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John Rich was born on July 6, 1925 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for All in the Family (1971), The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) and On the Rocks (1975). He was married to Patricia Dodds, Andrea L. Rich and Sylvia Lewis. He died on January 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA. See full bio »

Born:

July 6, 1925 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Died:

January 29, 2012 (age 86) in Los Angeles, California, USA

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All in the Family

All in the Family Director

(1971-1974)

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show Director

(1961-1966)

On the Rocks Director

(1975-1976)

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone Director

(1960-1963)

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Director (88 credits)

2017 The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! (TV Movie)

2016 The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! (TV Movie)

1999 Payne (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Trouble in Room 206 (1999)

- What Ever Happened to Baby Payne? (1999)

1996-1997 Something So Right (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Something About Cold Storage (1997)

- Something About Cheating (1996)

- Something About Thanksgiving (1996)

1996-1997 Mr. Rhodes (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Courtroom Show (1997)

- The Christmas Show (1996)

1996 Pistol Pete (TV Movie)

1995 Hudson Street (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Saturday Night's the Loneliest Night of the Week (1995)

- Bells & Whistles (1995)

1995 If Not for You (TV Series) (5 episodes)

- Who Are You? (1995)

- Rise and Shine (1995)

- The Day the Halo Came Off (1995)

- Snap! (1995)

- The Kiss (1995)

1994 Murphy Brown (TV Series) (1 episode)

- My Movie with Louis (1994)

1993-1994 The Second Half (TV Series) (8 episodes)

- Ten (1994)

- One Flu Over a Nest of Cuckoos (1994)

- High Nooner (1994)

- Far and Awry (1994)

- The Gym (1993)

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1994 The Good Life (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Pilot (1994)

1991-1992 Walter & Emily (TV Series) (13 episodes)

- Sis (1992)

- The Falcon and the Leg Man (1992)

- Date Night (1992)

- Labor Pains (1992)

- Remember Me? (1992)

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1991 The Man in the Family (TV Series) (7 episodes)

- My Pal Joey (1991)

- Real News (1991)

- A Date with a Don (1991)

- Uncle Sal (1991)

- None for Sal (1991)

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1991 Baby Talk (TV Series) (1 episode)

- One Night with Elliot (1991)

1989 Nearly Departed (TV Series) (6 episodes)

- Grant's Aunt (1989)

- Grandpa's Date (1989)

- TV or Not TV (1989)

- Altared States (1989)

- Adventures in Babysitting (1989)

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1989 Dear John (TV Series) (5 episodes)

- Friends and Lovers (1989)

- Margo (1989)

- Gone Camping (1989)

- Sisters (1989)

- The Last Dance (1989)

1986 Comedy Factory (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Chameleon (1986)

- Moscow Bureau (1986)

1986 Mr. Sunshine (TV Series) (11 episodes)

- Take My Ex-Wife Please! (1986)

- Great Expectations (1986)

- Leftwich in Love (1986)

- Fear of Falling (1986)

- Too Many Cooks (1986)

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1983 Condo (TV Series) (13 episodes)

- Members Only (1983)

- Nouveau Poor (1983)

- The Affair (1983)

- Condomania (1983)

- The Dog (1983)

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1983 Amanda's (TV Series) (1 episode)

- All in a Day's Work (1983)

1982 Newhart (TV Series) (1 episode)

- In the Beginning (1982)

1980-1982 Benson (TV Series) (43 episodes)

- Black Tuesday (1982)

- The Lumber Mill (1982)

- The Party's Over (1982)

- Teed Off (1982)

- In the Red (1982)

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1979 Dorothy (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Give My Regrets to Broadway (1979)

- Lies and Whispers (1979)

- Hard Hearted Hamlet (1979)

- The Bookworm Turns (1979)

1979 Billy (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Letter (1979)

1978 The Phantom of the Open Hearth (TV Movie)

1978 Mother, Juggs & Speed (TV Short)

1976 Charo and the Sergeant (TV Movie)

1975-1976 On the Rocks (TV Series) (21 episodes)

