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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Writer/director/producer Richard Compton was born on March 2, 1938, in... more
Trivia:
Has a son, Dakota. more
NewsDesk:
Obscure Pa film to find: 1979's The Ravagers starring Richard Harris
(From QuietEarth. 9 June 2009, 8:04 AM, PDT)
(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:
- Home for the Holidays (2005) (TV)
- "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 - "Peacemakers" (2003) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "The Lone Gunmen" (2 episodes, 2001)
- The Lying Game (2001) TV episode
- Like Water for Octane (2001) TV episode - "The X Files" (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
... aka The X-Files (USA)
- Medusa (2001) TV episode
- Invocation (2000) TV episode - "The Fugitive" (1 episode, 2000)
- Liar's Poker (2000) TV episode - "The District" (1 episode, 2000)
- Worst Block (2000) TV episode - "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 - "Charmed" (3 episodes, 1998-1999)
- The Devil's Music (1999) TV episode
- That '70s Episode (1999) TV episode
- Dead Man Dating (1998) TV episode - "Get Real" (1999) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "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) - "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1 episode, 1998)
- Descent (1998) TV episode - "The Sentinel" (2 episodes, 1998)
- Sentinel Too: Part 1 (1998) TV episode
- Prisoner X (1998) TV episode - "Players" (1997) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "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. - "The Burning Zone" (1996) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "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 - "Diagnosis Murder" (1 episode, 1994)
- Murder Most Vial (1994) TV episode - "Hawkeye" (1994) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "M.A.N.T.I.S." (1994) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "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 - Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993) (TV)
... aka B5 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Babylon 5 (USA: alternative title) - The Keys (1992) (TV)
- "L.A. Law" (2 episodes, 1990-1992)
- All About Sleaze (1992) TV episode
- Smoke Gets in Your Thighs (1990) TV episode - "The Commish" (1991) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Home Improvement" (1991) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Over My Dead Body" (1990) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Super Force" (1990) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "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) - Kojak: It's Always Something (1990) (TV)
- "Baywatch" (1 episode, 1989)
... aka Baywatch Hawaii (USA: new title)
- Panic at Malibu Pier (1989) TV episode - Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989) (TV)
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988) (TV)
- "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1 episode, 1987)
... aka Star Trek: TNG (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Haven (1987) TV episode - "CBS Summer Playhouse" (1 episode, 1987)
- Barrington (1987) TV episode - "Kay O'Brien" (1 episode, 1986)
- Taking the Heat (1986) TV episode - "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) - "Otherworld" (1 episode, 1985)
- The Zone Troopers Build Men (1985) TV episode - "Street Hawk" (1985) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Call to Glory" (1 episode, 1984)
- Give Unto Caesar (1984) TV episode - "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (1 episode, 1984)
- A Class Act (1984) TV episode - "Hill Street Blues" (1 episode, 1984)
- Ratman and Bobbin (1984) TV episode - "Hotel" (1983) TV series (unknown episodes)
... aka Arthur Hailey's Hotel - "T.J. Hooker" (1982) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Wild Times" (1980) TV mini-series
- Ravagers (1979)
- Deadman's Curve (1978) (TV)
- The Ransom (1977)
... aka Assault on Paradise
... aka Maniac! (USA: reissue title)
... aka Ransom (USA: alternative title)
... aka The Town That Cried Terror - Return to Macon County (1975)
... aka The Last Escape (Philippines: English title) - "Get Christie Love!" (1 episode, 1974)
- Fatal Damage (1974) TV episode - Macon County Line (1974)
- Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1972)
... aka Five Days Home (USA: alternative title) - Angels Die Hard (1970)
... aka Rough Boys (Europe: English title: video title) - Gun Runner (1969)
... aka The Gunrunners (USA: alternative title)
Producer:
- "Sliders" (1995) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
- "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) - Like Mother Like Daughter (1968) (producer)
... aka Sins of the Daughter (USA: alternative title)
Actor:
- Bury Me an Angel (1972) .... Pool Player
- Angels Die Hard (1970) (uncredited) .... Restaurant owner
... aka Rough Boys (Europe: English title: video title) - The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (1969)
... aka The Fabulous Kid from Chicago (USA: bowdlerized title) - Run, Angel, Run! (1969) (uncredited) .... Rich
- Diamond Stud (1969)
- Wanda, the Sadistic Hypnotist (1969) (as Dick Dangerfield) .... Sylvester
... aka The Sadistic Hypnotist (USA: alternative title)
... aka Wanda the Hypnotist (USA: short title) - "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 - "Felony Squad" .... Intern (1 episode, 1967)
- Let Him Die! (1967) TV episode .... Intern
Writer:
- Return to Macon County (1975) (writer)
... aka The Last Escape (Philippines: English title) - The California Kid (1974) (TV) (writer)
- Macon County Line (1974) (writer)
- Angels Die Hard (1970) (writer)
... aka Rough Boys (Europe: English title: video title) - The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (1969) (writer)
... aka The Fabulous Kid from Chicago (USA: bowdlerized title) - Run, Angel, Run! (1969) (story)
- Like Mother Like Daughter (1968) (writer)
... aka Sins of the Daughter (USA: alternative title)
Production Manager:
- 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:
- Cry Blood, Apache (1970) (grip)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
- Wanda, the Sadistic Hypnotist (1969) (assistant director)
... aka The Sadistic Hypnotist (USA: alternative title)
... aka Wanda the Hypnotist (USA: short title)
Self:
- Macon County Line: 25 Years Down the Road (2000) (V) .... Himself
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