Robert G. Tapert Biography (1955?-)

Born c. 1955; married Lucy Lawless (an actress), March 28, 1998; children: Julius Robert Bay.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Series; Executive Producer, Except Where Indicated
M.A.N.T.I.S., Fox, beginning 1994
(As Robert Tapert; with Sam Raimi; also creator) Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1995-2001
(With Raimi) Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995-99
Spy Game, beginning 1997
(With Raimi) Jack of All Trades, beginning 2000
(With Raimi) Cleopatra 2525, syndicated, beginning 2000
Television Executive Producer
Movies
Hercules and the Circle of Fire, 1994
Hercules and the Amazon Women, 1994
(As Robert Tapert) Hercules in the Underworld, syndicated, 1994
(As Robert Tapert) Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur, syndicated, 1994
(As Robert Tapert) Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, syndicated, 1994
Television Director
Episodic
"Once a Hero," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, c. 1996
(As Robert Tapert) "Destiny," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated,c. 1996
Other Television Work

Executive Producer
M.A.N.T.I.S. (pilot), 1994
American Gothic, CBS, 1995
Television Appearances
Episodic
(Uncredited) Crowd member, "Gladiator," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995
Himself, "The Xena Scrolls," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1997
Film Work
Executive Producer, Except Where Indicated
(And producer) The Evil Dead (also known as Book of the Dead and The Evil Dead, the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Horror), NewLine Cinema, 1982
Lunatics: A Love Story, RCA Home Video, 1991
Hard Target, Universal, 1993
Darkman II: The Return of Durant, Universal, 1994
The Quick and the Dead, TriStar, 1995
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die, MCA Home Entertainment, 1996
Hercules and Xena--the Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus, Universal Pictures Home Video, 1998
Young Hercules, MCA Home Entertainment, 1998
Producer
(As Rip Tapert) Within the Woods (short film; pilot for The Evil Dead), 1978
Crimewave (also known as Broken Hearts and Noses and TheXYZ Murders), Columbia/Embassy, 1985
Evil Dead II (also known as Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn and Evil Dead II, the Sequel to the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Terror), Rosebud Releasing/Rosebud Communications Releasing, 1987
(As Robert Tapert) Darkman, Universal, 1990
Army of Darkness (also known as Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3, Army of Darkness, the Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror, Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness, Captain Supermarket, Evil Dead 3, and The Medieval Dead), Universal, 1993
Timecop, Universal, 1994
The Gift, Paramount Classics, 2000
Film Appearances
Cleveland Smith, 1982
(Uncredited) Local yokel, The Evil Dead (also known as Book ofthe Dead and The Evil Dead, the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Horror), New Line Cinema, 1982
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Young Hercules, MCA Home Entertainment, 1998

Further Reference

Adaptations

Some episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess May, 1999. are based on stories by Tapert.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Cinefantastique,
Starlog, December, 1997.

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