David Friedkin (Directing)
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Works
I Spy
When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful arms dealers.
Release Date: 2002-10-31
Department: Writing
Job: Characters
Vote Count: 952
I Spy Returns
Time passes and things change. So have Scott and Robinson. Scott has become a college professor and Robinson holds a high enough position with the S.S.A.. Actually, their children are now the agents. It is their first mission and they must babysit some Russian scientists But the loving fathers that they are, they follow them to make sure their babies don't get hurt. What happens next is a mix of action and comedy involving the CIA, the KGB, China, and old friends from the old world
Release Date: 1994-02-03
Department: Writing
Job: Characters
Vote Count: 5
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Weekly series spun off from the miniseries.
Release Date: 1976-09-21
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 8
Bert D'Angelo Superstar
Release Date: 1976-02-21
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 1
Doctors' Hospital
Doctors' Hospital is an American medical drama that ran on NBC during the 1975–1976 season.
Release Date: 1975-09-10
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 1
Kate McShane
Kate McShane is an American legal drama television series that aired from September 10 until November 12, 1975. Kate McShane was the first series to feaure a female lawyer in the lead role.
Release Date: 1975-09-10
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 1
Switch
Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.
Release Date: 1975-09-09
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 9
The Snoop Sisters
Two elderly mystery novelists solve real crimes.
Release Date: 1973-12-19
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 5
Kojak
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
Release Date: 1973-10-24
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 119
Chase
Chase is an American television series that aired on the NBC network from September 11, 1973 to August 28, 1974. The show was a production of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television and marked the first show created by Stephen J. Cannell, who later became known for creating and/or producing his own programs, including NBC's The A-Team.
Release Date: 1973-09-11
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 1
Police Story
Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.
Release Date: 1973-03-20
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 17
The Streets of San Francisco
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
Release Date: 1972-09-23
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 90
River of Gold
A pair of beach bums wind up in Acapulco, where they get involved in a search for a beautiful woman and a sunken treasure.
Release Date: 1971-03-09
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Montserrat
The story is set during the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolivar, the liberator, has escaped from Spanish custody with the aid of an idealistic Spanish officer, Captain Montserrat. The Spanish commander, Colonel Izquierdo ('left' in Spanish), threatens Montserrat with torture to find out where Bolivar can be recaptured.
Release Date: 1971-03-02
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
Release Date: 1968-09-20
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 138
Ironside
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
Release Date: 1967-03-28
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 4
Vote Count: 63
I Spy
A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.
Release Date: 1965-09-15
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 28
The Fool Killer
After the Civil War, a southern boy, aged 12, runs away from his foster home, wanders the countryside, and meets various odd characters along the way, including Milo, a mysterious drifter who may or may not be the vengeful "Fool Killer" of folklore.
Release Date: 1965-04-28
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 13
The Pawnbroker
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
Release Date: 1965-04-20
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 156
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
Release Date: 1962-09-20
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 4
Vote Count: 67
The Virginian
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.
Release Date: 1962-09-19
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 28
Dr. Kildare
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.
Release Date: 1961-09-27
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 17
The Dick Powell Show
The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer on January 2, 1963, then by a series of guest hosts until the series ended. The first of these was Gregory Peck, who began the January 8 program with a tribute to Powell, recognizing him as "a great and good friend to our industry." Peck was followed by fellow actors such as Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, Charles Boyer, Jackie Cooper, Rock Hudson, Milton Berle, Jack Lemmon, Dean Martin, Robert Taylor, Steve McQueen, David Niven, Danny Thomas, Robert Wagner and John Wayne.
Release Date: 1961-09-26
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 5
Men Into Space
Men Into Space is an American science-fiction television series broadcast from September 30, 1959 to September 7, 1960 by CBS which depicted future efforts by the United States Air Force to explore and develop outer space. The black-and-white filmed show starred William Lundigan as Col. Edward McCauley.
Release Date: 1959-09-30
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 4
Bold Venture
Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel, Shannon's Place, sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries and other shady characters. With his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Bacall), tagging along, he encounters modern-day pirates and other tough situations while navigating the waters around Havana. Aboard his boat, the Bold Venture, Slate and Sailor experience "adventure, intrigue, mystery and romance in the sultry settings of tropical Havana and the mysterious islands of the Caribbean.
Release Date: 1959-01-01
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 1
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.
Release Date: 1958-10-08
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 13
The Rifleman
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
Release Date: 1958-09-30
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 46
Handle with Care
A law student working on a class project discovers a real-life crime.
Release Date: 1958-04-18
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 2
Sea Hunt
Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced. It stars Lloyd Bridges as ex-Navy frogman Mike Nelson, and was produced by Ivan Tors.
Release Date: 1958-01-04
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 16
Hot Summer Night
An out-of-work reporter (Leslie Nielsen) seeks out a bank robber, and his bride (Colleen Miller) has to rescue him.
Release Date: 1957-02-15
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 9
Frontier
Frontier is an American Western anthology series that aired on NBC from September 1955, to September 1956. The series de-emphasizes gunplay and focuses on the hazards of the settlement of the American West. It was only the second anthology Western series in television history, having been preceded by Death Valley Days. Frontier aired premiered on September 25, 1955, and ran sporadically in its last five months. Walter Coy narrated the series and starred in occasional episodes, which are dramatizations based on actual events. The program was produced by Worthington Miner.
Release Date: 1955-09-25
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 30
Vote Count: 1