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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-03-09 (100 years old)

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Jack Smight

Biography:

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jack Smight (March 9, 1925 - September 1, 2003) was an American theatre and film director. Smight was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to school with future actor Peter Graves. His film credits include The Traveling Executioner, Rabbit, Run, Loving Couples, Midway, Harper, Airport 1975, Damnation Alley and the Emmy Award-winning Eddie, as well as many episodes of television series such as The Twilight Zone and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He also directed the 1960 Broadway play The 49th Cousin and composed the music for the film adaption of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Smight died from cancer in Los Angeles, California. He was 78.

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Known For

Acting

2001

1979

Fast Break as Dibber

1969

Directing

1989

The Favorite as Director

1987

1982

1980

Loving Couples as Director

1979

Fast Break as Director

1977

Damnation Alley as Director

1976

Midway as Director

1973

Double Indemnity as Director
Linda as Director
Legend in Granite as Director
Partners in Crime as Director

1972

The Longest Night as Director
Madigan as Director
Banacek as Director

1971

Columbo as Director

1970

Rabbit, Run as Director
McCloud as Director

1969

Strategy of Terror as Director

1966

Harper as Director
Kaleidoscope as Director

1965

The Third Day as Director

1964

I'd Rather Be Rich as Director

1963

Arrest and Trial as Director

1962

The Eleventh Hour as Director

1961

The Defenders as Director
Dr. Kildare as Director

1960

Route 66 as Director

1958

Naked City as Director

1957

The Sound of Jazz as Director
Alcoa Theatre as Director
Suspicion as Director

1954

Climax! as Director

1948

Studio One as Director

Production

1965

The Third Day as Producer