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Jerry Thorpe

Jerry Thorpe

Richard Jerome Thorpe (August 29, 1926 – September 25, 2018) was an American television-and-film director and producer.[1] Actor and director Richard Thorpe was his father. Thorpe served as the executive producer of 33 episodes of The Untouchables (starring Robert Stack) during the series's second season (1960–61). Thorpe also served as executive producer of Harry O, the 1973-75 David Janssen TV series. Thorpe won an Emmy award for his work on an episode of Kung Fu. In 2003, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him and his father. Thorpe died in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 92 from natural causes. He was buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.

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Known For

  • Day of the Evil Gun
  • Smile Jenny, You're Dead
  • The Venetian Affair
  • The Possessed
  • Company of Killers
  • The Lazarus Syndrome
  • Crosscurrent
  • The Dark Side of Innocence
  • A Question of Love
  • Blood & Orchids
  • Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
  • Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
  • I Want to Keep My Baby!
  • All God's Children
  • Stickin' Together
  • Lock, Stock and Barrel
  • Dial Hot Line
  • Dirty Work
  • Happy Endings