- I'll Never Forget What's Her Name (1976)

- The Desperate Hours (1976)

- High Noon (1976)

- Free and Clear (1976)

- Testing, Testing (1976)

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1975 Grandpa Max (TV Movie)

1975 Barney Miller (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Stakeout (1975)

1971-1974 All in the Family (TV Series) (81 episodes)

- The Best of All in the Family (1974)

- Mike's Graduation (1974)

- Pay the Twenty Dollars (1974)

- Gloria Sings the Blues (1974)

- Archie Eats and Runs (1974)

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1974 Clarence Darrow (TV Movie)

1974 Good Times (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Black Jesus (1974)

1971 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- A House Is Not a Home, Yet (1971)

- The Tennis Pro (1971)

1968-1971 That Girl (TV Series) (19 episodes)

- Stag Party (1971)

- An Uncle Herbert for All Seasons (1970)

- That Señorita (1970)

- That Girl's Daddy (1970)

- Rattle of a Single Girl (1970)

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1971 Make Room for Granddaddy (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Will the Real Diana Please Stand Up? (1971)

- Lucy and the Lecher (1971)

1969-1970 My World and Welcome to It (TV Series) (8 episodes)

- Child's Play (1970)

- The Fourth Estate (1970)

- Rules for a Happy Marriage (1970)

- Dear Is a Four Letter Word (1970)

- Darn That Dream (1970)

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1969 The Brady Bunch (TV Series) (7 episodes)

- Kitty Karry-All Is Missing (1969)

- A Clubhouse Is Not a Home (1969)

- Katchoo (1969)

- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1969)

- Eenie, Meenie, Mommy, Daddy (1969)

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1967-1969 Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV Series) (26 episodes)

- Goodbye Camp Henderson, Hello Sergeant Carter (1969)

- My Fair Sister (1969)

- Showtime with Sgt. Carol (1969)

- Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow (1969)

- Flower Power (1969)

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1957-1969 Gunsmoke (TV Series) (14 episodes)

- The Long Night (1969)

- O'Quillian (1968)

- Dead Man's Law (1968)

- Hard Luck Henry (1967)

- The Big Con (1958)

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1968 Hogan's Heroes (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Axis Annie (1968)

- Sticky Wicket Newkirk (1968)

1960-1968 Bonanza (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- The Burning Sky (1968)

- Judgment at Olympus (1967)

- The Trail Gang (1960)

- The Mill (1960)

1967 Good Morning, World (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, Maybe (1967)

- The Return of Bibian (1967)

1967 Hey, Landlord (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Testing, One Two (1967)

1967 Easy Come, Easy Go

1967 Run for Your Life (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Flight from Tirana: Part 1 (1967)

1966 McNab's Lab (TV Movie)

1966 T.H.E. Cat (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Moment of Truth (1966)

1966 Summer Fun (TV Series) (1 episode)

- McNab's Lab (1966)

1961-1966 The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) (41 episodes)

- The Last Chapter (1966)

- Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice (1963)

- Laura's Little Lie (1963)

- The Masterpiece (1963)

- That's My Boy?? (1963)

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1966 I Spy (TV Series) (1 episode)

- There Was a Little Girl (1966)

1965 Boeing, Boeing

1965 Hank (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Who's Waldo Smith (1965)

1964 Gilligan's Island (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk (1964)

- Goodbye Island (1964)

- Voodoo Something to Me (1964)

- Two on a Raft (1964)

1964 Roustabout

1964 The New Interns

1960-1963 The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- A Kind of a Stopwatch (1963)

- A Most Unusual Camera (1960)

1963 Wives and Lovers

1962 McKeever and the Colonel (TV Series)

1962 The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- What Can You Learn from Smoke Signals? (1962)

- Thicker Than Water (1962)

1961 King of Diamonds (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- The Greed Merchant (1961)

- Edge of Panic (1961)

- Diamonds Don't Burn (1961)

- Commando Tactics (1961)

1959-1961 General Electric Theater (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Cat in the Cradle (1961)

- Labor of Love (1961)

- They Like Me Fine (1960)

