Richard C. Sarafian

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.

Most Famous Work

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Batman

(1966) Director

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The Big Valley

(1965) Director

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Maverick

(1957) Director

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The Twilight Zone

(1959) Director

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The Wild Wild West

(1965) Director

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Lawman

(1958) Director

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Cheyenne

(1955) Director

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Gunsmoke

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2003	President	Masked and Anonymous 2003-07-25 Movie
2002	N/A	Hitters 2002-12-01 Movie
2001	God Beaver (voice)	Dr. Dolittle 2 2001-06-22 Movie
1999	Uncle Lou	Blue Streak 1999-09-17 Movie
	Erlik	Blink of an Eye 1999-09-16 Movie
1998	Vinnie	Bulworth 1998-05-15 Movie
1996	Gino Marzzone	Bound 1996-09-13 Movie
	Paul Castellano	Gotti 1996-08-17 Movie
	Henry Kronfeld	Miami Hustle 1996-07-21 Movie
1995	Sunny Ventura	The Crossing Guard 1995-11-15 Movie
1994	Detective Sy Tobias	Don Juan DeMarco 1994-10-12 Movie
	Trucker	The Road Killers 1994-05-07 Movie
1993	Chief Chavez	Gunmen 1993-05-21 Movie
1992	Proby	Ruby 1992-03-27 Movie
1991	Jack Dragna	Bugsy 1991-12-10 Movie
1987	N/A	Wiseguy 1987-09-16 TV Show
	Taxi Driver	Street Justice 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Capt. J.J. Wells (voice) (uncredited)	The Falling 1986-08-05 Movie
	Philbert Evans	Liberty 1986-06-23 Movie
	Omar	Long Time Gone 1986-05-23 Movie
1985	N/A	Foley Square 1985-12-11 TV Show
	N/A	MacGyver 1985-09-29 TV Show
1984	Rodeo Rocky	Songwriter 1984-10-14 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1990	Director	Solar Crisis 1990-07-14 Movie
1987	Director	Street Justice 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Director	Eye of the Tiger 1986-07-07 Movie
	Director	Liberty 1986-06-23 Movie
1985	Director	Wildside 1985-03-21 TV Show
1984	Director	The Bear 1984-01-01 Movie
1981	Director	Splendor in the Grass 1981-10-26 Movie
	Director	Gangster Wars 1981-04-09 Movie
	Director	The Gangster Chronicles 1981-02-02 TV Show
1980	Director	The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story 1980-05-25 Movie
1979	Director	Disaster on the Coastliner 1979-10-28 Movie
	Director	Sunburn 1979-08-10 Movie
1977	Director	A Killing Affair 1977-09-21 Movie
	Director	The African Queen 1977-03-18 Movie
1976	Director	The Next Man 1976-11-10 Movie
1975	Director	One of Our Own 1975-05-05 Movie
1973	Director	The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 1973-06-28 Movie
	Director	Lolly-Madonna XXX 1973-02-21 Movie
1971	Director	Man in the Wilderness 1971-11-24 Movie
	Director	Vanishing Point 1971-01-15 Movie
1970	Director	Fragment of Fear 1970-09-03 Movie
1969	Director	Run Wild, Run Free 1969-03-28 Movie
1968	Director	Shadow on the Land 1968-12-04 Movie
1967	Director	The Danny Thomas Hour 1967-09-11 TV Show
	Director	The Guns of Will Sonnett 1967-09-08 TV Show
	Director	Cimarron Strip 1967-09-07 TV Show
1966	Director	Jericho 1966-09-15 TV Show
	Director	The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. 1966-09-13 TV Show
	Director	Batman 1966-01-12 TV Show
1965	Director	The Wild Wild West 1965-09-17 TV Show
	Director	The Long, Hot Summer 1965-09-16 TV Show
	Director	I Spy 1965-09-15 TV Show
	Director	The Big Valley 1965-09-15 TV Show
	Director	Andy 1965-01-23 Movie
1964	Director	Slattery's People 1964-09-21 TV Show
1963	Director	The Dakotas 1963-01-07 TV Show
1962	Director	The Gallant Men 1962-10-05 TV Show
	Director	Terror At Black Falls 1962-05-23 Movie
1961	Director	Ben Casey 1961-10-02 TV Show
1960	Director	The Roaring 20's 1960-10-15 TV Show
	Director	Surfside 6 1960-10-06 TV Show
1959	Director	Hawaiian Eye 1959-10-07 TV Show
	Director	The Twilight Zone 1959-10-02 TV Show
1958	Director	77 Sunset Strip 1958-10-10 TV Show
	Director	Lawman 1958-10-05 TV Show
	Director	Bronco 1958-09-23 TV Show
1957	Director	Maverick 1957-09-22 TV Show
1955	Director	Cheyenne 1955-09-20 TV Show
	Director	Gunsmoke 1955-09-10 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1976	Screenplay	The Next Man 1976-11-10 Movie
1965	Writer	Andy 1965-01-23 Movie
1962	Writer	Terror At Black Falls 1962-05-23 Movie
1958	Writer	The Man Who Died Twice 1958-06-06 Movie
	Writer	The Cool and the Crazy 1958-03-01 Movie
	Screenplay	The Notorious Mr. Monks 1958-02-28 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv