Rod Amateau

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1923-12-20

Deathday 2003-06-29 (79 years old)

Place of Birth New York, New York, United States

Rod Amateau

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rodney "Rod" Amateau (December 20, 1923 – June 29, 2003) was an American screenwriter, film and television director. Among programs that he directed were NBC's The Dennis Day Show, CBS's sitcoms The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, starring Dwayne Hickman, and The New Phil Silvers Show, an unsuccessful attempt by comedian Phil Silvers to return to a regular series. Rod also directed a few episodes of the Dukes of Hazzards. He even appeared in a few of them. He is perhaps most infamous for directing 1987's critically panned The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rod Amateau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

1985
Stir Crazy

as Director

1984
Lovelines

as Director

1983
High School U.S.A.

as Director

1983
Uncommon Valor

as Director

1982
Tow Heads

as Director

1980
Enos

as Director

1979
Son of Hitler

as Director

1979
Supertrain

as Director

1979
1978
The Seniors

as Director

1976
Drive-In

as Director

1972
1971
The Statue

as Director

1965
My Mother the Car

as Director

1965
O.K. Crackerby

as Director

1964
Gilligan's Island

as Director

1963
1963
Vacation Playhouse

as Director

1961
Mister Ed

as Director

1954
Lassie

as Director

1954
The Lone Wolf

as Director

1953
1953
1952
Monsoon

as Director

1952
1951
The Bushwhackers

as Director

Writer

1988
Sunset

as Story

1982
Tow Heads

as Writer

1975
The Wilby Conspiracy

as Screenplay

1972
1969
Hook, Line and Sinker

as Screenplay

1951
The Bushwhackers

as Screenplay

Producer

1989
Swimsuit

as Producer

1972
1950

Crew

1955
Rebel Without a Cause

as Stunt Double

1950
Born to Be Bad

as Dialogue Coach

1947
Kiss of Death

as Stunts

Creator

The Doctor

as Creator

1979

Actor

1982
Tow Heads

as Sweeper Operator