Richard Compton Biography ((?)-)
Married Veronica Cartwright. Addresses: Agent: Lee Dinstman, Agency for the Performing Arts, 9200 West Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069-3604.
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, producer, writer, actor
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Director
- Movies
- Kojak: Fatal Flaw, ABC, 1989
- Babylon 5: The Gathering (also known as B5 and Babylon 5), TNT, 1993
- Television Work
- Series
- Coproducer, Babylon 5 (also known as B5), syndicated, 1994
- Producer of the series Sliders.
- Television Director
- Episodic
- Babylon 5 (also known as B5), multiple episodes, syndicated, beginning in 1994
- Pointman, multiple episodes, syndicated, beginning in 1995
- "Like Water for Octane," The Lone Gunmen, Fox, 2001
- Also directed episodes of The Burning Zone, UPN; Charmed, The WB; The Commish, ABC; Diagnosis Murder, CBS; The Equalizer, CBS; The Fugitive, CBS; Get Real, Fox; Hawkeye, syndicated; Hill Street Blues, NBC; Home Improvement, ABC; L.A. Law, NBC; M.A.N.T.I.S.; "Down for the Count" and other episodes, Miami Vice, NBC; Otherworld, CBS; Players, NBC; "Otis,California" and "What's Love Got to Do with It," Profiler, NBC; The Sentinel, UPN; "Virtual Slide" and other episodes, Sliders;Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (also known as S.O.F., Inc.), syndicated; Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated; Street Hawk, ABC; Super Force, syndicated; T. J. Hooker, ABC; The X-Files, Fox; and The Young Riders.
- Other Television Work
- Director
- Deadman's Curve (also known as Deadman's Curve: The Story of Jan and Dean), CBS (some sources cite ABC), 1978
- Wild Times (miniseries), CBS, 1980
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge, NBC, 1988
- Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (pilot), NBC, 1989
- The Keys, NBC, 1990
- Television Appearances
- Episodic
- Washburn, "The Doomsday Machine," Star Trek, NBC, 1967
- Technical officer, "The Enterprise Incident," Star Trek, NBC, 1968
- Film Director
- Gun Runner, Jabe Films, 1969
- Angels Die Hard, New World Pictures, 1970
- Welcome Home, Soldier Boys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
- Macon County Line, American International Pictures, 1974
- Return to Macon County, American International Pictures, 1975
- Ransom (also known as Assault on Paradise, Maniac, and The Town That Cried Terror), New World Pictures, 1977
- Ravagers, Columbia, 1979
- Film Assistant Director
- Wanda, the Sadistic Hypnotist, Something Weird Video, 1969
- Film Appearances
- The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (also known as The Chicago Kid), Something Weird Video, 1969
- (As Dick Dangerfield) Sylvester, Wanda, the Sadistic Hypnotist, Something Weird Video, 1969
- Restaurant owner, Angels Die Hard, New World Pictures, 1970
- Diamond Stud, Something Weird Video, 1970
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (also known as The Chicago Kid), Something Weird Video, 1969
- Angels Die Hard, New World Pictures, 1970
- Macon County Line, American International Pictures, 1974
- Return to Macon County, American International Pictures, 1975
- Television Scripts
- The California Kid, ABC, 1974
Further Reference
Adaptations
- The film Run, Angel, Run, released by Fanfare Films in 1969, is based on a story by Compton.