Jerry Thorpe
Richard Jerome “Jerry” Thorpe (born August 29, 1926 in Los Angeles , United States - † September 25, 2018 in Santa Barbara , United States) was an American film and television director and producer .
Live and act
The son of the film director Richard Thorpe came into contact with the celluloid industry at an early age thanks to his father's contacts. In wartime Hollywood , the teenager worked in various roles in film, around 1942 as assistant director and in 1944 with a tiny role in the Sonja Henie film Rausch der Farben . After many years of assistant director, Jerry Thorpe received his first directorial assignment from US series television in 1954.
Thorpe was considered a reliable assembly line worker with no artistic ambitions. Even his two self-produced excursions to the cinema, the opaque agent thriller Midnight - Canale Grande (1966) and the average western Totem (1967), were nothing more than conventional clothing. Thorpe has also regularly produced the television series he directs, including successful productions such as Chicago 1930 , Kung Fu and most recently Falcon Crest . Thorpe received a Primetime Emmy in 1973 for a Kung Fu episode ( An Eye for an Eye ) .
Since December 17, 1985, Jerry Thorpe was married to his wife Diane and had a son, Trevor Thorpe. Children from a previous relationship were daughters Tiana and Trish and son Tracy.
Filmography (selection)
Direction / production for television, unless otherwise stated:
- 1954–1957: December Bride (series)
- 1958: The Texan (TV series)
- 1957–1959: The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (series)
- 1960–1961: Chicago 1930 ( The Untouchables , series)
- 1962: Kraft Mystery Theater (series)
- 1963: Maggie Brown
- 1963–1966: Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
- 1966: Midnight - Canale Grande (The Venetian Affair) (movie)
- 1967: Totem (Day of the Evil Gun) (movie)
- 1969: Company of Killers
- 1970: Dial Hot Line
- 1971: Murder in San Francisco (Crosscurrent)
- 1972–1973: Kung Fu (series)
- 1973: A Smile Before Death (Smile Jenny, You're Dead)
- 1973–1976: Harry O (series)
- 1974: The Healers
- 1975: Antonio and the Mayor
- 1976: I Want to Keep My Baby!
- 1977: Yesterday's Child
- 1977: The Possessed
- 1978: Fast Lane Blues
- 1978: Love in court (A Question of Love)
- 1979: Heaven Only Knows
- 1980: We are All God's Children
- 1981: American Dream
- 1983: happy endings
- 1985: Dirty Work
- 1985: Blood & Orchids
- 1986–1988: Our House ( Our House , series)
- 1989–1990: Falcon Crest (series)
- 1994–1995: One West Waikiki (series)
Individual evidence
Web links
- Jerry Thorpe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thorpe, Jerry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thorpe, Richard Jerome |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film and television director and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 25th September 2018 |
| Place of death | Santa Barbara , United States |