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"Sliders" (1995): Season 3: Episode 23 -- The sliders (Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer) return to the world where they lost Arturo, only to find the land terrorized by dinosaurs; Col. Rickman feeds off the settlers' DNA.
Macon County Line (1974) -- Open-ended Trailer from Anchor Bay Entertainment
"Sliders" (1995): Season 3: Episode 9 -- Remmy (Cleavant Derricks) finds himself with child when the Sliders land on a world where men carry babies for the last 20 weeks of gestation. With John Rhys-Davies.
"Sliders" (1995): Season 3: Episode 2 -- On an Earth nearly depleted of natural resources, a group of people discovers an evil use for the secret of sliding. With John Rhys-Davies, Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd and Cleavant Derricks.
"Sliders" (1995): Season 3: Episode 10 -- The Sliders (John Rhys-Davies, Sabrina Lloyd, Cleavant Derricks) find themselves in a world where Quinn (Jerry O'Connell) must settle a legal dispute on a televised game show. Guest star: Don Most.

Overview

Date of Birth:
2 March 1938, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA more
Date of Death:
11 August 2007, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Contact:
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Mini Biography:
Writer/director/producer Richard Compton was born on March 2, 1938, in... more
Trivia:
Has a son, Dakota. more
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NewsDesk:
Obscure Pa film to find: 1979's The Ravagers starring Richard Harris
 (From QuietEarth. 9 June 2009, 8:04 AM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Dick Compton | Dick Dangerfield

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Director, Producer, Actor, Writer, Production Manager, Camera and Electrical Department, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Self
Director:
  1. Home for the Holidays (2005) (TV)
  2. "JAG" (3 episodes, 2002-2005)
    ... aka JAG: Judge Advocate General (Australia)
        - Straits of Malacca (2005) TV episode
        - When the Bough Breaks (2002) TV episode
        - Capital Crime (2002) TV episode
  3. "Peacemakers" (2003) TV series (unknown episodes)
  4. "The Lone Gunmen" (2 episodes, 2001)
        - The Lying Game (2001) TV episode
        - Like Water for Octane (2001) TV episode
  5. "The X Files" (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
    ... aka The X-Files (USA)
        - Medusa (2001) TV episode
        - Invocation (2000) TV episode
  6. "The Fugitive" (1 episode, 2000)
        - Liar's Poker (2000) TV episode
  7. "The District" (1 episode, 2000)
        - Worst Block (2000) TV episode
  8. "Profiler" (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
        - On Your Marks (2000) TV episode
        - Besieged (2000) TV episode
        - Old Ghosts (1999) TV episode
        - What's Love Got to Do with It? (1999) TV episode
        - Otis, California (1999) TV episode

  9. "Charmed" (3 episodes, 1998-1999)
        - The Devil's Music (1999) TV episode
        - That '70s Episode (1999) TV episode
        - Dead Man Dating (1998) TV episode
  10. "Get Real" (1999) TV series (unknown episodes)
  11. "Sliders" (12 episodes, 1996-1999)
        - New Gods for Old (1999) TV episode
        - Strangers and Comrades (1999) TV episode
        - Virtual Slide (1998) TV episode
        - Dinoslide (1997) TV episode
        - Season's Greedings (1996) TV episode
          (7 more)
  12. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1 episode, 1998)
        - Descent (1998) TV episode
  13. "The Sentinel" (2 episodes, 1998)
        - Sentinel Too: Part 1 (1998) TV episode
        - Prisoner X (1998) TV episode
  14. "Players" (1997) TV series (unknown episodes)
  15. "Soldier of Fortune, Inc." (1997) TV series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka S.O.F. Special Ops Force (USA: second season title)
    ... aka S.O.F., Inc.
    ... aka SOF, Inc.
  16. "The Burning Zone" (1996) TV series (unknown episodes)
  17. "Pointman" (3 episodes, 1995)
        - Here She Comes, Miss Murder (1995) TV episode
        - Trading Up in the Pale Moonlight (1995) TV episode
        - That's Amore (1995) TV episode
  18. "Diagnosis Murder" (1 episode, 1994)
        - Murder Most Vial (1994) TV episode
  19. "Hawkeye" (1994) TV series (unknown episodes)
  20. "M.A.N.T.I.S." (1994) TV series (unknown episodes)
  21. "Babylon 5" (5 episodes, 1994)
    ... aka B5 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
        - Grail (1994) TV episode
        - Believers (1994) TV episode
        - The War Prayer (1994) TV episode
        - Infection (1994) TV episode
        - Midnight on the Firing Line (1994) TV episode
  22. Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993) (TV)
    ... aka B5 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Babylon 5 (USA: alternative title)
  23. The Keys (1992) (TV)
  24. "L.A. Law" (2 episodes, 1990-1992)
        - All About Sleaze (1992) TV episode
        - Smoke Gets in Your Thighs (1990) TV episode
  25. "The Commish" (1991) TV series (unknown episodes)
  26. "Home Improvement" (1991) TV series (unknown episodes)
  27. "Over My Dead Body" (1990) TV series (unknown episodes)
  28. "Super Force" (1990) TV series (unknown episodes)
  29. "Miami Vice" (8 episodes, 1987-1990)
        - Too Much, Too Late (1990) TV episode
        - Line of Fire (1988) TV episode
        - Mirror Image (1988) TV episode
        - Badge of Dishonor (1988) TV episode
        - The Big Thaw (1987) TV episode
          (3 more)
  30. Kojak: It's Always Something (1990) (TV)

