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.

Directed

1. The Twilight Zone (1959) — Director
2. Batman (1966) — Director
3. Vanishing Point (1971) — Director
4. Bonanza (1959) — Director
5. Gunsmoke (1955) — Director
6. Man in the Wilderness (1971) — Director
7. The Wild Wild West (1965) — Director
8. Eye of the Tiger (1986) — Director
9. The Big Valley (1965) — Director
10. Maverick (1957) — Director
11. Fragment of Fear (1970) — Director
12. Solar Crisis (1992) — Director
13. I Spy (1965) — Director
14. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973) — Director
15. Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) — Director
16. 77 Sunset Strip (1958) — Director
17. Cheyenne (1955) — Director
18. Sunburn (1979) — Director
19. Dr. Kildare (1961) — Director
20. Disaster on the Coastliner (1979) — Director
21. Ben Casey (1961) — Director
22. Cimarron Strip (1967) — Director
23. The Next Man (1976) — Director
24. Lawman (1958) — Director
25. Hawaiian Eye (1959) — Director
26. Splendor in the Grass (1981) — Director
27. The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967) — Director
28. Run Wild, Run Free (1969) — Director
29. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966) — Director
30. Bronco (1958) — Director
31. A Killing Affair (1977) — Director
32. The Gangster Chronicles (1981) — Director
33. The Bear (1984) — Director
34. The Dakotas (1963) — Director
35. Wildside (1985) — Director
36. Shadow on the Land (1968) — Director
37. Gangster Wars (1981) — Director
38. The African Queen (1977) — Director
39. Surfside 6 (1960) — Director
40. Jericho (1966) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) — God Beaver (voice)
2. Blue Streak (1999) — Uncle Lou
3. Bound (1996) — Gino Marzzone
4. MacGyver (1985) — Caspar Kasabian
5. Don Juan DeMarco (1994) — Detective Sy Tobias
6. Bugsy (1991) — Jack Dragna
7. The Crossing Guard (1995) — Sunny Ventura
8. Bulworth (1998) — Vinnie
9. Gotti (1996) — Paul Castellano
10. Gunmen (1993) — Chief Chavez
11. Masked and Anonymous (2003) — President
12. The Falling (1986) — Capt. J.J. Wells (voice) (uncredited)
13. The Road Killers (1994) — Trucker
14. Wiseguy (1987)
15. Ruby (1992) — Proby
16. Songwriter (1984) — Rodeo Rocky
17. The Next Man (1976) — Gregory Zolnikov (uncredited)
18. Miami Hustle (1996) — Henry Kronfeld
19. Hitters (2002)
20. Liberty (1986) — Philbert Evans
21. Long Time Gone (1986) — Omar
22. Foley Square (1985) — Spiro Papadopolis
23. Street Justice (1987) — Taxi Driver
24. Blink of an Eye (1999) — Erlik
25. The Moviemakers (1973) — Self