1963) TV episode
- Birthday Boy (1963) TV episode
- The Great Forklift Contest (1963) TV episode
- Man It's Like Progress (1963) TV episode - "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (101 episodes, 1959-1963)
- Beauty Is Only Kin Deep (1963) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight (1963) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- The Rice and Old Shoes Caper (1963) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- Lassie, Get Lost (1963) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- Three Million Coins in the Fountain (1963) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
(96 more) - "Margie" (1 episode, 1961)
- Hail the Conquered Hero (1961) TV episode - "Westinghouse Preview Theatre" (1 episode, 1961)
- Picture Window (1961) TV episode - "Mister Ed" (2 episodes, 1961)
- The Ventriloquist (1961) TV episode
- The First Meeting (1961) TV episode - Maggie (1960) (TV)
- "The George Burns Show" (1958) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Panic!" (1 episode, 1957)
... aka "No Warning" (USA: second season title)
- The Priest (1957) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) - "The Bob Cummings Show" (25 episodes, 1955-1956)
... aka "Love That Bob!" (USA: rerun title)
- Miss Joplin Arrives (1956) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- Grandpa Meets Zsa Zsa (1956) TV episode
- Margaret Becomes Sadie Thompson (1956) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- The Trouble with Henry (1956) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
- The Dominant Sex (1956) TV episode
(20 more) - "The Charles Farrell Show" (1 episode, 1956)
- Secrets (1956) TV episode - "The Star and the Story" (1 episode, 1956)
... aka "The Henry Fonda Show" (USA)
- Payment in Kind (1956) TV episode - "The Lone Wolf" (2 episodes, 1955)
... aka "Streets of Danger" (USA: syndication title)
- The Beverly Hills Story (1955) TV episode
- The Savage (????) TV episode - "Lassie" (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Jeff's Collie" (USA)
... aka "Timmy and Lassie" (USA: syndication title)
- Sale of Lassie (1954) TV episode - "General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
- The Road to Edinburgh (1954) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) - "The Revlon Mirror Theater" (1 episode, 1953)
- Because I Love Him (1953) TV episode - "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1953)
... aka "Herald Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
... aka "Schlitz Playhouse" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
- The Governess (1953) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) - "Your Jeweler's Showcase" (1 episode, 1952)
- Something for Ginger (1952) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) - Monsoon (1952)
- "Gruen Guild Playhouse" (1 episode, 1952)
... aka "Chevron Theatre" (USA: new title)
... aka "Gruen Guild Theater" (USA: new title)
- The Frightened Baronet (1952) TV episode - "The Dennis Day Show" (1 episode)
... aka "The RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day" (USA)
... aka "The RCA Victor Show" (USA)
- The Old Friend (????) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) - The Bushwhackers (1952) (as Rod Amateau)
... aka The Rebel (UK) (USA: working title) - "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950) TV series (unknown episodes)
... aka "The Burns and Allen Show"
Writer:
- Sunset (1988) (story) (as Rod Amateau)
... aka Catalina (USA: cable TV title) - The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) (written by) (as Rod Amateau)
- The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) (writer)
- Where Does It Hurt? (1972) (novel "The Operator") (as Rod Amateau) (writer) (as Rod Amateau)
- Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) (writer)
- Hook, Line and Sinker (1969) (screenplay) (as Rod Amateau) (story) (as Rod Amateau)
- "Vacation Playhouse" (1 episode, 1966)
- Where There's Smokey (1966) TV episode (writer) - "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (8 episodes, 1959-1962)
- I Do Not Choose to Run (1962) TV episode (story) (as Rod Amateau)
- Move Over, Perry Mason (1961) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) (story)
- Dobie, Dobie, Who's Got Dobie? (1961) TV episode (writer) (as Rod Amateau)
- The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard (1961) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) (story)
- Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife? (1961) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) (story)
(3 more) - "General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1953)
... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
- Winners Never Lose (1953) TV episode (story) - The Bushwhackers (1952) (writer) (as Rod Amateau)
... aka The Rebel (UK) (USA: working title)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) (action sequence director) (as Rod Amateau)
- Drums in the Deep South (1951) (dialogue director)
- Cry Danger (1951) (dialogue director)
- Born to Be Bad (1950) (dialogue director) (uncredited)
- In a Lonely Place (1950) (technical advisor)
Stunts:
- Thunder Run (1986) (stunt coordinator) (as Rod Amateau)
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (stunt double) (uncredited)
- In a Lonely Place (1950) (stunt double) (uncredited)
- Kiss of Death (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
- The Osterman Weekend (1983) (second unit director) (as Rod Amateau)
... aka Mission CIA (Philippines: English title)
Actor:
- "The Dukes of Hazzard" .... Manny (1 episode, 1979)
- Repo Men (1979) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) .... Manny
Self:
- "The Real Las Vegas" (1996) TV series (as Rod Amateau) .... Himself
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In 1965, he directed an unsold pilot for a proposed ABC comedy series called "My Man St. John" about a billionaire (Burt Ives) who hires a tutor for his kids and finds the man he hired could care less about his wealth and influence. morePublicity Listings:
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