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Jack Smight

American film director (1925-2003) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 78

John Ronald Smight was an American film and television director. He was best known for his thriller and action films, notably Harper (1966), No Way to Treat a Lady (1968), Airport 1975 (1974), Midway (1976), Damnation Alley (1977), and Number One with a Bullet (1987).

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2003Died1 September 20032001The Making of MidwayFilm1989The FavoriteFilm, Director1985Dalton's Code of VengeanceSeries, Director1982Remembrance Of LoveFilm, Director1979Fast BreakFilm, Director1978Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryFilm, Director1976MidwayFilm, Director1973Frankenstein: The True StorySeries, DirectorDouble IndemnityFilm, 1973Director1972BanacekSeries, Director1970McCloudSeries, DirectorRabbit, RunFilm, 1970Director1969Strategy of TerrorFilm, Director1966HarperFilm, Director1964I'd Rather Be RichFilm, Director1963The ParagonFilm, Director1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Director1961Dr. KildareSeries, Director1959Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama SeriesAwardThe DuPont Show with June AllysonSeries, 1959Director1957Alcoa TheatreSeries, DirectorThe Sound of JazzFilm, 1957Director1954Climax!Series, Director1948Studio OneSeries, Director1925Born9 March 1925

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  • Harper 1966
  • Midway 1976
  • No Way to Treat a Lady 1968
  • Airport 1975 1974
  • The Illustrated Man 1969

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 35

62 credits on file

Television 24

Awards

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series1959

About this person

FilmInk described him as a "a perfect example of the 'journeyman' director."

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2003 · aged 78

In the same film or series as Jack

Robert ClaryAlso in Remembrance Of Love (1982)John D. MacDonaldAlso in Linda (1973)Leonard StoneAlso in The Man from Independence (1974)James OlsonAlso in Legend in Granite (1973)Wynton KellyAlso in The Sound of Miles Davis (1959)Pamela TiffinAlso in Harper (1966)