- The Tallest Marine (1959)

1961 Mister Ed (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Pine Lake Lodge (1961)

1961 The Aquanauts (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- The Guilty Adventure (1961)

- Stormy Weather (1961)

- Secret at Half Moon Key (1961)

1961 The Americans (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Regular (1961)

1960 Outlaws (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Fortune Stone (1960)

1960 The Detectives (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Scalpel (1960)

- Longshot (1960)

1960 The Rifleman (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Pitchman (1960)

- A Time for Singing (1960)

1960 New Comedy Showcase (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Slezak and Son (1960)

1959-1960 Markham (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- The Searing Flame (1960)

- A Coffin for Cinderella (1960)

- The Nephews (1959)

1960 Hotel de Paree (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Sundance and the Black Widow (1960)

1960 Law of the Plainsman (TV Series) (1 episode)

- A Question of Courage (1960)

1958-1960 Bat Masterson (TV Series) (6 episodes)

- A Picture of Death (1960)

- Lady Luck (1959)

- To the Manner Born (1959)

- Deadline (1959)

- Sharpshooter (1959)

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1959 Bold Venture (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- The Kick in the Can (1959)

- Kazantos (1959)

- Suddenly, No Gerson (1959)

- Oliver's Twist (1959)

1959 Riverboat (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Strange Request (1959)

- Escape to Memphis (1959)

1958-1959 The Rough Riders (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Forty-Five Calibre Law (1959)

- Paradise Gap (1959)

- The Maccabites (1958)

- Breakout (1958)

1958 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- The Purple Penguin (1958)

- Another Man's Poison (1958)

- A Cup of Black Coffee (1958)

1957 The Reluctant Eye (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Reluctant Eye (1957)

1957 Conflict (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Blind Drop: Warsaw (1957)

- Girl on the Subway (1957)

1956 Hey, Jeannie! (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Jeannie's Here (1956)

1956 The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Passenger Incognito (1956)

- The Chimpanzee (1956)

1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Apples on the Lilac Tree (1956)

1955-1956 Our Miss Brooks (TV Series) (27 episodes)

- Travel Crazy (1956)

- Principal for a Day (1956)

- The $350,000 Question (1956)

- White Lies (1956)

- Geraldine (1956)

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1955 Dateline: Disneyland (TV Special documentary)

1954-1955 Where's Raymond? (TV Series) (30 episodes)

- Last of the Showboats (1955)

- Ray's Mother and Father (1955)

- The Efficiency Expert (1955)

- Herman, the Wonder Dog (1955)

- Reunion of Squad B (1955)

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1953-1954 I Married Joan (TV Series) (15 episodes)

- Confidence (1954)

- Brad's Initiation (1954)

- Predictions (1954)

- The Milkman Cometh (1954)

- Anniversary Memo (1954)

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1953 Colonel Humphrey Flack (TV Series)

1951 Big Town (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Box 243 (1951)

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Producer (15 credits)

2003 Young MacGyver (TV Movie) (executive producer)

1994 MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (TV Movie) (executive producer)

1994 MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (TV Movie) (executive producer)

1985-1992 MacGyver (TV Series) (executive producer - 139 episodes)

- The Mountain of Youth (1992) ... (executive producer)

- The Stringer (1992) ... (executive producer)

- Off the Wall (1991) ... (executive producer)

- Gunz 'n Boyz (1991) ... (executive producer)

- Split Decision (1991) ... (executive producer)

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1991-1992 Walter & Emily (TV Series) (executive producer - 7 episodes)

- Sis (1992) ... (executive producer)

- The Falcon and the Leg Man (1992) ... (executive producer)

- Date Night (1992) ... (executive producer)

- Labor Pains (1992) ... (executive producer)

- Remember Me? (1992) ... (executive producer)

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1989 Nearly Departed (TV Series) (consulting producer - 2 episodes)

- Grant's Aunt (1989) ... (consulting producer)

- Grandpa's Date (1989) ... (consulting producer)

1986 Mr. Sunshine (TV Series) (executive producer - 11 episodes)

- Take My Ex-Wife Please! (1986) ... (executive producer)

