1953Nominee
Best Director
The Band Wagon
Jerry Thorpe
Director · Producer
Los Angeles, California, USA
January 1, 1926
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1952Nominee
Best Director
The Bad and the Beautiful
1968Nominee
Best Director
Day of the Evil Gun
Career Highlights
1977Highlight
Best Picture
The Possessed
1953Highlight
Best Director
Ride, Vaquero!
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The Band Wagon
The Bad and the Beautiful
Day of the Evil Gun