The son of Hollywood director Richard Thorpe, Jerry Thorpe launched his own directorial career at his father's old stamping grounds, MGM. The younger Thorpe was one of the principal directors of MGM's Man From UNCLE TV series (1964-67), and also megged the UNCLE-inspired theatrical feature The Venetian Affair. Thorpe's other major big-screen film was the 1969 western Day of the Evil Gun. The bulk of Jerry Thorpe's work can be found on television: he has directed the pilot films of such series as Matt Lincoln (Dial Hot Line [1969]), Kung Fu, Harry O (Smile Jenny, You're Dead [1974]) and The Lazarus Syndrome, and in 1973 won an Emmy for his work on the Kung Fu episode "An Eye for an Eye."
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Blood and Orchids
Director |
1986 | |||
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Happy Endings
Director |
1983 | |||
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Happy Endings
Director, Executive Producer |
1983 | |||
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All God's Children
Director |
1980 | |||
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For Heaven's Sake
Director |
1979 | |||
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The Lazarus Syndrome
Director |
1979 | |||
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A Question of Love
Director |
1978 | |||
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Stickin' Together
Director, Producer |
1978 | |||
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The Possessed
Director |
1977 | |||
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I Want to Keep My Baby
Director, Executive Producer |
1976 | |||
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The Dark Side of Innocence
Director, Executive Producer |
1976 | |||
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Antonio and the Mayor
Director |
1975 | |||
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Wonderland Cove
Director |
1975 | |||
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Smile, Jenny, You're Dead
Director, Producer |
1974 | |||
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The Healers
Executive Producer |
1974 | |||
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Kung Fu
Director, Producer |
1972 | |||
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Kung Fu [TV Series]
Executive Producer |
1972 | |||
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Cross Current
Director |
1971 | |||
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Company of Killers
Director, Producer |
1970 | |||
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Lock, Stock and Barrel
Director |
1970 | |||
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Dial Hot Line
Director |
1969 | |||
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Day of the Evil Gun
Director, Producer |
1968 | |||
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The Venetian Affair
Director, Producer |
1967 | |||
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The Untouchables: Season 02
Executive Producer |
1960 | |||
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The Band Wagon
First Assistant Director |
1953 | |||
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The Bad and the Beautiful
First Assistant Director |
1952 |

