Cast & creator
Zalman King
Best known for Adam-12, American Playhouse, Ironside
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zalman King (born Zalman King Lefkowitz; May 23, 1942 – February 3, 2012) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His films are known for incorporating sexuality, and are often categorized as erotica. He was born Zalman Lefkovitz in Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. As a young man in 1963 he played a gang member on Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Memo from Purgatory" written by Harlan Ellison) with James Caan and Walter Koenig. In 1967 he played the outlaw Muley in "Muley", an episode of the TV show Gunsmoke. His character shoots Marshall Matt Dillon as part of a plan to rob the Dodge City Bank, but as he and his gang are waiting for Dillon to recover (so they can try again to kill him), Muley falls in love with one of the girls at the Long Branch Saloon, which thwarts the plan. From September 1970 until May 1971, King played attorney Aaron Silverman on the drama The Young Lawyers, broadcast on the ABC television network. King later contributed a unique delivery to Trip with the Teacher (1975), portraying the psychopathic Al, a narcoleptic murdering motorbiker. King has directed several commercially successful films, including Two Moon Junction (1988), Wild Orchid (1990), and Red Shoe Diaries (1992), which became a long-running television series for Showtime network. It spawned many sequels. He is perhaps best known for his collaboration with director Adrian Lyne on the film 9½ Weeks which starred Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. He produced (and usually directed) the television series and film ChromiumBlue.com and Showtime series Body Language. He appeared in Lee Grant's directorial debut feature film Tell Me a Riddle. Other work as director includes the 1995 film Delta of Venus based on the book by Anaïs Nin and starring Audie England. The film about an American girl living in Paris in 1939 is in many ways reminiscent of European art house films where erotica forms a centerpiece to a plot which is nevertheless about greater issues. He is married to writer/producer Patricia Louisianna Knop. They have collaborated on many projects, such as writing Wild Orchid, Delta of Venus and 9½ Weeks as well as many episodes of Red Shoe Diaries. They have two daughters, Chloe King and Gillian Lefkowitz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zalman King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
101
film credits
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television credits
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1955–2021 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (137)
Showing 137 of 137 credits
Adam-12
The Man
1968
American Playhouse
Paul
1982
Ironside
1967
Charlie's Angels
Harry Owens
1976
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Fish
1962
The F.B.I.
Bernie Voyt
1965
Daniel Boone
Evans
1964Daniel Boone
Meshach Tarbot
1964
Gunsmoke
Billy Coe
1955Gunsmoke
Joey Jeffords
1955Gunsmoke
Jack Stone
1955Gunsmoke
Muley
1955Gunsmoke
Willy Groom
1955
The Munsters
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Gregory Haymish
1964
Red Shoe Diaries
Director
1992Red Shoe Diaries
Producer
1992Red Shoe Diaries
Director
1992Red Shoe Diaries
Teleplay
1992Red Shoe Diaries
Executive Producer
1992Red Shoe Diaries
Writer
1992Red Shoe Diaries
Story
1992
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Land of the Giants
Nick
1968
The Loner
1965
Wild Orchid
Director
1989Wild Orchid
Screenplay
1989
Cimarron Strip
1967
Then Came Bronson
Jack Warren
1969
The Legend of Jesse James
Cincy
1965
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Screenplay
1986Nine 1/2 Weeks
Producer
1986
Pleasure or Pain
Director
2013Pleasure or Pain
Writer
2013
Body Language
Director
2008
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Young Lawyers
1970
Two Moon Junction
Story
1988Two Moon Junction
Screenplay
1988Two Moon Junction
Director
1988
Galaxy of Terror
Baelon
1981
Female Perversions
Executive Producer
1996
The Beaches of Agnès
Self
2008
Blue Sunshine
Jerry Zipkin
1977
Chromiumblue.com
Director
2002Chromiumblue.com
Creator
2002
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Director
1991Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Screenplay
1991
Delta of Venus
Director
1995
Endangered Species
Hollywood Producer
1982Endangered Species
Executive Producer
1982
Stranger on the Run
Larkin
1967Wind on Water
Director
1998Wind on Water
Executive Producer
1998Wind on Water
Creator
1998
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self - Contributor
2003
The Foreign Eye
Self
2006
Neither by Day Nor by Night
Adam
1972
Lake Consequence
Executive Producer
1995Lake Consequence
Writer
1995
Women of the Night
Director
2001Women of the Night
Writer
2001
Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
Director
1993Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
Teleplay
1993Red Shoe Diaries 2: Double Dare
Executive Producer
1993
Return to Two Moon Junction
Characters
1994
The Young Lawyers
Aaron Silverman
1969
Playboy: The Story of X
Self - Producer
1998
Siesta
Executive Producer
1987
Red Shoe Diaries
Director
1992Red Shoe Diaries
Screenplay
1992Red Shoe Diaries
Executive Producer
1992
A Place Called Truth
Story
1998A Place Called Truth
Executive Producer
1998
Kamikaze Love Volume 4 - Exploring Together
Director
2021Kamikaze Love Volume 4 - Exploring Together
Writer
2021
Boca
Director
1994Boca
Executive Producer
1994
Trip with the Teacher
Al
1975
Tell Me a Riddle
Paul
1980
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
Director
1993Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
Executive Producer
1993Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
Teleplay
1993
In God's Hands
Director
1998In God's Hands
Executive Producer
1998In God's Hands
Screenplay
1998
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Roy St. John
1974
Kamikaze Love Volume 3 - Pushing Boundaries
Director
2021Kamikaze Love Volume 3 - Pushing Boundaries
Writer
2021
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
Jesse
1966
Some Call It Loving
Robert Troy
1973
Kamikaze Love Volume 1 - Craving Intensity
Director
2021Kamikaze Love Volume 1 - Craving Intensity
Writer
2021
Roadie
Executive Producer
1980
Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
Executive Producer
1996Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband
Story
1996
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
Executive Producer
1994Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
Director
1994
The Love Song of Charles Faberman
TV Star
1972
You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat
Carter Fields
1971
Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
Story
1998
The Intruders
Bob Younger
1970
Zalman King's Sex, Y & Z
Director
2003
Kamikaze Love Volume 5 - Unexpected Pleasure
Director
2021Kamikaze Love Volume 5 - Unexpected Pleasure
Writer
2021
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
Executive Producer
1995Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass
Teleplay
1995
Shame, Shame, Shame
Director
1999
Kamikaze Love Volume 6 - Dangerous Desires
Director
2021Kamikaze Love Volume 6 - Dangerous Desires
Writer
2021
Kamikaze Love Volume 2 - Overwhelming Passion
Director
2021Kamikaze Love Volume 2 - Overwhelming Passion
Writer
2021
The Ski Bum
Johnny Cochran
1971
Business for Pleasure
Producer
1997Business for Pleasure
Story
1997Business for Pleasure
Screenplay
1997
Wildfire
Director
1988Wildfire
Writer
1988
Black Sea 213
Story
1998Black Sea 213
Executive Producer
1998
Saint Francis
Dr. P. Bernard
2007Like Normal People
Bill Stein
1979
Barely Brooke
Director
2002
The Passover Plot
Yeshua of Nazareth
1976
Cover Me Girls
Director
2002
Body Language
Director
2008
March with the Devil
Director
2014March with the Devil
Writer
2014
ChromiumBlue.com
Director
2002ChromiumBlue.com
Executive Producer
2002
The Eternal
Director
2002Dance with the Devil
Director
2006Dance with the Devil
Producer
2006
Gypsy Love
Director
2002Sammy Somebody
1976Crazy Again
Director
2006