Jack Smight

Birthday: 1925-03-09
Deathday: 2003-09-01
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Gender: Male

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Jack Smight (March 9, 1925 - September 1, 2003) was an American theatre and film director. Smight was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to school with future actor Peter Graves. His film credits include The Traveling Executioner, Rabbit, Run, Loving Couples, Midway, Harper, Airport 1975, Damnation Alley and the Emmy Award-winning Eddie, as well as many episodes of television series such as The Twilight Zone and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He also directed the 1960 Broadway play The 49th Cousin and composed the music for the film adaption of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Smight died from cancer in Los Angeles, California. He was 78.

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Credits

Year Title
The Enchanted Nutcracker
2005-06-01 Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound
1989-08-09 The Favorite
1987-02-27 Number One with a Bullet
1982-12-06 Remembrance Of Love
1980-10-24 Loving Couples
1979-03-02 Fast Break
1978-06-02 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1977-09-10 Damnation Alley
1976-06-18 Midway
1974-10-18 Airport 1975
1974-09-19 Frankenstein: The True Story
1974-03-11 The Man from Independence
1973-12-14 Legend in Granite
1973-11-03 Linda
1973-10-13 Double Indemnity
1973-03-24 Partners in Crime
1972-09-12 The Longest Night
1972-01-29 The Screaming Woman
1970-10-01 The Traveling Executioner
1970-10-01 Rabbit, Run
1969-03-26 The Illustrated Man
1969-01-01 Strategy of Terror
1968-03-20 No Way to Treat a Lady
1968-02-29 The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1966-07-01 Kaleidoscope
1966-02-22 Harper
1965-08-04 The Third Day
1964-08-25 I'd Rather Be Rich
1959-04-09 The Sound of Miles Davis
1957-12-08 The Sound of Jazz