Richard Jerome Thorpe (August 29, 1926 – September 25, 2018) was an American television-and-film director and producer. Actor and director

Richard Thorpe Richard Thorpe (born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His obituary called him "a capable and versatile director willing to take on any ass ...

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 ''Harry O'', sometimes spelled ''Harry-O'', is an American private detective series that aired for two seasons on ABC from 1974 to 1976. The series starred David Janssen, and Jerry Thorpe was executive producer. ''Harry O'' followed the broad ...

'', the 1973-75

David Janssen David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer; March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Kimble in the television series '' The Fugitive'' (1963–1967). Janssen a ...

TV series. Thorpe won an Emmy award for his work on an episode of ''

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.'' In 2003, a Golden Palm Star on the

Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla language, Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Rivers ...

, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him and his father. Thorpe died in

Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara (, meaning ) is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States excepting A ...

, at the age of 92 from

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. He was buried at

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in Cathedral City, California.

Filmography

* '' Colgate Theatre'' (TV series, episode "Adventures of a Model, 1958") * '' The Venetian Affair'' (1966), starring

Robert Vaughn Robert Francis Vaughn (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) was an American actor and political activist, whose career in film, television and theater spanned nearly six decades and who was best known for his role as secret agent Nap ...

* '' 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

References

External links

* 1926 births 2018 deaths American television directors American television writers American male television writers American television show creators Burials at Desert Memorial Park Film directors from Los Angeles Television producers from California {{US-tv-bio-stub