Ralph S. Singleton Biography (1940-)
Full name, Ralph Stuart Singleton; born March 22, 1940, in Fall River, MA; son of Ralph Stuart and Helen (maiden name, Powers) Singleton; married Joan Elizabeth Victor, December 21, 1984; children: Katherine Elizabeth, Elizabeth Powers.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Producer, director, writer
- Birth Details
- March 22, 1940
- Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Work
- Producer
- (With others; and unit production manager), Harlem Nights, Paramount, 1989
- (With William J. Dunn; and director), Graveyard Shift (also knownas Stephen King's "Graveyard Shift"), Paramount, 1990
- Pet Sematary II, Paramount, 1992
- (With others) Clear and Present Danger, Paramount, 1994
- (As Ralph Singleton; with others; and unit production manager) Last Man Standing (also known as Gundown and Welcome to Jericho),New Line Cinema, 1996
- (With others; and production manager for Washington, DC, unit) Murderat 1600 (also known as Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue), WarnerBros., 1997
- Executive Producer
- (With Mark Lipsky; and unit production manager) Another 48 Hrs., Paramount, 1990
- Leap of Faith, Paramount, 1992
- (And production manager) Supernova, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1999
- Juwanna Mann, Warner Bros., 2002
- Other
- Production assistant, Diary of a Mad Housewife, Universal, 1970
- (As Ralph Singleton) Assistant director trainee, A Place Called Today (also known as City in Fear), 1972
- (As Ralph Singleton) Second assistant director, Three Days of the Condor, 1975
- (As Ralph Singleton) Second assistant director, Network, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1976
- (As Ralph Singleton) Second assistant director, The Front, Columbia, 1976
- (As Ralph Singleton) Second assistant director, Taxi Driver, Columbia, 1976
- Second Assistant director, The Sentinel, Universal, 1977
- Assistant second unit director, Greased Lightning, Warner Bros., 1977
- Executive in charge of production, Somebody Killed Her Husband, Columbia, 1978
- First assistant director, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, Universal, 1979
- Production manager, History of the World Part I, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
- Production manager, One from the Heart, Columbia, 1982
- Production supervisor (United States) and unit production manager, Exposed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
- (As Ralph Singleton) Second assistant director, Testament, Paramount, 1983
- Associate producer, Pet Sematary, Paramount, 1989
- Film Appearances
- Television interviewer, Taxi Driver, Columbia, 1976
- Television Work
- Movies
- Assistant director, Contract on Cherry Street (also known as Stakeout on Cherry Street), Columbia, 1977
- Unit production manager, Captain America II, 1979
- First assistant director, Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story, 1984
- Television Director
- Episodic
- Cagney & Lacey, CBS, between 1984 and 1988
- Television Work
- Other
- Associate producer, Stunt Seven (pilot), CBS, 1979
- Production manager (with others), Cagney & Lacey (series), CBS, 1984-1988
- Also unit manager for the series Kojak.
- WRITINGS
- Books
- Film Scheduling; or, How Long Will It Take to Shoot Your Movie?, Lone Eagle, 1984
- Movie Production and Budget Forms ... Instantly!, Lone Eagle, 1984
- Film Scheduling/Film Budgeting Workbook, Lone Eagle, 1984
- Filmmaker's Dictionary, Lone Eagle, 1986