- Great Expectations (1986) ... (executive producer)

- Leftwich in Love (1986) ... (executive producer)

- Fear of Falling (1986) ... (executive producer)

- Too Many Cooks (1986) ... (executive producer)

Show all 11 episodes

Condo (TV Series) (producer - 6 episodes, 1983) (executive producer - 1 episode, 1983)

- Nouveau Poor (1983) ... (producer)

- Condomania (1983) ... (executive producer)

- The Dog (1983) ... (producer)

- The Franchise (1983) ... (producer)

- The First Fight (1983) ... (producer)

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1980-1982 Benson (TV Series) (executive producer - 44 episodes)

- Black Tuesday (1982) ... (executive producer)

- The Lumber Mill (1982) ... (executive producer)

- The Party's Over (1982) ... (executive producer)

- Teed Off (1982) ... (executive producer)

- In the Red (1982) ... (executive producer)

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Billy (TV Series) (executive producer - 1 episode, 1979) (producer - 1 episode, 1979)

- Fathers and Sons (1979) ... (executive producer)

- The Letter (1979) ... (producer)

1976 Charo and the Sergeant (TV Movie) (producer)

1975 On the Rocks (TV Series) (producer - 1 episode)

- Old Fish, New Fish (1975) ... (producer)

1975 Grandpa Max (TV Movie) (producer)

All in the Family (TV Series) (producer - 46 episodes, 1972 - 1974) (associate producer - 2 episodes, 1973)

- Mike's Graduation (1974) ... (producer)

- Pay the Twenty Dollars (1974) ... (producer)

- Gloria Sings the Blues (1974) ... (producer)

- Archie Eats and Runs (1974) ... (producer)

- Lionel's Engagement (1974) ... (producer)

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1960 New Comedy Showcase (TV Series) (producer - 1 episode)

- Slezak and Son (1960) ... (producer)

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Miscellaneous Crew (2 credits)

1987 The Bold and the Beautiful (TV Series) (stage manager - 1 episode)

- Episode #1.40 (1987) ... (stage manager)

1972-1973 Maude (TV Series) (production consultant - 3 episodes)

- Maude and the Medical Profession (1973) ... (production consultant)

- Doctor, Doctor (1972) ... (production consultant)

- Maude's Problem (1972) ... (production consultant)

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Writer (1 credit)

General Electric Theater (TV Series) (teleplay - 1 episode, 1960) (story and screenplay - 1 episode, 1958)

- The Patsy (1960) ... (teleplay)

- Auf Wiedersehen (1958) ... (story and screenplay)

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Thanks (1 credit)

2012 The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) (in memory of)

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Self (11 credits)

2009 TV Land Moguls (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

- The 70s: Part 1 (2009) ... Himself

- The 60's (2009) ... Himself

2006 TV Land's Top Ten (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Top 10 TV Spinoffs (2006) ... Himself

- All in the Family Episodes (2006) ... Himself

2003 Intimate Portrait (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee

- Florence Henderson (2003) ... Himself - Interviewee

2002 Inside TV Land: 40 Greatest Theme Songs (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2002 Who Is Alan Smithee? (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

2000 Inside TV Land: The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Special documentary)
Himself

2000 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Dick Van Dyke: Put on a Happy Face (2000) ... Himself

1999 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary)
Himself - 'Gilligan's Island' Director / Himself

- Gilligan's Island (1999) ... Himself - 'Gilligan's Island' Director

- The Brady Bunch (1999) ... Himself

1999 The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (TV Series)
Himself

- John Rich (1999) ... Himself

1997 Omnibus (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Whatever Happened to Clement & LaFrenais? (1997) ... Himself

1974 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV Series)
Himself

- Steve Allen, John Rich, Ralph Edwards, Buffalo Bob Smith (1974) ... Himself

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Unsold pilot: Directed a pilot for a proposed TV comedy series called "The William Bendix Show" where William Bendix played the owner of a small mountain lodge who couldn't stop himself from becoming involved with his guests' problems. See more »

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