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1972
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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. [1] Thorpe served as the executive producer of 33 episodes of The Untouchables (starring Robert Stack) during the series' 2nd season (1960–61).
- Richard Jerome Thorpe, August 29, 1926, Los Angeles, California
- September 25, 2018 (aged 92), Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
- 1956–1990
- Richard Thorpe
Oct 11, 2018 · Jerry Thorpe, an executive at Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's Desilu Productions and a co-creator, director and producer on the David Carradine adventure series 'Kung Fu,' died Sept. 25 in Santa ...
Jerry Thorpe. Producer: Kung Fu. Jerry Thorpe was born on 29 August 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Kung Fu (1972), The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove (1979) and The Venetian Affair (1966).
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Santa Barbara, California, USA
Sep 25, 2018 · 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.
Sep 1, 2021 · Rodman and his pilot’s director/producer, Jerry Thorpe (The Untouchables, Kung Fu), turned alternatively to David Janssen. A Nebraska native, born David Harold Meyer in 1931, Harry O’s eventual leading man had moved with his divorced mother (a onetime Ziegfeld Follies showgirl) to Los Angeles when he was 5. He reportedly excelled at ...
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Jerry Thorpe was an executive at Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's Desilu Productions and a co-creator, director and producer on the David Carradine adventure series Kung Fu. During his four-decade career, Los Angeles native also worked on David Janssen's Harry O ; Our House , starring Wilford Brimley; and the longtime Jane Wyman CBS primetime soap ...
Sep 25, 2018 · Jerry Thorpe is known as an Director, Producer, Assistant Director, Executive Producer, and Creator. Some of his work includes The Bad and the Beautiful, The Band Wagon, Kung Fu, Hawaii Five-O, Falcon Crest, Day of the Evil Gun, Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon, and The Possessed.
