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Overview
Date of Birth:
Trivia:
Was offered the job of directing Never Say Never Again (1983) but turned it down according... more
Awards:
7 wins
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(172 articles)
Fun Finds: A Fan-Made 'Goonies' Musical
(From Fandango. 4 January 2010, 3:08 PM, PST)
"Sloth's Song" from Fan-Created 'Goonies' Musical
(From Get The Big Picture. 4 January 2010, 3:03 PM, PST)
(From Fandango. 4 January 2010, 3:08 PM, PST)
"Sloth's Song" from Fan-Created 'Goonies' Musical
(From Get The Big Picture. 4 January 2010, 3:03 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Dick Donner | R.D. Donner | Richard D. Donner
Filmography
Jump to filmography as: In Development, Director, Producer, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Thanks, Self, Archive Footage
In Development: 
- The 28th Amendment (details only on IMDbPro)
Director:
- Superman II (2006) (V)
... aka Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (USA: promotional title) - 16 Blocks (2006)
... aka 16 Blocks (Germany) - Timeline (2003)
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
... aka Lethal 4 (USA: promotional abbreviation) - Conspiracy Theory (1997)
- Assassins (1995)
... aka Assassins (France)
... aka Day of Reckoning - The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 (1994) (V) (video "It's Probably Me")
- Maverick (1994)
- "Tales from the Crypt" (3 episodes, 1989-1992)
... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt
- Showdown (1992) TV episode
- The Ventriloquist's Dummy (1990) TV episode
- Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone (1989) TV episode - Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
- Radio Flyer (1992)
- Two-Fisted Tales (1992) (TV) (segment "Showdown")
- Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
- Scrooged (1988)
- Lethal Weapon (1987)
- The Goonies (1985)
- Ladyhawke (1985)
- The Toy (1982)
- Inside Moves (1980)
- Superman II (1980) (uncredited)
... aka Superman 2 (Australia: TV title) - Superman (1978)
... aka Superman - Le film (Canada: French title)
... aka Superman: The Movie - The Omen (1976)
... aka Omen I (reissue title)
... aka Omen I: The Antichrist (reissue title)
... aka Omen I: The Birthmark (reissue title) - "Bronk" (1975) TV series (unknown episodes)
- Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975) (TV)
- A Shadow in the Streets (1975) (TV)
- Bronk (1975) (TV)
- "Petrocelli" (2 episodes, 1974)
- A Covenant with Evil (1974) TV episode
- Death in High Places (1974) TV episode - "Kojak" (3 episodes, 1973-1974)
- The Best War in Town (1974) TV episode
- Wall Street Gunslinger (1974) TV episode
- One for the Morgue (1973) TV episode - Lucas Tanner (1974) (TV)
- Senior Year (1974) (TV)
- "The Streets of San Francisco" (2 episodes, 1974)
- A String of Puppets (1974) TV episode
- Commitment (1974) TV episode - "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Cannon" (4 episodes, 1971-1973)
- Memo from a Dead Man (1973) TV episode
- He Who Digs a Grave (1973) TV episode
- Flight Plan (1971) TV episode
- Death Is a Double Cross (1971) TV episode - Stat! (1973) (TV)
- Nightside (1973) (TV)
... aka A Very Special Place (USA: alternative title) - Hernandez (1973) (TV)
- "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" (2 episodes, 1972)
... aka The New Doctors
- The Velvet Prison (1972) TV episode
- A Quality of Fear (1972) TV episode - "Ironside" (1 episode, 1972)
... aka The Raymond Burr Show (USA: syndication title)
- Who'll Cry for My Baby (1972) TV episode - "Banyon" (1 episode, 1972)
- The Old College Try (1972) TV episode - "Ghost Story" (1 episode, 1972)
... aka Circle of Fear (USA: new title)
- The Concrete Captain (1972) TV episode - "Cade's County" (3 episodes, 1971-1972)
- Blackout (1972) TV episode
- A Gun for Billy (1971) TV episode
- Crisscross (1971) TV episode - "The Sixth Sense" (1 episode, 1972)
- The House That Cried Murder (1972) TV episode - "Bearcats!" (2 episodes, 1971)
- Bitter Flats (1971) TV episode
- Conqueror's Gold (1971) TV episode - "Sarge" (2 episodes, 1971)
- Psst! Wanna Buy a Dirty Picture? (1971) TV episode
- Ring Out, Ring It (1971) TV episode - "The Interns" (1 episode, 1971)
- Casualty (1971) TV episode - Twinky (1970)
... aka Lola (USA)
... aka London Affair (USA)
... aka Statutory Affair - "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour" (3 episodes, 1968-1970)
... aka The Banana Splits and Friends Show (USA: syndication title)
- The Great Gold Robbery (????) TV episode (sequence: Danger Island)
- The Ring (????) TV episode (sequence: Danger Island)
- The Wizard Ramnizar (????) TV episode (sequence: Danger Island) - Salt and Pepper (1968)
... aka Salt & Pepper (USA: poster title) - "Felony Squad" (3 episodes, 1966)
- A Penny Game, a Two-Bit Murder (1966) TV episode
- Death of a Dream (1966) TV episode
- A Date with Terror (1966) TV episode - "The Wild Wild West" (3 episodes, 1966)
- The Night of the Returning Dead (1966) TV episode
- The Night of the Murderous Spring (1966) TV episode
- The Night of the Bars of Hell (1966) TV episode - "Jericho" (1 episode, 1966)
- Upbeat and Underground (1966) TV episode - "It's About Time" (1 episode, 1966)
- And Then I Wrote Happy Birthday to You (1966) TV episode - "The Fugitive" (2 episodes, 1966)
- In a Plain Paper Wrapper (1966) TV episode
- Wife Killer (1966) TV episode - "The F.B.I." (1 episode, 1966)
- The Spy-Master (1966) TV episode (as Richard D. Donner) - "Get Smart" (2 episodes, 1965)
- Our Man in Leotards (1965) TV episode (as Richard D. Donner)
- Washington 4, Indians 3 (1965) TV episode (as Richard D. Donner) - "12 O'Clock High" (4 episodes, 1965)
- Show Me a Hero, I'll Show You a Bum (1965) TV episode
- The Hot Shot (1965) TV episode
- R/X for a Sick Bird (1965) TV episode
- The Loneliest Place in the World (1965) TV episode - "The Trials of O'Brien" (1965) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Perry Mason" (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
- The Case of the Gambling Lady (1965) TV episode
- The Case of the Tragic Trophy (1964) TV episode
- The Case of the Missing Button (1964) TV episode - "Gilligan's Island" (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
- St. Gilligan and the Dragon (1965) TV episode
- President Gilligan (1964) TV episode
- Home Sweet Hut (1964) TV episode - "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (4 episodes, 1964)
- The Terbuf Affair (1964) TV episode
- The Giuoco Piano Affair (1964) TV episode
- The Quadripartite Affair (1964) TV episode
- The Iowa-Scuba Affair (1964) TV episode - "Mr. Novak" (7 episodes, 1963-1964)
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1964) TV episode
- Moonlighting (1964) TV episode
- One Way to Say Goodbye (1964) TV episode
- The Death of a Teacher (1964) TV episode
- The Private Life of Douglas Morgan Jr. (1964) TV episode
(2 more) - "The Twilight Zone" (6 episodes, 1963-1964)
... aka The Twilight Zone: The Original Series (Australia)
... aka Twilight Zone (USA: new title)
- Come Wander with Me (1964) TV episode
- The Brain Center at Whipple's (1964) TV episode
- The Jeopardy Room (1964) TV episode
- Sounds and Silences (1964) TV episode
- From Agnes - with Love (1964) TV episode
(1 more) - "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" (1 episode, 1964)
- The Day of the Picnic (1964) TV episode - "The Lieutenant" (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
- Interlude (1964) TV episode
- The Two Star Giant (1963) TV episode - "The Nurses" (1 episode, 1963)
... aka The Doctors and the Nurses (USA: new title)
- The Helping Hand (1963) TV episode - "Combat!" (1 episode, 1963)
- No Trumpets, No Drums (1963) TV episode - Philbert (Three's a Crowd) (1963) (as Richard D. Donner)
- "The Eleventh Hour" (2 episodes, 1963)
- I Feel Like a Rutabaga (1963) TV episode
- Advice to the Lovelorn and Shopworn (1963) TV episode - "Sam Benedict" (6 episodes, 1962-1963)
- Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows (1963) TV episode
- Accomplice (1963) TV episode
- Some Fires Die Slowly (1963) TV episode
- The Boiling Point (1963) TV episode
- Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep (1963) TV episode
(1 more) - "Have Gun - Will Travel" (3 episodes, 1961-1962)
- Cream of the Jest (1962) TV episode
- A Drop of Blood (1961) TV episode
- The Piano (1961) TV episode - "The Rifleman" (7 episodes, 1962)
- Outlaw's Shoes (1962) TV episode
- Milly's Brother (1962) TV episode
- The Day a Town Slept (1962) TV episode
- Guilty Conscience (1962) TV episode
- The Debt (1962) TV episode
(2 more) - "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor" (1 episode, 1962)
... aka Robert Taylor's Detectives (new title)
... aka The Detectives
... aka The Detectives, Starring Robert Taylor
- Never the Twain (1962) TV episode - X-15 (1961) (as Richard D. Donner)
- "Route 66" (1 episode, 1961)
- A Bridge Across Five Days (1961) TV episode - "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (6 episodes, 1960-1961)
- Barney's Bounty (1961) TV episode (as Richard D. Donner)
- The Voice of Silence (1961) TV episode (as Richard D. Donner)
- Bounty on Josh (1961) TV episode (as Richard D. Donner)
- The Last Retreat (1961) TV episode (as Richard D. Donner)
- The Medicine Man (1960) TV episode (as R.D. Donner)
(1 more) - "Letter to Loretta" (5 episodes, 1961)
... aka The Loretta Young Show (USA: new title)
... aka The Loretta Young Theatre (USA: rerun title)
- Woodlot (1961) TV episode
- The Preliminaries (1961) TV episode
- When Queens Ride By (1961) TV episode
- The Choice (1961) TV episode
- Quiet Desperation (1961) TV episode - "Zane Grey Theater" (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title)
... aka The Westerners (USA: rerun title)
- So Young the Savage Land (1960) TV episode (as R.D. Donner)
Producer:
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) (executive producer)
- Timeline (2003) (producer)
- Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher (2002) (TV) (producer)
... aka Blackheart (USA: MIFED title) - Ritual (2001/I) (producer)
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Revelation (USA: alternative title)