  31. "Baywatch" (1 episode, 1989)
    ... aka Baywatch Hawaii (USA: new title)
        - Panic at Malibu Pier (1989) TV episode
  32. Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989) (TV)
  33. Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988) (TV)
  34. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1 episode, 1987)
    ... aka Star Trek: TNG (USA: promotional abbreviation)
        - Haven (1987) TV episode
  35. "CBS Summer Playhouse" (1 episode, 1987)
        - Barrington (1987) TV episode
  36. "Kay O'Brien" (1 episode, 1986)
        - Taking the Heat (1986) TV episode
  37. "The Equalizer" (8 episodes, 1985-1986)
        - Pretenders (1986) TV episode
        - No Conscience (1986) TV episode
        - Wash-Up (1986) TV episode
        - Out of the Past (1986) TV episode
        - Reign of Terror (1985) TV episode
          (3 more)
  38. "Otherworld" (1 episode, 1985)
        - The Zone Troopers Build Men (1985) TV episode
  39. "Street Hawk" (1985) TV series (unknown episodes)
  40. "Call to Glory" (1 episode, 1984)
        - Give Unto Caesar (1984) TV episode
  41. "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (1 episode, 1984)
        - A Class Act (1984) TV episode
  42. "Hill Street Blues" (1 episode, 1984)
        - Ratman and Bobbin (1984) TV episode
  43. "Hotel" (1983) TV series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka Arthur Hailey's Hotel
  44. "T.J. Hooker" (1982) TV series (unknown episodes)
  45. "Wild Times" (1980) TV mini-series

  46. Ravagers (1979)
  47. Deadman's Curve (1978) (TV)
  48. The Ransom (1977)
    ... aka Assault on Paradise
    ... aka Maniac! (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Ransom (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka The Town That Cried Terror
  49. Return to Macon County (1975)
    ... aka The Last Escape (Philippines: English title)
  50. "Get Christie Love!" (1 episode, 1974)
        - Fatal Damage (1974) TV episode
  51. Macon County Line (1974)
  52. Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1972)
    ... aka Five Days Home (USA: alternative title)
  53. Angels Die Hard (1970)
    ... aka Rough Boys (Europe: English title: video title)

  54. Gun Runner (1969)
    ... aka The Gunrunners (USA: alternative title)
Producer:
  1. "Sliders" (1995) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
  2. "Babylon 5" (co-producer) (19 episodes, 1994)
    ... aka B5 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
        - Chrysalis (1994) TV episode (co-producer)
        - The Quality of Mercy (1994) TV episode (co-producer)
        - A Voice in the Wilderness: Part 2 (1994) TV episode (co-producer)
        - Legacies (1994) TV episode (co-producer)
        - Eyes (1994) TV episode (co-producer)
          (14 more)

  3. Like Mother Like Daughter (1968) (producer)
    ... aka Sins of the Daughter (USA: alternative title)
Actor:
  1. Bury Me an Angel (1972) .... Pool Player
  2. Angels Die Hard (1970) (uncredited) .... Restaurant owner
    ... aka Rough Boys (Europe: English title: video title)

  3. The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (1969)
    ... aka The Fabulous Kid from Chicago (USA: bowdlerized title)
  4. Run, Angel, Run! (1969) (uncredited) .... Rich
  5. Diamond Stud (1969)
  6. Wanda, the Sadistic Hypnotist (1969) (as Dick Dangerfield) .... Sylvester
    ... aka The Sadistic Hypnotist (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Wanda the Hypnotist (USA: short title)
  7. "Star Trek" .... Technical Officer / ... (2 episodes, 1967-1968)
    ... aka Star Trek: TOS (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Star Trek: The Original Series (USA: informal title)
        - The Enterprise Incident (1968) TV episode .... Technical Officer
        - The Doomsday Machine (1967) TV episode .... Washburn
  8. "Felony Squad" .... Intern (1 episode, 1967)
        - Let Him Die! (1967) TV episode .... Intern
Writer:
  1. Return to Macon County (1975) (writer)
    ... aka The Last Escape (Philippines: English title)
  2. The California Kid (1974) (TV) (writer)
  3. Macon County Line (1974) (writer)
  4. Angels Die Hard (1970) (writer)
    ... aka Rough Boys (Europe: English title: video title)

  5. The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (1969) (writer)
    ... aka The Fabulous Kid from Chicago (USA: bowdlerized title)
  6. Run, Angel, Run! (1969) (story)
  7. Like Mother Like Daughter (1968) (writer)
    ... aka Sins of the Daughter (USA: alternative title)
Production Manager:
  1. La muerte viviente (1971) (production supervisor) (as Dick Compton)
    ... aka Isle of the Living Dead
    ... aka Isle of the Snake People (USA)
    ... aka Snake People
Camera and Electrical Department:
  1. Cry Blood, Apache (1970) (grip)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
  1. Wanda, the Sadistic Hypnotist (1969) (assistant director)
    ... aka The Sadistic Hypnotist (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Wanda the Hypnotist (USA: short title)
Self:
  1. Macon County Line: 25 Years Down the Road (2000) (V) .... Himself

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