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Jack Smight (1925–2003)

Director | Producer | Actor

Emmy Award-winning director Jack Smight was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 9, 1925, the offspring of Irish immigrants. After graduating from the unfortunately named Cretin High School, where he was a classmate of Peter Graves, he served in the US Army Air Force during World War Two, where he flew combat missions in the Pacific Theater... See full bio »

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in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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(age 78) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1989 The Favorite
 
1987 Number One with a Bullet
 
1986 Code of Vengeance (TV series)
– The Last Hold Out (1986)
– Rustler's Moon (1986)
 
1982 Remembrance of Love (TV movie)
 
1980 Loving Couples
 
1979 Fast Break
 
1978 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (TV movie)
 
1977 Damnation Alley
 
1976 Midway
 
1974 Airport 1975
 
1974 The Man from Independence
 
1973 Frankenstein: The True Story (TV movie)
 
1973 Linda (TV movie)
 
1973 Double Indemnity (TV movie)
 
1973 Partners in Crime (TV movie)
 
1972 Madigan (TV series)
– The London Beat (1972)
– The Midtown Beat (1972)
 
1972 Banacek (TV series)
– Let's Hear It for a Living Legend (1972)
– Detour to Nowhere (1972)
 
1972 The Longest Night (TV movie)
 
1972 The Screaming Woman (TV movie)
 
1971-1972 McCloud (TV series)
– A Little Plot at Tranquil Valley (1972)
– Somebody's Out to Get Jennie (1971)
 
1971 Columbo (TV series)
– Dead Weight (1971)
 
1970 Rabbit, Run
 
1970 The Traveling Executioner
 
1969 The Illustrated Man
 
1969 Strategy of Terror
 
1968 No Way to Treat a Lady
 
1968 The Secret War of Harry Frigg
 
1966 Kaleidoscope
 
1966 Harper
 
1965 The Third Day
 
1964-1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
– In Darkness, Waiting: Part 2 (1965)
– In Darkness, Waiting: Part 1 (1965)
– A Lion Amongst Men (1964)
– Operation Greif (1964)
 
1964 I'd Rather Be Rich
 
1963-1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
– Signals of an Ancient Flame (1964)
– Journey into Darkness (1963)
– Whose Little Girl Are You? (1963)
– A Flame in the Dark (1963) (uncredited)
– Isn't It a Lovely View (1963)
 
1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
– The Oracle (1963)
– Four Feet in the Morning (1963)
 
1963 East Side/West Side (TV series)
– You Can't Beat the System (1963)
– The Sinner (1963)
 
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
– The Dark Pool (1963)
– The Lonely Hours (1963)
– The Paragon (1963)
– What Really Happened (1963)
 
1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
– Mutiny (1962)
– The Betrayal (1962)
– The Interrogator (1962)
– The Movie Star (1962)
 
1962 Westinghouse Presents: That's Where the Town Is Going (TV movie)
 
1962 The Defenders (TV series)
– The Naked Heiress (1962)
– The Empty Chute (1962)
 
1961 The Enchanted Nutcracker (TV movie)
 
1961 Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (TV movie)
 
1961 Route 66 (TV series)
– Goodnight Sweet Blues (1961)
 
1961 Naked City (TV series)
– Dead on the Field of Honor (1961)
 
1960-1961 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
– Our American Heritage: Gentleman's Decision (1961)
– Our American Heritage: Autocrat and Son (1960)
 
1959-1961 Twilight Zone (TV series)
– Twenty Two (1961)
– The Night of the Meek (1960)
– The Lateness of the Hour (1960)
– The Lonely (1959)
 
1961 The Law and Mr. Jones (TV series)
– Lincoln (1961)
 
1960 The Robert Herridge Theater (TV series)
– The Sound of Miles Davis (1960)
 
1960 Destiny, West! (TV movie)
 
1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
– Ruth and Naomi (1959)
 
1959 The Sound of Miles Davis (TV movie)
 
1959 The Ten Commandments (TV movie)
 
1958 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
– Eddie (1958)
 
1957-1958 Suspicion (TV series)
– The Man with the Gun (1958)
– The Sparkle of Diamonds (1957)
– Hand in Glove (1957)
 
1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– The Young and Scared (1958)
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– Presence of the Enemy (1958)
– Balance of Terror (1958)
– The Other Place (1958)
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
– Journey into Fear (1956)
 
1955 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– The Prizewinner (1955)
– Visit to a Small Planet (1955)
 
1955 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– Incident in July (1955)
 
1949 One Man's Family (TV series)
 
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1970 The Traveling Executioner (producer)
 
1965 The Third Day (producer)
 
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1979 Fast Break
Dibber
 
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1978 The Incredible Hulk (TV series) (director: archive footage - 1 episode)
– 747 (1978) (director: archive footage)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2001 Sensurround: The Sounds of Midway (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
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2001 Sensurround: The Sounds of Midway (video documentary short)
Himself - Director
 
2001 The Making of 'Midway' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Peter Graves (1971) … Himself
 

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