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Voodoo (Philippines: English title) - X-Men (2000) (executive producer)
... aka X-Men 1.5 (USA: DVD box title) - Any Given Sunday (1999) (executive producer)
- Made Men (1999) (producer)
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) (producer)
... aka Lethal 4 (USA: promotional abbreviation) - Double Tap (1997) (producer)
- Conspiracy Theory (1997) (producer)
- Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997) (executive producer)
... aka Free Willy III (Australia) - "Perversions of Science" (executive producer) (10 episodes, 1997)
- People's Choice (1997) TV episode (executive producer)
- Ultimate Weapon (1997) TV episode (executive producer)
- Snap Ending (1997) TV episode (executive producer)
- Panic (1997) TV episode (executive producer)
- Planely Possible (1997) TV episode (executive producer)
(5 more) - Bordello of Blood (1996) (executive producer)
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood (USA: complete title) - "Tales from the Crypt" (executive producer) (86 episodes, 1989-1996) (producer) (6 episodes, 1989)
... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt
- The Third Pig (1996) TV episode (executive producer)
- Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow (1996) TV episode (executive producer)
- Confession (1996) TV episode (executive producer)
- About Face (1996) TV episode (executive producer)
- Smoke Wrings (1996) TV episode (executive producer)
(82 more) - Assassins (1995) (producer)
... aka Assassins (France)
... aka Day of Reckoning - W.E.I.R.D. World (1995) (TV) (executive producer)
- Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) (executive producer)
... aka Sauvez Willy 2 (France) - Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) (executive producer)
... aka Demon Keeper
... aka Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (USA: complete title) - The Omen (1995) (TV) (executive producer)
- "Tales from the Cryptkeeper" (executive producer) (1 episode, 1994)
... aka New Tales from the Cryptkeeper (USA: third season title)
- Transylvania Express (1994) TV episode (executive producer) - Maverick (1994) (producer)
- Free Willy (1993) (executive producer)
... aka Sauvez Willy (France: dubbed version) - Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) (producer)
- Two-Fisted Tales (1992) (TV) (executive producer)
- Delirious (1991) (executive producer)
- Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) (producer)
- Scrooged (1988) (producer)
- The Lost Boys (1987) (executive producer)
- Lethal Weapon (1987) (producer)
- The Goonies (1985) (producer)
- Ladyhawke (1985) (producer)
- The Final Conflict (1981) (executive producer)
... aka Omen III: The Final Conflict - A Shadow in the Streets (1975) (TV) (producer)
Actor:
- 16 Blocks (2006) (uncredited) .... Man Holding a Birthday Cake
... aka 16 Blocks (Germany) - Timeline (2003) (uncredited) .... Man in Car
- Out Cold (2001) (uncredited) .... Snooty Bartender
- Conspiracy Theory (1997) (uncredited) .... Cab Passenger
- "Tales from the Crypt" .... Audience Member / ... (2 episodes, 1989-1990)
... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt
- The Ventriloquist's Dummy (1990) TV episode (uncredited) .... Man at Bar
- Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone (1989) TV episode (uncredited) .... Audience Member - The Goonies (1985) (uncredited) .... Policeman
- Superman II (1980) (uncredited) .... Man Walking by Diner
... aka Superman 2 (Australia: TV title) - Superman (1978) (uncredited) .... Man in Street - extended version
... aka Superman - Le film (Canada: French title)
... aka Superman: The Movie - "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." .... Inebriate (1 episode, 1964)
- The Giuoco Piano Affair (1964) TV episode (as Dick Donner) .... Inebriate
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Superman Returns (2006) (director: archive footage)
... aka Superman Returns: An IMAX 3D Experience (USA: IMAX version)
Writer:
- "Men of Annapolis" (1957) TV series (unknown episodes)
Thanks:
- How My Dad Killed Dracula (2008) (special thanks)
- Superman II: Restoring the Vision (2006) (V) (special thanks)
- The Omen (2006) (special thanks)
- 666: 'The Omen' Revealed (2000) (V) (special thanks)
- Pure Lethal!: New Angles, New Scenes, and Explosive Outtakes (1998) (V) (special thanks)
- The Chili Con Carne Club (1993) (special thanks)
Self:
- From the Inside Out: Moving from Manuscript to Motion Picture (2009) (V) .... Himself
- No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008) .... Himself
- Paybacks Are a Bitch (2007) (V) .... Himself
- Heart of a Hero: A Tribute to Christopher Reeve (2006) (V) .... Himself
- Superman II: Restoring the Vision (2006) (V) .... Himself
- You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006) (V) (also archive footage) .... Himself
- "Film '72" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
