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Sutton Roley (1922–2007)

Director | Writer | Actor

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Prolific TV director who began working in live TV in the 50s both as a director and sometime writer. Retired in the late 80s.

Born:

Sutton Wilson Roley
in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 84) in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA
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1990 Shades of LA (TV series)
 
1986 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
– Brother to Dragons (1986)
 
1984-1985 Airwolf (TV series)
– Fortune Teller (1985)
– The Horn of Plenty (1985)
– Santini's Millions (1985)
– Fallen Angel (1984)
– The Hunted (1984)
 
1985 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
– Deadly Reunion (1985)
 
1984 Partners in Crime (TV series)
– Fantasyland (1984)
 
1981 Riker (TV series)
 
1980 The Contender (TV mini-series)
 
1980 B.A.D. Cats (TV series)
– Let's Put Sam Away (1980)
– Life and Death of a Beauty Queen (1980)
– Running Home (1980)
 
1979 240-Robert (TV series)
– Acting Sergeant (1979)
– The Apology (1979)
 
1979 The Curse of Dracula (TV series)
 
1977-1979 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
– The Golden Angel (1979)
– Dandruff (1978)
– The Avenger (1978)
– Photo Finish (1978)
– Death in a Different Place (1977)
 
1978 Vega$ (TV series)
– Serve, Volley and Kill (1978)
– The Games Girls Play (1978)
 
1977 Kojak (TV series)
– A Strange Kind of Love (1977)
 
1976-1977 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
– A Capitol Crime (1977)
– Elegy in a Rain Forest (1977)
– Double Exposure (1976)
 
1976-1977 Switch (TV series)
– Butterfly Morning (1977)
– The Things That Belong to Mickey Costello (1976)
– The Twelfth Commandment (1976)
 
1976 Baretta (TV series)
– They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To (1976)
 
1975-1976 Bronk (TV series)
– The Vigilante (1976)
– Vengeance (1976)
– Target: Unknown (1976)
– Jackson Blue (1976)
– Next of Kin (1976)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1975 S.W.A.T. (TV series)
– Strike Force (1975)
– Ordeal (1975) (as Sutton W. Roley)
 
1975 Satan's Triangle (TV movie)
 
1974 Movin' On (TV series)
– Good for Laughs (1974)
 
1974 Chosen Survivors
 
1968-1974 Mannix (TV series)
– Mask for a Charade (1974)
– A Way to Dusty Death (1973)
– The Man Who Wasn't There (1973)
– Light and Shadow (1972)
– To Kill a Memory (1972)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1973-1974 The Magician (TV series)
– The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit: Part 2 (1974)
– The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit: Part 1 (1974)
– The Man Who Lost Himself (1973)
– The Manhunters (1973)
 
1974 Kodiak (TV series)
– Lesson in Terror (1974)
 
1973 Snatched (TV movie)
 
1968-1972 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
– Crack-Up (1972)
– Underwater (1971)
– Blast (1971)
– The Test Case (1969)
– The Cardinal (1968)
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
– Once Upon a Chilling (1972)
– Witness Within (1972)
– Coffin, Coffin in the Sky (1972)
 
1972 The Loners
 
1971 Sweet, Sweet Rachel (TV movie)
 
1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
– High Card (1969)
– The Perfect Image (1969)
 
1968 How to Steal the World
 
1967-1968 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The Seven Wonders of the World Affair: Part II (1968)
– The Seven Wonders of the World Affair: Part I (1968)
– The Summit-Five Affair (1967)
 
1965-1967 Lost in Space (TV series)
– The Anti-Matter Man (1967)
– One of Our Dogs Is Missing (1965)
– Wish Upon a Star (1965)
– The Oasis (1965)
 
1967 The Rat Patrol (TV series)
– The Life for a Life Raid (1967)
– The Hide and Go Seek Raid (1967)
– The Trial by Fire Raid (1967)
– The Double or Nothing Raid (1967)
 
1967 Felony Squad (TV series)
– The Pat Hand of Death (1967)
 
1967 Garrison's Gorillas (TV series)
 
1967 The Invaders (TV series)
– The Innocent (1967)
– Quantity: Unknown (1967)
 
1967 Heroic Mission (TV series)
 
1966 T.H.E. Cat (TV series)
– To Bell T.H.E. Cat (1966)
 
1966 Bonanza (TV series)
– To Bloom for Thee (1966)
 
1966 The Big Valley (TV series)
– The River Monarch (1966)
 
1966 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
– The Return of the Phantom (1966)
– Dead Men's Doubloons (1966)
– The Phantom Strikes (1966)
 
1963-1965 Combat! (TV series)
– Finest Hour (1965)
– Soldier of Fortune (1965)
– Hear No Evil (1965)
– Dateline (1965)
– Brother, Brother (1965)
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1965 Rawhide (TV series)
– Duel at Daybreak (1965)
– Encounter at Boot Hill (1965)
 
1964-1965 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
– Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet (1965)
– End of the Line (1965)
– Soldiers Sometimes Kill (1964)
 
1965 The Fugitive (TV series)
– Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet (1965)
 
1964 Gunsmoke (TV series)
– Aunt Thede (1964)
 
1960-1964 Wagon Train (TV series)
– The Geneva Balfour Story (1964)
– The Earl Packer Story (1961)
– The Cathy Eckhart Story (1960)
 
1962 Saints and Sinners (TV series)
– Judgement in Jazz Alley (1962)
– The Man on the Rim (1962)
 
1961-1962 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
– The Dream Merchant (1962)
– Build My Gallows Low (1962)
– The Quest of Ambrose Feather (1962)
– Nightmare in the Sun (1961)
 
1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
– The Exiles (1962)
 
1961 Bus Stop (TV series)
– Portrait of a Hero (1961)
 
1961 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
– Tiger by the Tail (1961)
 
1961 Hong Kong (TV series)
– Murder by Proxy (1961)
 
1959-1960 U.S. Marshal (TV series)
– Nine O'Clock Pickup (1960)
– Ghost Town (1959)
 
1958 Target (TV series)
– Money Go Round (1958)
– On Cue (1958)
– Death by the Clock (1958)
 
1957-1958 Men of Annapolis (TV series)
– The Genius (1958)
– Mister Fireball (1958)
– Rapid Fire (1958)
– Rescue at Sea (1958)
– The Fight (1958)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1957 Harbor Command (TV series)
– Final Score (1957)
– Counterfeit Money (1957)
 
1957 Highway Patrol (TV series)
– Mistaken Identity (1957)
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
1985 Airwolf (TV series)
– The Horn of Plenty (1985) (written by)
 
1960 Wagon Train (TV series)
– The Cathy Eckhart Story (1960) (writer)
 
1958 Target (TV series)
– Death by the Clock (1958) (original story)
 
1958 Men of Annapolis (TV series)
– Rescue at Sea (1958) (written by)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1977 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Judge Thorenson
– A Capitol Crime (1977) … Judge Thorenson
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1958 Target (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Death by the Clock (1958) (producer)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1973) Unsold pilot: Directed a pilot for ABC called "Stone", starring Robert Hooks as a highly paid African-American private detective headquartered in Southern California.

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Alternate Names:

Sutton W. Roley
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Personal Quote:

[about producer Quinn Martin] He demanded quality. When it was night in a scene, he'd shoot at night; he wouldn't shoot it day for night . . . He spent some money. And he paid a little extra to directors, to writers, to everyone else to get that kind of quality. See more »

Trivia:

Prolific TV director who began working in live TV in the 50s both as a director and sometime writer. Retired in the late 80s. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra