Jerry Thorpe

Directing

Jerry Thorpe

Born January 1, 1926 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died September 25, 2018 · aged 92

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 …

Known For

The Bad and the BeautifulThe Bad and the Beautiful · 1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
7.31952
MovieDramaRomance
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
The Band WagonThe Band Wagon · 1953
The Band Wagon
7.21953
MovieComedyRomance
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
The PossessedThe Possessed · 1977
The Possessed
5.01977
MovieHorrorTV Movie
A former priest, now an exorcist, battles the satanic forces that are threatening the students at a girls school.
The Long, Long TrailerThe Long, Long Trailer · 1954
The Long, Long Trailer
7.01954
MovieComedyRomance
A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.
Ride, Vaquero!Ride, Vaquero! · 1953
Ride, Vaquero!
6.11953
MovieWesternDrama
Two Mexican outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their Texas border territory.
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the DragonKung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon · 1972
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
7.21972
MovieAdventureWestern
After avenging the death of his teacher, a Shaolin monk flees China to the American West and helps people while being pursued by bounty hunters.
Day of the Evil GunDay of the Evil Gun · 1968
Day of the Evil Gun
6.21968
MovieWestern
Returning home after disappearing three years ago, former gunslinger Lorn Warfield finds that an Apache raiding party has kidnapped his wife and children. Though he has renounced violence, he now takes up his gun and joins forces with his neighbor, Owen Forbes. Complicating matters, Forbes is engaged to Warfield's wife, who believed her husband was dead. As they pursue the Apaches, the two men are joined by an Indian trader, Jimmy Noble.
The Venetian AffairThe Venetian Affair · 1966
The Venetian Affair
4.91966
MovieActionThriller
Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference.

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The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour · 1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
8.71957
SeriesComedy
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Its original network title was The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the first season, and The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Presents The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the following seasons. It was the successor to the classic comedy, I Love Lucy, and featured the same major cast members. The production schedule avoided the grind of a regular weekly series. Desilu produced the show, which was mostly filmed at their Los Angeles studios with occasional on-location shoots at Lake Arrowhead, Las Vegas and Sun Valley, Idaho. CBS reran the show under the "Lucy-Desi" title during the summers of 1962-1967, after which it went into syndication.

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