Joseph Sargent Biography (1925-)

Original name, Joseph Daniel Sargente (some sources cite Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente); born July 22 (some sources cite July 25), 1925, in Jersey City, NJ;son of Domenico and Maria (maiden name, Noviello) Sargente; married second wife, Carolyn Nelson, November 22, 1970; children: (first marriage) Athena, Lia. Addresses: Agent: Shapiro-Lichtman, Inc., 8827 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, actor
Birth Details: July 22, 1925; Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Director
Miniseries
The Manions of America, Part 1, ABC, 1981
James A. Michener's "Space" (also known as Space), Parts 1 and 5, CBS, 1985
Abraham (also known as The Bible: Abraham and Die Bibel--Abraham), TNT, 1994
World War II: When Lions Roared (also known as Then There WereGiants), NBC, 1994
Streets of Laredo (also known as Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo), CBS, 1995
Television Work
Movies; Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
The Sunshine Patriot, NBC, 1968
Tribes (also known as The Soldier Who Declared Peace), ABC,1970
(And producer) Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (also knownas Deadly Desire and Maybe I'll Be Home in the Spring), ABC, 1971
The Man Who Died Twice (also known as Spanish Portrait), CBS, 1973
Sunshine, CBS, 1973
(And producer) The Night That Panicked America, ABC, 1975
Hustling, ABC, 1975
(And producer) Friendly Persuasion (also known as Except for Meand Thee), ABC, 1975
(Uncredited) Playing for Time, CBS, 1980
Amber Waves, ABC, 1980
Freedom, ABC, 1981
Tomorrow's Child, ABC, 1982
Memorial Day, CBS, 1983
(And producer) Choices of the Heart (also known as In Decemberthe Roses Will Bloom Again), NBC, 1983
Terrible Joe Moran, CBS, 1984
Love Is Never Silent, NBC, 1985
There Must Be a Pony, ABC, 1986
(And producer) Of Pure Blood (also known as The Nazis: Of PureBlood), CBS, 1986
Passion Flower, CBS, 1986
The Karen Carpenter Story, CBS, 1989
Day One, CBS, 1989
The Incident (also known as Incident at Lincoln Bluff), CBS, 1990
Caroline&quest;, CBS, 1990
The Ivory Hunters (also known as The Last Elephant), TNT, 1990
The Love She Sought (also known as A Green Journey), NBC, 1990
Never Forget, Turner Home Entertainment, 1991
Miss Rose White, NBC, 1992
(And producer) Somebody's Daughter, ABC, 1992
(And producer) Skylark (also known as Sarah, Plain and Tall: Skylark), CBS, 1993
My Antonia, USA Network, 1995

Mandela and de Klerk, Showtime, 1997
Miss Evers' Boys, HBO, 1997
The Wall, Showtime, 1998
(And producer) Crime and Punishment (also known as Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment), NBC, 1998
The Long Island Incident, NBC, 1998
A Lesson before Dying, HBO, 1999
Pilots; Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
The Immortal, ABC, 1969
(And producer) Longstreet, ABC, 1971
Man on a String, CBS, 1972
The Marcus-Nelson Murders (also known as Kojak: The Marcus-Nelson Murders), CBS, 1973
Television Director
Episodic
Star Trek, 1966
The Invaders, 1967
Also directed episodes of The Fugitive, Garrison's Gorillas, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Gunsmoke (also known as GunLaw and Marshal Dillon), CBS, The Invaders, It Takes a Thief, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Other Television Work
Director
Wheeler and Murdoch, 1970
Mad Avenue (special), CBS, 1988
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (also known as The Arturo Sandoval Story), 2000
Vola Sciusciu, 2000
Bojangles, 2001
Television Appearances
Movies
Caroline&quest;, CBS, 1990
Andy, The Ivory Hunters (also known as The Last Elephant),TNT, 1990
Garvey, The Love She Sought (also known as A Green Journey), NBC, 1990
Specials
The Making of "Golden Girl," 1979
This Time It's Personal--Jaws: The Revenge, 1987
Episodic
Jack Shomer, "Skid Row," Gunsmoke (also known as Gun Law and Marshal Dillon), CBS, 1957
"This Man Must Die," Zane Grey Theatre, 1958
Drunk, "There Was Never a Horse," Gunsmoke (also known as Gun Law and Marshal Dillon), CBS, 1959
"The Black Wagon," Zane Grey Theatre, 1960
Ticket clerk, "Twenty-Two," The Twilight Zone, 1961
Film Work
Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
Street-Fighter, 1959
Assistant to the producer, Pay or Die, 1960
The Spy in the Green Hat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
One Spy Too Many, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
The Hell with Heroes, Universal, 1968
Colossus: The Forbin Project (also known as Colossus, The Day the World Changed Hands, and The Forbin Project), Universal,1969
The Man, Paramount, 1972
White Lightning (also known as McKlusky), United Artists, 1973
The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three (also known as Pelham 1-2-3), United Artists, 1974
Sunshine, Part II, 1976
MacArthur (also known as MacArthur, the Rebel General), Universal, 1977
Goldengirl, Avco-Embassy, 1979
Coast to Coast, Paramount, 1980
Nightmares, Universal, 1983
(And producer) Jaws--The Revenge (also known as Jaws 4), Universal, 1987
Film Appearances
Sorgente, Pay or Die, 1960
(Uncredited) Tobruk, 1967
Stage Appearances
Appeared in Broadway productions in the 1950s.

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