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Richard C. Sarafian

Directing

Born April 28, 1930 · New York City, New York, USA

Died September 18, 2013

Also known as Richard Sarafian · Alan Smithee

Biography

Richard Caspar Sarafian (April 28, 1930 – September 18, 2013) was an American television and film director and actor. He compiled a versatile career that spanned over five decades as a director, actor, and writer. Sarafian is best known as the director of the 1971 film Vanishing Point.

Filmography33 titles

The Twilight Zone

1959Director

MacGyver

1985as Caspar Kasabian

The Wild Wild West

1965Director

Bonanza

1959Director

Batman

1966Director

Bound

1996as Gino Marzzone

Maverick

1957Director

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Director

Don Juan DeMarco

1994as Detective Sy Tobias

Gunsmoke

1955Director

Wiseguy

1987

Blue Streak

1999as Uncle Lou

I Spy

1965Director

Bugsy

1991as Jack Dragna

Bulworth

1998as Vinnie

Man in the Wilderness

1971Director

The Big Valley

1965Director

Cheyenne

1955Director

The Crossing Guard

1995as Sunny Ventura

Eye of the Tiger

1986Director

Terror At Black Falls

1962Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

1973Director

The Cool and the Crazy

1958Writer

Cimarron Strip

1967Director

The Road Killers

1994as Trucker

Disaster on the Coastliner

1979Director

Dr. Dolittle 2

2001as God Beaver (voice)

Masked and Anonymous

2003as President

The Falling

1986as Capt. J.J. Wells (voice) (uncredited)

The Next Man

1976as Gregory Zolnikov (uncredited)

Solar Crisis

1990Director

Miami Hustle

1996as Henry Kronfeld

Hitters

2002