Directed credits
50
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Richard C. Sarafian
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.9
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 22Directed series: 28All crew credits: 54
TMDB ID: 21544
IMDb ID: nm0764781
Known for: Directing
Born: April 28, 1930
Died: September 18, 2013
Age: 83
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 2003
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 6.27
Wikidata: Q743907
Also known as
Richard Sarafian • Alan Smithee
Frequent jobs
Director (50)Writer (3)Screenplay (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Richard C. Sarafian.
4.2
Solar Crisis
Director
1992 Movie
Street Justice
Director
1987 Movie
6.0
Eye of the Tiger
Director
1986 Movie
5.0
Liberty
Director
1986 Movie
6.2
The Bear
Director
1984 Movie
6.3
Splendor in the Grass
Director
1981 Movie
7.5
Gangster Wars
Director
1981 Movie
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Director
1980 Movie
5.3
Disaster on the Coastliner
Director
1979 Movie
4.9
Sunburn
Director
1979 Movie
4.4
A Killing Affair
Director
1977 Movie
6.5
The African Queen
Director
1977 Movie
4.4
The Next Man
Director
1976 Movie
One of Our Own
Director
1975 Movie
5.7
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Director
1973 Movie
5.9
Lolly-Madonna XXX
Director
1973 Movie
6.2
Man in the Wilderness
Director
1971 Movie
7.1
Vanishing Point
Director
1971 Movie
5.9
Fragment of Fear
Director
1970 Movie
6.0
Run Wild, Run Free
Director
1969 Movie
8.0
Shadow on the Land
Director
1968 Movie
8.0
Andy
Director
1965 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Richard C. Sarafian.
5.7
Wildside
Director • 3 eps
1985 Series
6.8
The Gangster Chronicles
Director • 13 eps
1981 Series
5.0
The Danny Thomas Hour
Director • 2 eps
1967 Series
6.2
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Director • 3 eps
1967 Series
5.5
Cimarron Strip
Director • 1 eps
1967 Series
6.5
Jericho
Director • 5 eps
1966 Series
6.6
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Director • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.3
Batman
Director • 2 eps
1966 Series
7.6
The Wild Wild West
Director • 2 eps
1965 Series
6.1
The Big Valley
Director • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.5
I Spy
Director • 8 eps
1965 Series
5.0
Slattery's People
Director • 1 eps
1964 Series
5.0
Redigo
Director • 1 eps
1963 Series
5.7
The Dakotas
Director • 1 eps
1963 Series
6.0
The Gallant Men
Director • 7 eps
1962 Series
5.6
Ben Casey
Director • 3 eps
1961 Series
5.5
Dr. Kildare
Director • 1 eps
1961 Series
The Roaring 20's
Director • 1 eps
1960 Series
5.0
Surfside 6
Director • 1 eps
1960 Series
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
Director • 2 eps
1959 Series
8.5
The Twilight Zone
Director • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.5
Bonanza
Director • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.0
77 Sunset Strip
Director • 3 eps
1958 Series
5.6
Lawman
Director • 22 eps
1958 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Richard C. Sarafian.
7.2
Bound
as Gino Marzzone
1996 Movie
7.1
Vanishing Point
Director
1971 Movie
6.7
Don Juan DeMarco
as Detective Sy Tobias
1994 Movie
6.5
Blue Streak
as Uncle Lou
1999 Movie
6.5
Gotti
as Paul Castellano
1996 Movie
6.3
Bugsy
as Jack Dragna
1991 Movie
6.3
Bulworth
as Vinnie
1998 Movie
6.2
Man in the Wilderness
Director
1971 Movie
6.0
The Crossing Guard
as Sunny Ventura
1995 Movie
5.3
Dr. Dolittle 2
as God Beaver (voice)
2001 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Richard C. Sarafian.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Richard C. Sarafian.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Richard C. Sarafian.
8.5
The Twilight Zone
Director • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.3
Batman
Director • 2 eps
1966 Series
7.5
Bonanza
Director • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.7
MacGyver
as Caspar Kasabian • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.9
Maverick
Director • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.0
Cheyenne
Director • 2 eps
1955 Series
5.5
Dr. Kildare
Director • 1 eps
1961 Series
6.1
The Big Valley
Director • 1 eps
1965 Series
5.6
Lawman
Director • 22 eps
1958 Series
7.6
The Wild Wild West
Director • 2 eps
1965 Series
5.6
Ben Casey
Director • 3 eps
1961 Series
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
Director • 2 eps
1959 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Richard C. Sarafian.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Richard C. Sarafian.
5.1
Masked and Anonymous
as President
2003 Movie
2.8
Hitters
2002 Movie
5.3
Dr. Dolittle 2
as God Beaver (voice)
2001 Movie
6.5
Blue Streak
as Uncle Lou
1999 Movie
Blink of an Eye
as Erlik
1999 Movie
6.3
Bulworth
as Vinnie
1998 Movie
7.2
Bound
as Gino Marzzone
1996 Movie
6.5
Gotti
as Paul Castellano
1996 Movie
3.4
Miami Hustle
as Henry Kronfeld
1996 Movie
6.0
The Crossing Guard
as Sunny Ventura
1995 Movie
6.7
Don Juan DeMarco
as Detective Sy Tobias
1994 Movie
5.4
The Road Killers
as Trucker
1994 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Richard C. Sarafian.
