Richard C. Sarafian
Known for directing · Born 28 April 1930 · Died 18 September 2013 · aged 83 · New York City, New York, USA
82 credits
Richard Caspar Sarafian (April 28, 1930 – September 18, 2013) was an American television and film director and actor. He compiled a versatile career that spanned over five decades as a director, actor, and writer. Sarafian is best known as the director of the 1971 film Vanishing Point.
Known for
The Twilight Zone
1959
Batman
1966
Vanishing Point
1971
Bonanza
1959
Bound
1996
Gunsmoke
1955
The Wild Wild West
1965
Lawman
1958
Man in the Wilderness
1971
I Spy
1965
Eye of the Tiger
1986
The Big Valley
1965
Acting (26)
2003Masked and AnonymousPresidentFilm
2002HittersFilm
2001Dr. Dolittle 2God Beaver (voice)Film
1999Blue StreakUncle LouFilm
1999Blink of an EyeErlikFilm
1998BulworthVinnieFilm
1996BoundGino MarzzoneFilm
1996GottiPaul CastellanoFilm
1996Miami HustleHenry KronfeldFilm
1995The Crossing GuardSunny VenturaFilm
1994Don Juan DeMarcoDetective Sy TobiasFilm
1994The Road KillersTruckerFilm
1993GunmenChief ChavezFilm
1992RubyProbyFilm
1991BugsyJack DragnaFilm
1987WiseguySeries
1987Street JusticeTaxi DriverFilm
1986The FallingCapt. J.J. Wells (voice) (uncredited)Film
1986LibertyPhilbert EvansFilm
1986Long Time GoneOmarFilm
1985MacGyverCaspar KasabianSeries
1985Foley SquareSpiro Papadopolis · 14 episodesSeries
1984SongwriterRodeo RockyFilm
1976The Next ManGregory Zolnikov (uncredited)Film
1973The MoviemakersSelfFilm
1971Vanishing PointMan with Fire Hose (uncredited)Film
Directing (53)
1992Solar CrisisDirectorFilm
1987Street JusticeDirectorFilm
1986Eye of the TigerDirectorFilm
1986LibertyDirectorFilm
1985WildsideDirectorSeries
1984The BearDirectorFilm
1981Splendor in the GrassDirectorFilm
1981The Gangster ChroniclesDirectorSeries
1981Gangster WarsDirectorFilm
1980The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love StoryDirectorFilm
1979SunburnDirectorFilm
1979Disaster on the CoastlinerDirectorFilm
1977A Killing AffairDirectorFilm
1977The African QueenDirectorFilm
1976The Next ManDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1975One of Our OwnDirectorFilm
1973The Man Who Loved Cat DancingDirectorFilm
1973Lolly-Madonna XXXDirectorFilm
1971Vanishing PointDirectorFilm
1971Man in the WildernessDirectorFilm
1970Fragment of FearDirectorFilm
1969Run Wild, Run FreeDirectorFilm
1968Shadow on the LandDirectorFilm
1967Cimarron StripDirectorSeries
1967The Guns of Will SonnettDirectorSeries
1967The Danny Thomas HourDirectorSeries
1966BatmanDirectorSeries
1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.DirectorSeries
1966JerichoDirectorSeries
1965The Wild Wild WestDirectorSeries
1965The Big ValleyDirectorSeries
1965I SpyDirectorSeries
1965ConvoyDirectorSeries
1965AndyDirector, WriterFilm
1965The Long, Hot SummerDirectorSeries
1964Slattery's PeopleDirectorSeries
1963The DakotasDirectorSeries
1963RedigoDirectorSeries
1962Terror At Black FallsDirector, Writer, Producer, EditorFilm
1962The Gallant MenDirectorSeries
1961Dr. KildareDirectorSeries
1961Ben CaseyDirectorSeries
1960Surfside 6DirectorSeries
1960The Roaring 20'sDirectorSeries
1959The Twilight ZoneDirectorSeries
1959BonanzaDirectorSeries
1959Hawaiian EyeDirectorSeries
195877 Sunset StripDirectorSeries
1958LawmanDirectorSeries
1958BroncoDirectorSeries
1957MaverickDirectorSeries
1955GunsmokeDirectorSeries
1955CheyenneDirectorSeries
Writing (3)
1958The Man Who Died TwiceWriterFilm
1958The Cool and the CrazyWriterFilm
1958The Notorious Mr. MonksScreenplayFilm