... aka Film '73 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '74 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '75 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '76 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '77 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '78 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '79 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '80 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '81 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '82 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '83 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '84 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '85 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '86 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '87 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '88 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '89 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '90 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '91 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '92 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '93 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '94 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '95 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '96 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '97 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '98 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '99 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2000 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2001 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2002 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2003 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2004 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2005 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2006 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2007 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2008 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2009 (UK: new title)
... aka Film of the Year (UK: teaser title)
... aka The Film Programme (UK: informal alternative title)
- Episode dated 20 November 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- "HBO First Look" .... Himself (4 episodes, 1994-2006)
- 16 Blocks (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Conspiracy Theory (1997) TV episode .... Himself
- Assassins (1995) TV episode .... Himself
- Maverick (1994) TV episode .... Himself - Who Needs Sleep? (2006)
- The Curse of 'The Omen' (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- The Lost Boys: A Retrospective (2004) (V) .... Himself
- "Dinner for Five" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode #3.13 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - The Textures of 'Timeline' (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Journey Through 'Timeline' (2004) (V) .... Himself
- "Revealed with Jules Asner" .... Himself (1 episode, 2002)
... aka Revealed (Australia)
- Mel Gibson (2002) TV episode .... Himself - The Omen Legacy (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- Inside TV Land: Get Smart (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001) (V) .... Himself - Director
- Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001) .... Himself
- Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (2001) (V) .... Himself - Director
- 666: 'The Omen' Revealed (2000) (V) .... Himself - Director
- Curse or Coincidence (2000) (V) .... Himself
- "E! True Hollywood Story" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
- Gilligan's Island (1999) TV episode .... Himself - "Intimate Portrait" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
- Margot Kidder (1999) TV episode .... Himself - "The Directors" .... Himself (1 episode)
- The Films of Richard Donner (????) TV episode .... Himself - "Celebrity Profile" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
- Danny Glover (1999) TV episode .... Himself - Pure Lethal!: New Angles, New Scenes, and Explosive Outtakes (1998) (V) .... Himself - Director
- Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith (1995) (V) .... Himself
- "Entertainment UK" .... Himself - Interviewee (1 episode, 1992)
- Episode dated 18 August 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Himself - Interviewee - Mel Gibson's Video Diary 2: Lethal Weapon 3 (1991) (TV) .... Himself
- Premiere: Inside the Summer Blockbusters (1989) (TV) .... Himself
- Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary (1989) (TV) .... Himself
- "Muy personal" .... Himself (1 episode, 1987)
- Episode dated 30 August 1987 (1987) TV episode .... Himself - Scream Greats, Vol. 2: Satanism and Witchcraft (1986) .... Himself
... aka Satanism and Witchcraft (USA: video title) - The Making of 'The Goonies' (1985) (TV) .... Himself
- The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1980) (TV) .... Himself
- "Revista de cine" .... Himself (1 episode, 1979)
- Episode dated 1 January 1979 (1979) TV episode .... Himself
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Cyndi Lauper music video "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" (from the film "The Goonies")
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