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Biography

Richard Donner is an American filmmaker from New York City, New York, born on April 24, 1930. He started his career directing commercials in…more

Born

4/24/1930, New York, New York, USA

Birth Name

Richard Donald Schwartzberg

Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (9)

Role
- HBO First Look
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 2 16 Blocks
    2/15/06
  - S 4: Ep 6 Conspiracy Theory
    8/1/97
  - S 2: Ep 4 Assassins: Anatomy of a Thriller
    10/1/95
  - S 1: Ep 3 Maverick
    5/1/94
- Dinner For Five
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 13 Michael Madsen, Richard Donner, Ray Romano, Ron Eldard
    7/2/04
- SuperSecret Movie Rules
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Superheroes
    2/21/04
- E!'s 101
  Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 3 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment 60 - 41
    7/15/03
- The Directors
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 10 Richard Donner
    10/14/01
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 56 Gilligan's Island
    12/12/99
  - S 2: Ep 1 Corey Feldman
    1/4/98
- The Dennis Miller Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 29 February 27, 1992
    2/27/92
- Film '72
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 17 Film '75 Episode 17
    11/7/75
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  Inebriate
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Giuoco Piano Affair
    11/10/64
Cameo (2)

Role
- Tales from the Crypt
  Man at Bar
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Ventriloquist's Dummy
    6/5/90
- Tales from the Crypt
  Audience Member (Uncredited)
  - S 1: Ep 3 Dig That Cat...He's Real Gone
    6/10/89
Director (40)

