Jack Smight

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1925-03-09

Deathday 2003-09-01 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Jack Smight

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jack Smight (March 9, 1925 - September 1, 2003) was an American theatre and film director. Smight was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to school with future actor Peter Graves. His film credits include The Traveling Executioner, Rabbit, Run, Loving Couples, Midway, Harper, Airport 1975, Damnation Alley and the Emmy Award-winning Eddie, as well as many episodes of television series such as The Twilight Zone and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He also directed the 1960 Broadway play The 49th Cousin and composed the music for the film adaption of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Smight died from cancer in Los Angeles, California. He was 78. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Smight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

1989
The Favorite

as Director

1987
1982
1980
Loving Couples

as Director

1979
Fast Break

as Director

1977
Damnation Alley

as Director

1976
Midway

as Director

1974
Airport 1975

as Director

1973
Double Indemnity

as Director

1973
Linda

as Director

1973
Legend in Granite

as Director

1973
Partners in Crime

as Director

1972
1972
The Longest Night

as Director

1972
Madigan

as Director

1972
Banacek

as Director

1971
Columbo

as Director

1970
Rabbit, Run

as Director

1970
McCloud

as Director

1969
1969
Strategy of Terror

as Director

1968
1966
Harper

as Director

1966
Kaleidoscope

as Director

1965
The Third Day

as Director

1964
I'd Rather Be Rich

as Director

1963
Arrest and Trial

as Director

1963
1963
1962
The Eleventh Hour

as Director

1961
The Defenders

as Director

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Director

1960
Route 66

as Director

1959
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Director

1958
Naked City

as Director

1957
The Sound of Jazz

as Director

1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Director

1957
Suspicion

as Director

1954
Climax!

as Director

1948
Studio One

as Director

Actor

Producer

1965
The Third Day

as Producer