Jerry Thorpe
Director, Producer, Actor
1 January 1926 — 25 September 2018 (92 years)
Richard Jerome Thorpe (August 29, 1926 – September 25, 2018) was an American television-and-film director and producer.[1] Actor and director Richard Thorpe was his father.
Thorpe served as the executive producer of 33 episodes of The Untouchables (starring Robert Stack) during the series's second season (1960–61). Thorpe also served as executive producer of Harry O, the 1973-75 David Janssen TV series.
Thorpe won an Emmy award for his work on an episode of Kung Fu. In 2003, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him and his father.
Thorpe died in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 92 from natural causes. He was buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.
Thorpe served as the executive producer of 33 episodes of The Untouchables (starring Robert Stack) during the series's second season (1960–61). Thorpe also served as executive producer of Harry O, the 1973-75 David Janssen TV series.
Thorpe won an Emmy award for his work on an episode of Kung Fu. In 2003, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him and his father.
Thorpe died in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 92 from natural causes. He was buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.
Known For
Filmography
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| 1981 | Falcon CrestOn Plex |
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| 1988 | Aaron's Way · as Executive Producer |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse · as Executive Producer |
| 1986 | Our House · as Executive Producer |
| 1983 | Happy Endings · as Executive Producer |
| 1982 | The Devlin Connection · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
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| 1977 | Rafferty · as Executive Producer |
| 1977 | The Possessed · as Executive Producer |
| 1976 | I Want to Keep My Baby! · as Executive Producer |
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| 1973 | Harry O · as Executive Producer |
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Show/The Little People · as Executive Producer |
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| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse · as Executive Producer |
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| 1959 | The Untouchables · as Executive Producer |
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| 1956 | Forever, Darling · as Associate Producer |
| 1945 | It's a Pleasure · as Skater |
| 1965 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies · as Written By |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth · as Executive In Charge Of Production |
| 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer · as Assistant Director |
| 1953 | Take the High Ground! · as Assistant Director |
| 1953 | The Band Wagon · as Assistant Director |
| 1953 | Ride, Vaquero! · as Assistant Director |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful · as Assistant Director |
| 1952 | The Wild North · as Assistant Director |