Role
- Tales from the Crypt
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 8 Showdown
    8/1/92
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Ventriloquist's Dummy
    6/5/90
  - S 1: Ep 3 Dig That Cat...He's Real Gone
    6/10/89
- Bronk
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 0 Bronk
    4/17/75
- Petrocelli
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 14 A Covenant with Evil
    12/18/74
  - S 1: Ep 8 Death in High Places
    10/23/74
- Kojak
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Best War in Town
    11/24/74
  - S 2: Ep 5 Wall Street Gunslinger
    10/6/74
  - S 1: Ep 3 One for the Morgue
    11/7/73
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 19 A String of Puppets
    2/7/74
  - S 2: Ep 15 Commitment
    1/3/74
- Cannon
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 3 Memo From a Dead Man
    9/19/73
  - S 3: Ep 2 He Who Digs a Grave (2)
    9/12/73
  - S 3: Ep 1 He Who Digs a Grave (1)
    9/12/73
  - S 1: Ep 14 Flight Plan
    12/28/71
  - S 1: Ep 12 Death Is a Double Cross
    12/7/71
- Ironside
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 12 Who'll Cry for My Baby?
    12/7/72
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 8 A Quality Of Fear
    11/14/72
  - S 4: Ep 6 A Substitute Womb
    10/24/72
- Banyon
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Old College Try
    9/22/72
- Ghost Story
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Concrete Captain
    9/22/72
- Cade's County
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 23 Blackout
    3/26/72
  - S 1: Ep 10 A Gun for Billy
    11/28/71
  - S 1: Ep 4 Crisscross
    10/10/71
- The Sixth Sense
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 4 The House That Cried Murder
    2/5/72
- Bearcats
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 9 Bitter Flats
    11/18/71
  - S 1: Ep 6 Conqueror's Gold
    10/28/71
- Sarge
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 4 Psst! Wanna Buy A Dirty Picture
    10/5/71
  - S 1: Ep 3 Ring Out, Ring In
    9/28/71
- The Interns
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 19 Casualty
    2/19/71
- The New Doctors
  Director
- The Felony Squad
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 15 A Penny Game, A Two-Bit Murder
    12/19/66
  - S 1: Ep 8 Death Of A Dream
    10/31/66
  - S 1: Ep 5 A Date With Terror
    10/10/66
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Night of the Returning Dead
    10/14/66
  - S 1: Ep 27 The Night of the Murderous Spring
    4/15/66
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Night of the Bars of Hell
    3/4/66
- Jericho (1966)
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 3 Upbeat And Underground
    9/29/66
- It's About Time
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 1 And Then I Wrote Happy Birthday to You
    9/11/66
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 29 In a Plain Paper Wrapper
    4/19/66
  - S 3: Ep 17 Wife Killer
    1/11/66
- The F.B.I.
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Spy Master
    2/6/66
- Get Smart
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 10 Our Man in Leotards
    11/20/65
  - S 1: Ep 6 Washington 4, Indians 3
    10/23/65
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 7 Show Me a Hero, I'll Show You a Bum
    10/25/65
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Hotshot
    10/18/65
  - S 2: Ep 2 R/X for a Sick Bird
    9/20/65
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Loneliest Place in the World
    9/13/65
- Perry Mason
  Director
  - S 8: Ep 26 The Case of the Gambling Lady
    4/8/65
  - S 8: Ep 9 The Case of the Tragic Trophy
    11/19/64
  - S 8: Ep 1 The Case of the Missing Button
    9/24/64
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Terbuf Affair
    12/29/64
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Giuoco Piano Affair
    11/10/64
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Quadripartite Affair
    10/6/64
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Iowa Scuba Affair
    9/29/64
- Mr. Novak
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 12 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
    12/22/64
  - S 2: Ep 1 Moonlightning
    9/22/64
  - S 1: Ep 26 One Way to Say Goodbye
    3/17/64
  - S 1: Ep 20 Death Of A Teacher
    2/4/64
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Private Life of Douglas Morgan Jr.
    1/28/64
  - + 2 More Credits
- Gilligan's Island
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 6 President Gilligan
    10/31/64
  - S 1: Ep 2 Home Sweet Hut
    10/3/64
- The Twilight Zone
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 34 Come Wander with Me
    5/22/64
  - S 5: Ep 33 The Brain Center at Whipple's
    5/15/64
  - S 5: Ep 29 The Jeopardy Room
    4/17/64
  - S 5: Ep 27 Sounds and Silences
    4/3/64
  - S 5: Ep 20 From Agnes - With Love
    2/14/64
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Day of the Picnic
    2/16/64
- The Lieutenant
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 18 Interlude
    2/1/64
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Two-Star Giant
    10/5/63
- The Nurses (1962)
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Helping Hand
    11/7/63
- The Eleventh Hour (1962)
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 28 I Feel Like a Rutabaga
    4/24/63
  - S 1: Ep 17 Advice to the Lovelorn and Shopworn
    1/30/63
- Sam Benedict
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 27 Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows
    3/23/63
  - S 1: Ep 25 Accomplice
    3/9/63
  - S 1: Ep 22 Some Fires Die Slowly
    2/16/63
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Boiling Point
    1/12/63
  - S 1: Ep 17 Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep
    1/5/63
  - + 1 More Credits
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 34 Cream of the Jest
    5/5/62
  - S 5: Ep 14 Blind Circle
    12/16/61
  - S 5: Ep 12 A Drop of Blood
    12/2/61
  - S 5: Ep 9 The Piano
    11/11/61
  - S 5: Ep 4 Odds for Big Red
    10/7/61
- The Rifleman
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 31 Outlaw's Shoes
    4/30/62
  - S 4: Ep 30 Milly's Brother
    4/23/62
  - S 4: Ep 29 The Day the Town Slept
    4/16/62
  - S 4: Ep 27 Guilty Conscience
    4/2/62
  - S 4: Ep 23 The Debt
    3/5/62
  - + 2 More Credits
- Route 66
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 8 A Bridge Across Five Days
    11/17/61
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 26 Barney's Bounty
    3/29/61
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Voice of Silence
    2/15/61
  - S 3: Ep 17 Bounty on Josh
    1/25/61
  - S 3: Ep 16 The Last Retreat
    1/11/61
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Medicine Man
    11/23/60
  - + 1 More Credits
- Loretta Young Show
  Director
  - S 8: Ep 23 Woodlot
    3/26/61
  - S 8: Ep 22 The Preliminaries
    3/19/61
  - S 8: Ep 21 When Queens Ride By
    3/12/61
  - S 8: Ep 20 The Choice
    2/19/61
  - S 8: Ep 17 Quiet Desperation
    2/5/61
- Zane Grey Theater
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 5 So Young The Savage Land
    11/20/60
Producer (3)

Role
- Tales from the Crypt
  Producer
  - S 7: Ep 0 Ritual
    5/2/06
- Perversions of Science
  Producer
- Kojak
  Producer
  - S 2: Ep 5 Wall Street Gunslinger
    10/6/74
Executive Producer (1)

Role
- Tales from the Crypt
  Executive Producer
  - S 7: Ep 0 Demon Knight
    1/13/95

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Trivia
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- Salary: Conspiracy Theory (1997) $5,000,000 Assassins (1995) $12,000,000 Radio Flyer (1992) $5,000,000 Superman (1978) $1,000,000
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- Richard has a preference for using long shots of characters in films, rather than close-ups as most directors do.
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- Richard's movie Radio Flyer (1992), a fantasy film which features an abused boy building a flying wagon to escape his abusive stepfather, flopped because of the critical response to it, saying that the boy's escape implied he committed suicide, something Richard denies.
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Quotes
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- (in regards to Unsworth's inventing the photography process for the flying scenes in "Superman") Richard Donner: If it hadn't been for Geoffrey Unsworth, we wouldn't have had a movie.
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