Jerry Thorpe

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-01-01

Deathday 2018-09-25 (92 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As Richard Jerome Thorpe

Jerry Thorpe

Biography

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.

Known For

Director

1994
One West Waikiki

as Director

1991
P.S. I Luv U

as Director

1986
Blood & Orchids

as Director

1986
Our House

as Director

1986
Blood & Orchids

as Director

1985
Dirty Work

as Director

1983
Happy Endings

as Director

1981
Falcon Crest

as Director

1981
American Dream

as Director

1980
All God's Children

as Director

1978
1978
A Question of Love

as Director

1978
Stickin' Together

as Director

1977
The Possessed

as Director

1976
1974
1974
Harry O

as Director

1972
Kung Fu

as Director

1971
Crosscurrent

as Director

1971
1970
Company of Killers

as Director

1970
Dial Hot Line

as Director

1970
The Interns

as Director

1968
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Director

1967
1958
The Texan

as Director

1953
Take the High Ground!

as Assistant Director

1953
Nostradamus and the Queen

as Assistant Director

1953
The Band Wagon

as Assistant Director

1952
The Bad and the Beautiful

as Assistant Director

1952
The Wild North

as Assistant Director

Producer

1980
All God's Children

as Producer

1978
Stickin' Together

as Producer

1978
A Question of Love

as Producer

1978
1977
The Possessed

as Executive Producer

1976
The Dark Side of Innocence

as Executive Producer

1974
1974
The Healers

as Executive Producer

1972
Kung Fu

as Producer

1970
Company of Killers

as Producer

1968
1967

Creator

1972
Kung Fu

as Creator