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Gus Trikonis


Gus Trikonis was a very efficient and underrated director of delightfully down'n'dirty '70s drive-in low-budget exploitation fare. Born on November 21, 1937, in New York City, Trikonis began his show business career as both an actor and a dancer in Broadway plays and movies. His most popular film role was as Indio in the magnificent musical classic West Side Story... See full bio »

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1999-2000 Pensacola: Wings of Gold (TV series)
Article 32 (2000)
Behind Enemy Lines (1999)
 
1998-1999 Viper (TV series)
My Fair Hoodlums (1999)
Honest Abe (1998)
Trust No One (1998)
 
1996-1997 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (TV series)
Atlantis (1997)
Judgement Day (1997)
Cave of Echoes (1996)
Let the Games Begin (1996)
 
1989-1997 Baywatch (TV series)
Golden Girls (1997)
Rendezvous (1997)
Heal the Bay (1997)
Hit and Run (1995)
Surf's Up (1995)
 
1997 Insel der Furcht (TV movie)
 
1996 The Sentinel (TV series)
The Debt (1996)
 
1995 Baywatch Nights (TV series)
Balancing Act (1995)
Pressure Cooker (1995)
Pursuit (1995)
 
1995 Burke's Law (TV series)
 
1995 Robin's Hoods (TV series)
Advise & Consent (1995)
Labors of Love (1995)
 
1994 SeaQuest 2032 (TV series)
Special Delivery (1994)
 
1994 New York Undercover (TV series)
Garbage (1994)
 
1994 Thunder in Paradise (TV series)
Nature of the Beast (1994)
 
1994 Viper (TV series)
The Face (1994)
 
1993 The Commish (TV series)
Hero (1993)
 
1993 Quantum Leap (TV series)
 
1991 The Great Pretender (TV movie)
 
1991 Hunter (TV series)
Ex Marks the Spot (1991)
Under Suspicion (1991)
 
1990-1991 The Flash (TV series)
Fast Forward (1991)
Double Vision (1990)
 
1988-1990 Beauty and the Beast (TV series)
Legacies (1990)
Invictus (1990)
A Time to Heal (1990)
Snow (1989)
Walk Slowly (1989)
 
1989-1990 Wiseguy (TV series)
Changing Houses (1990)
Call It Casaba (1989)
Dead Dog Lives (1989)
All or Nothing (1989)
 
1989 Unsub (TV series)
 
1988 Open Admissions (TV movie)
 
1986 Christmas Snow (TV movie)
 
1986 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
Take My Life... Please!/Devil's Alphabet/The Library (1986) (segment "Take My Life... Please!")
Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading (1986) (segment "Cold Reading")
 
1986 Jack and Mike (TV series)
 
1985 Love on the Run (TV movie)
 
1985 Midas Valley (TV movie)
 
1985 Malice in Wonderland (TV movie)
 
1983 First Affair (TV movie)
 
1983 Dempsey (TV movie)
 
1982 Miss All-American Beauty (TV movie)
 
1981 Twirl (TV movie)
 
1981 Elvis and the Beauty Queen (TV movie)
 
1980 Touched by Love
 
1980 Flamingo Road (TV series)
Pilot (1980)
 
1979 She's Dressed to Kill (TV movie)
 
1979 The Last Convertible (TV mini-series)
 
1979 The Darker Side of Terror (TV movie)
 
1978 The Evil
 
1976 Nashville Girl
 
1975 Supercock
 
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1968 The Ann-Margret Show (TV movie)
Dancer
 
1968 The Hellcats
Scorpio
 
1967 Dundee and the Culhane (TV series)
Tonoka
The Death of a Warrior Brief (1967) … Tonoka
 
1967 Iron Horse (TV series)
Manolo
Decision at Sundown (1967) … Manolo
 
1966 The Sand Pebbles
Restorff
 
1966 The Virginian (TV series)
Running Elk
The Captive (1966) … Running Elk
 
1966 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Sonar Man - Sub.
Killers of the Deep (1966) … Sonar Man - Sub.
 
1964 The Lieutenant (TV series)
NCO
To Kill a Man (1964) … NCO
 
1964 The Fugitive (TV series)
Young Boyfriend
Somebody to Remember (1964) … Young Boyfriend
 
1963 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Marco Costa
Don't Wait for Me (1963) … Marco Costa
 
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Gordie
Diagnosis: Danger (1963) … Gordie
 
1961 West Side Story
Indio
 
1961 The Law and Mr. Jones (TV series)
Turk
One by One (1961) … Turk
 
1994-1995 Baywatch (TV series) (second unit director - 3 episodes)
Hit and Run (1995) (second unit director)
Surf's Up (1995) (second unit director)
Coronado del Soul: Part 2 (1994) (second unit director)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1978 The Evil (screenplay)
 
1975 Supercock (original story)
 

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Older brother of actress Gina Trikonis. See more »

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Scorpio