
John Rich
Director
Born: July 6, 1925 (86 years old)
Died: January 29, 2012
Place of birth: Rockaway Beach, New York, U.S.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Rich is a film and television director. He directed such television shows as Where's Raymond?, Mister Ed, The Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude, Good Times, Barney Miller, Newhart, Benson, The Brady Bunch, and Gilligan's Island. His feature film credits include Wives and Lovers, Boeing Boeing, Roustabout and Easy Come, Easy Go (the latter two starring Elvis Presley). He also participated in the live telecast of the opening day ceremonies of Disneyland in 1955. He won an Emmy for The Dick Van Dyke Show, two Emmys for All in the Family, and two Golden Globes for All in the Family. In the 1980s Rich and Henry Winkler formed a production company called Henry Winkler/John Rich Productions and together they produced MacGyver for Paramount Television. Rich studied at the University of Michigan. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Rich (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (28)
- Good Times (1974, ★ 8)
- The Twilight Zone (1959, ★ 8.5)
- Young MacGyver (2003, ★ 8.9)
- Law & Order (1990, ★ 7.3)
- Newhart (1982, ★ 7.1)
- Mister Ed (1961, ★ 6.7)
- Barney Miller (1975, ★ 7.3)
- Benson (1979, ★ 7.1)
- Gunsmoke (1955, ★ 6.7)
- Gilligan's Island (1964, ★ 7.4)
- All in the Family (1971, ★ 7.8)
- Hogan's Heroes (1965, ★ 7.6)
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961, ★ 7.6)
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964, ★ 7)
- The Rifleman (1958, ★ 7.1)
- MacGyver (1985, ★ 7.7)
- Roustabout (1964, ★ 6)
- MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994, ★ 6)
- Boeing, Boeing (1965, ★ 6.3)
- Easy Come, Easy Go (1967, ★ 5.9)
- Murphy Brown (1988, ★ 6.4)
- That Girl (1966, ★ 6.2)
- The Brady Bunch (1969, ★ 6.7)
- I Spy (1965, ★ 6.5)
- Dear John (1988, ★ 5.5)
- Bat Masterson (1958, ★ 6.1)
- Riverboat (1959, ★ 6.2)
- Wives and Lovers (1963, ★ 4.1)