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Richard C. Sarafian Biography (1932?-)

Born April 28, 1932 (some sources say 1925 or 1935), in New York, NY; children: Deran (a director), Tedi (a writer and producer), Richard, Jr. (an actor and stuntperson).

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, actor, screenwriter, producer

Birth Details

April 28, 1932?

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Director
• Terror at Black Falls, Beckman, 1962
• Andy, Universal, 1965
• Run Wild, Run Free (also known as The White Colt), Columbia, 1969
• Fragment of Fear (also known as Freelance), Columbia, 1970
• Man in the Wilderness, Warner Bros., 1971
• Vanishing Point, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971
• Lolly-Madonna XXX (also known as The Lolly-Madonna War), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
• The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
• The Next Man (also known as The Arab Conspiracy and Double Hit), Allied Artists, 1976
• Sunburn, Paramount, 1979
• Gangster Wars, 1981
• The Bear, Embassy, 1984
• Eye of the Tiger, Scotti Brothers, 1986
• Street Justice, Lorimar/Sandy Howard Productions, 1989
• (As Alan Smithee) Solar Crisis (also known as Kuraishisu niju-goju nen), Japan America Picture Co., 1990
• Also directed Ballad of a Badman; Crisis 2050; and TrukLagoon.
• Film Producer
• Terror at Black Falls, Beckman, 1962
• Andy, Universal, 1965
• The Next Man (also known as The Arab Conspiracy and Double Hit), Allied Artists, 1976
• Film Editor
• Terror at Black Falls, Beckman, 1962
• Film Appearances
• (Uncredited) Gregory Zolnikov, The Next Man (also known as TheArab Conspiracy and Double Hit), Allied Artists, 1976
• Rodeo Rocky, Songwriter, Tri-Star, 1984
• Bartender, To Die For, Skouras, 1989
• Taxi driver, Street Justice, Lorimar/Sandy Howard Productions, 1989
• Jack Dragna, Bugsy, Tri-Star, 1991
• Proby, Ruby, 1992
• Trucker, The Road Killers, Miramax, 1994
• Chief Chavez, Gunmen, Dimension Films, 1994
• Detective Sy Tobias, Don Juan DeMarco, New Line Cinema, 1995
• Sunny Ventura, The Crossing Guard, Miramax, 1995
• Gino Marzzone, Bound, Gramercy Pictures, 1996
• Vinnie, Bulworth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Erlik, Blink of an Eye, 1999
• Uncle Lou, Blue Streak, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
• Wino, Picking Up the Pieces, Cinemax, 2000
• Voice of God Beaver, Dr. Doolittle 2, 2001
• Television Director
• Movies
• Shadow on the Land, ABC, 1968
• One of Our Own, NBC, 1975
• A Killing Affair (also known as Behind the Badge), CBS, 1977
• Disaster on the Coastliner, ABC, 1979
• The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story, NBC, 1980
• Splendor in the Grass, NBC, 1981
• Liberty, NBC, 1986
• Episodic
• Gunsmoke (also known as Gun Law and Marshal Dillon),CBS, 1965-1968
• Also directed episodes of the television series Bonanza, NBC; The Guns of Will Sonnet, ABC; I Spy, NBC; The Wild, Wild West, CBS; Maverick, ABC; The Twilight Zone, CBS; 77 Sunset Strip; Hawaiian Eye; Surfside 6; Ben Casey; Dr. Kildare; The Big Valley; Batman; The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.; Cimarron Strip; Shannon; The Mississippi; and Wildside.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Spiro Papadopolis, Foley Square, CBS, 1985-1988
• Movies
• Philbert Evans, Liberty, NBC, 1986
• Omar, Long Time Gone, 1986
• Abe Lederman, Sex, Love, and Cold Hard Cash, USA, 1993
• Henry Kronfeld, Miami Hustle (also known as Hello, She Lied), 1996
• Specials
• Lost Treasure, 1971
• The African Queen, 1977
• Episodic
• (As Richard Sarafian) Caspar Kasabian, "Bitter Harvest," MacGyver,1990
• (As Richard Sarafian) "Retribution," Michael Hayes, CBS, 1997
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Attila (also known as Attila the Hun and Attila, il flagello di Dio), 1954
• The Man Who Died Twice, Republic, 1958
• The Notorious Mr. Monks (based on a story by Peter Paul), Republic, 1958
• The Cool and the Crazy, American International, 1958
• Terror at Black Falls, 1962
• Andy, Universal, 1965
• The Next Man (also known as The Arab Conspiracy and Double Hit), Allied Artists, 1976