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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-07-06 (99 years old)

Place of Birth

Rockaway Beach, New York, U.S.

John Rich

Biography:

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Rich is a film and television director. He directed such television shows as Where's Raymond?, Mister Ed, The Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude, Good Times, Barney Miller, Newhart, Benson, The Brady Bunch, and Gilligan's Island. His feature film credits include Wives and Lovers, Boeing Boeing, Roustabout and Easy Come, Easy Go (the latter two starring Elvis Presley). He also participated in the live telecast of the opening day ceremonies of Disneyland in 1955. He won an Emmy for The Dick Van Dyke Show, two Emmys for All in the Family, and two Golden Globes for All in the Family.

In the 1980s Rich and Henry Winkler formed a production company called Henry Winkler/John Rich Productions and together they produced MacGyver for Paramount Television.

Rich studied at the University of Michigan.

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Known For

Acting

1990

Law & Order as Judge Richard Tabachini

1965

The Decision to Drop the Bomb as Self - Special Correspondent

Directing

1999

Payne as Director

1996

Pistol Pete as Director
Mr. Rhodes as Director
Something So Right as Director

1995

Hudson Street as Director
If Not for You as Director

1994

The Good Life as Director

1993

The Second Half as Director

1991

Walter & Emily as Director

1989

Nearly Departed as Director

1988

Murphy Brown as Director
Dear John as Director

1986

Mr. Sunshine as Director

1985

The Comedy Factory as Director

1983

Amanda's as Director
Condo as Director

1982

Newhart as Director

1979

Benson as Director
Billy as Director
Dorothy as Director

1975

Barney Miller as Director
On the Rocks as Director

1974

Clarence Darrow as Director
Good Times as Director

1971

All in the Family as Director

1969

The Brady Bunch as Director

1967

Easy Come, Easy Go as Director
Good Morning World as Director

1966

That Girl as Director
Hey Landlord! as Director
T.H.E. Cat as Director
Summer Fun as Director

1965

Boeing, Boeing as Director
Hogan's Heroes as Director
I Spy as Director

1964

Roustabout as Director
The New Interns as Director
Gilligan's Island as Director

1963

Wives and Lovers as Director

1961

Mister Ed as Director
The Americans as Director

1960

1959

The Twilight Zone as Director
Riverboat as Director
Bold Venture as Director

1958

The Rifleman as Director
Bat Masterson as Director

1956

Hey, Jeannie! as Director

1955

Gunsmoke as Director

Production

2003

Young MacGyver as Executive Producer

1994

MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday as Executive Producer

1986

Mr. Sunshine as Producer

1985

MacGyver as Executive Producer

1975

On the Rocks as Producer

1971

All in the Family as Producer

Creator

2003

Young MacGyver as Creator