Cast & creator
Richard C. Sarafian
Best known for Bonanza, MacGyver, Maverick
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.
Also known as: Richard Sarafian, Alan Smithee
54
film credits
33
television credits
26
1955–2003 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (87)
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Bonanza
Director
1959
MacGyver
Caspar Kasabian
1985
Maverick
Director
1957
Batman
Director
1966
Dr. Kildare
Director
1961
The Twilight Zone
Director
1959
Ben Casey
Director
1961
The Wild Wild West
Director
1965
Cheyenne
Director
1955
The Big Valley
Director
1965
Lawman
Director
1958
Gunsmoke
Director
1955
Hawaiian Eye
Director
1959
77 Sunset Strip
Director
1958
Wiseguy
1987
Surfside 6
Director
1960
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Director
1967
Bronco
Director
1958
I Spy
Director
1965
Cimarron Strip
Director
1967
The Roaring 20's
Director
1960
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Director
1966
The Dakotas
Director
1963
Blue Streak
Uncle Lou
1999
The Gallant Men
Director
1962
Jericho
Director
1966
Slattery's People
Director
1964
The Danny Thomas Hour
Director
1967
Bound
Gino Marzzone
1996The Long, Hot Summer
Director
1965
Dr. Dolittle 2
God Beaver (voice)
2001
Redigo
Director
1963
Vanishing Point
Man with Fire Hose (uncredited)
1971Vanishing Point
Director
1971
Wildside
Director
1985
The Gangster Chronicles
Director
1981
Bugsy
Jack Dragna
1991
Don Juan DeMarco
Detective Sy Tobias
1994
The Crossing Guard
Sunny Ventura
1995
Foley Square
Spiro Papadopolis
1985
Bulworth
Vinnie
1998
Gotti
Paul Castellano
1996Convoy
Director
1965
The Road Killers
Trucker
1994
Eye of the Tiger
Director
1986
Man in the Wilderness
Director
1971
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Director
1973
Solar Crisis
Director
1992
Masked and Anonymous
President
2003
Run Wild, Run Free
Director
1969
Disaster on the Coastliner
Director
1979
Lolly-Madonna XXX
Director
1973
Ruby
Proby
1992
The Man Who Died Twice
Writer
1958
One of Our Own
Director
1975
Gunmen
Chief Chavez
1993
The Next Man
Gregory Zolnikov (uncredited)
1976The Next Man
Director
1976The Next Man
Screenplay
1976
Fragment of Fear
Director
1970
Splendor in the Grass
Director
1981
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Director
1980
A Killing Affair
Director
1977
Songwriter
Rodeo Rocky
1984
Sunburn
Director
1979
Gangster Wars
Director
1981
Shadow on the Land
Director
1968
Hitters
2002
Blink of an Eye
Erlik
1999
The Cool and the Crazy
Writer
1958
Street Justice
Taxi Driver
1987Street Justice
Director
1987
Liberty
Philbert Evans
1986Liberty
Director
1986
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Screenplay
1958
Terror At Black Falls
Writer
1962Terror At Black Falls
Director
1962Terror At Black Falls
Producer
1962Terror At Black Falls
Editor
1962
The Moviemakers
Self
1973
Long Time Gone
Omar
1986
The African Queen
Director
1977
The Falling
Capt. J.J. Wells (voice) (uncredited)
1986
Miami Hustle
Henry Kronfeld
1996
The Bear
Director
1984
Andy
Director
1965Andy
Writer
1965