Jerry Thorpe
Richard Jerome Thorpe (August 29, 1926 – September 25, 2018) was an American television-and-film director and producer. 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).
Jerry Thorpe
- Name
- Jerry Thorpe
- Birth Name
- Richard Jerome Thorpe
- Born
- 29 August 1926
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California
- Died
- 25 September 2018
- Place of death
- Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Film director, television producer, writer
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Languages
- English
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Richard Jerome Thorpe (August 29, 1926 – September 25, 2018) was an American television-and-film director and producer. 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).
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Jerry Thorpe (1926–2018) was a film director, film producer and screenwriter, of American nationality. The film director was born in Los Angeles and died in Santa Barbara. Jerry Thorpe worked in United States. Languages used include English.
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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.
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Key facts
• Name — Jerry Thorpe • Birth Name — Richard Jerome Thorpe • Born — 29 August 1926 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California • Died — 25 September 2018 • Place of death — Santa Barbara, California, U.S. • Burial Place — Desert Memorial Park Cathedral City, California, U.S. • Occupation — Film director, television producer, writer • Years Active — 1956–1990 • Parents — Richard Thorpe
Filmography
Filmography
• Colgate Theatre (TV series, episode "Adventures of a Model, 1958") • The Venetian Affair (1966), starring Robert Vaughn • Day of the Evil Gun (1968), starring Glenn Ford • Lock, Stock, and Barrel (1971), a television movie • A Question of Love (1978), a television movie
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The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1926 at Los Angeles. The same evidence establishes that jerry Thorpe died in 2018 at Santa Barbara.
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- 1.Hal Erickson. Jerry Thorpe. The New York Times. 2014.
- 2.IMDb name 0861679
- 3.The Brightest Stars from New-York to Los Angeles. May 8, 2018.
- 4.Jerry Thorpe 1926 - 2018 - Obituary. obituariesf.desertsun.com.
- 5.Jerry Thorpe, Emmy-Winning Director and Producer of 'Kung Fu,' Dies at 92 | Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. October 11, 2018.
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