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Richard Compton (I) (1938–2007)
Writer/director/producer Richard Compton was born on March 2, 1938, in Philadelphia, PA. He began his career in the early 1960s making government propaganda movies for the United States Information Agency. His debut feature "The French Way", was never released in America. Compton followed this film with the nifty biker flick Angels Die Hard (1970)...
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Born:in Akron, Ohio, USADied:(age 69) in Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Director (60 credits)
2002-2005
JAG
(TV Series) (3 episodes)
- Straits of Malacca
(2005)
- When the Bough Breaks
(2002)
- Capital Crime
(2002)
2001
The Lone Gunmen
(TV Series) (2 episodes)
- The Lying Game
(2001)
- Like Water for Octane
(2001)
1999-2000
Profiler
(TV Series) (5 episodes)
- On Your Marks
(2000)
- Besieged
(2000)
- Old Ghosts
(1999)
- What's Love Got to Do with It?
(1999)
- Otis, California
(1999)
1998-1999
Charmed
(TV Series) (3 episodes)
- The Devil's Music
(1999)
- That '70s Episode
(1999)
- Dead Man Dating
(1998)
1996-1999
Sliders
(TV Series) (12 episodes)
- New Gods for Old
(1999)
- Strangers and Comrades
(1999)
- Virtual Slide
(1998)
- Dinoslide
(1997)
- Season's Greedings
(1996)
1996-1997
The Burning Zone
(TV Series) (3 episodes)
- On Wings of Angels
(1997)
- Critical Mass
(1997)
- Lethal Injection
(1996)
1995
Pointman
(TV Series) (3 episodes)
- Here She Comes, Miss Murder
(1995)
- Trading Up in the Pale Moonlight
(1995)
- That's Amore
(1995)
1994
Babylon 5
(TV Series) (5 episodes)
- Grail
(1994)
- Believers
(1994)
- The War Prayer
(1994)
- Infection
(1994)
- Midnight on the Firing Line
(1994)
1990-1992
L.A. Law
(TV Series) (2 episodes)
- All About Sleaze
(1992)
- Smoke Gets in Your Thighs
(1990)
1991
Super Force
(TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Made for Each Other: Part 2
(1991)
- Made for Each Other: Part 1
(1991)
1987-1990
Miami Vice
(TV Series) (8 episodes)
- Too Much, Too Late
(1990)
- Line of Fire
(1988)
- Mirror Image
(1988)
- Badge of Dishonor
(1988)
- The Big Thaw
(1987)
1985-1988
The Equalizer
(TV Series) (14 episodes)
- Eighteen with a Bullet
(1988)
- The Last Campaign
(1988)
- First Light
(1987)
- Coal Black Soul
(1987)
- Nocturne
(1986)
1985
MacGruder and Loud
(TV Series) (4 episodes)
- The Very Scary Man
(1985)
- Sanctuary
(1985)
- Cop Killer
(1985)
- The Inside Man
(1985)
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