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Showing posts with label Assistant director. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Born on this day – Ronnie Rondell Jr.:


Ronnie Rondell Jr.


Actor

Stuntman

Assistant director

February 10, 1937 – August 12, 2025

Credits:

A Gnome Named Gnorm (1990); A Ticklish Affair (1963); Adam-12 (1970); Against All Odds (1984); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Almost an Angel (1990); American Outlaws (2001); B.A.D. Cats (1980); Bachelor Father (1962); Batman & Robin (1997); Baywatch (1994); Beach Patrol (1979); Beau Geste (1966); Beethoven's 2nd (1993); Black Gunn (1972); Blazing Saddles (1974); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965 / 1967); Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993); Breaking Point (1963); Busting (1974); Cannonball Run II (1984); Captain Ron (1992); Carter's Army (1970); Charlie's Angels (1977–1980); Che! (1969); Chopper One (1974); Cimarron City (1958–1960); Cold Dog Soup (1990); Combat Sergeant (1956); Commando (1985); Coronado 9 (1960); Courage Mountain (1989); Crack House (1989); Crime in the Streets (1956); Custer (1967); Cybill (1995); Days of Thunder (1990); Death Warrant (1990); Deep Blue Sea (1999); Delta Fox (1979); Demolition Man (1993); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker (1979); Down Twisted (1987); Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965); Dragnet 1967 (1967); Dynasty (1981); Electra Glide in Blue (1973); End of Days (1999); Ensign Pulver (1964); Falcon Crest (1981–1990); Falling Down (1993); Fantasy Island (1981–1983); Father Hood (1993); First to Fight (1967); Framed (1975); Frontier Circus (1962); Funny About Love (1990); Gemini Man (1976); Gone Fishin' (1997); Grand Prix (1966); Gridlock (1996); Grosse Pointe Blank (1997); Gunsmoke (1964); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); Hawaiian Heat (1984); Hell Town (1985); Hellfighters (1968); Hell's Angels '69 (1969); Her Alibi (1989); Her Twelve Men (1954); Hooper (1978); Hotel (1984); How the West Was Won (1962); Ice Station Zebra (1968); In Harm's Way (1965); Iron Horse (1966–1968); Iron Will (1994); Ironside (1967); Jimmy the Kid (1982); Johnny Midnight (1960); Joshua Tree (1993); Kings of the Sun (1963); La Bamba (1987); Laramie (1959–1963); Laredo (1965–1967); Last Action Hero (1993); Legal Eagles (1986); Leonard Part 6 (1987); Lethal Weapon (1987); Lethal Weapon 4 (1998); M Squad (1957–1960); Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952); Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955); Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952); Maniac Cop (1988); Maniac Cop 2 (1990); Mannequin (1987); Mannix (1968–1973); Massarati and the Brain (1982); McQ (1974); Midnight Ride (1990); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989); Milk Money (1994); Misfits of Science (1985–1986); Mod Squad (1968–1973); Monster on the Campus (1958); Mr. Terrific (1967); Murder Can Hurt You! (1980); My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987); NBC Special Treat (1976); Nemesis (1992); Night Life (1989); Night Moves (1975); No Safe Haven (1987); No Small Affair (1984); One Woman's Courage (1994); Over the Top (1987); Pajama Party (1964); Paradise (1988–1990); Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2012); Point of No Return (1993); Policewomen (1974); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); Predator 2 (1990); Relentless (1989); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956–1960); Rising Sun (1993); Riverboat (1960); Run for Your Life (1967); S.W.A.T. (1975–1976); Shattered (1991); Shenandoah (1965); Shotgun Slade (1959–1961); Sliver (1993); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976); Soldiers of Fortune (1955–1957); Someone to Watch Over Me (1987); Spaced Invaders (1990); Spartacus (1960); Speed (1994); Sphere (1998); Star Trek: First Contact (1996); State Trooper (1959); Stigmata (1999); Stop at Nothing (1991); T.J. Hooker (1982–1986); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958 / 1961); Tango & Cash (1989); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965); The Ambulance (1990); The Beastmaster (1982); The Burly Man Chronicles (2004); The Chase (1991); The Contender (2000); The Crow (1994); The Cure (1995); The Death Squad (1974); The Deep Six (1958); The Devil's Brigade (1968); The Dirt Gang (1972); The Enemy Below (1957); The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (2000); The Front Page (1974); The Gertrude Berg Show (1962); The Glory Guys (1965); The Great Race (1965); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Immortal (1970); The Jack Benny Program (1963); The John Forsythe Show (1966); The Karate Kid (1984); The King's Pirate (1967); The Love Bug (1968); The Love War (1970); The Magical World of Disney (1979); The Matrix Reloaded (2003); The Mighty Ducks (1992); The Millionaire (1956–1958); The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968); The Miracle of Kathy Miller (1981); The Monk (1969); The Munsters (1964); The Naked and the Dead (1958); The Night Stalker (1972); The Outfit (1973); The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969); The Pigeon (1969); The Power Within (1979); The Presidio (1988); The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981); The Rare Breed (1966); The Restless Gun (1957–1959); The Rookie (1990); The Rookies (1972–1976); The Seventh Sign (1988); The Siege (1998); The Two Jakes (1990); The Virginian (1963–1966); The War Lord (1965); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen (1988); The Young Runaways (1968); Thelma & Louise (1991); They Live (1988); Thunder in Paradise (1994); Thunder in Paradise 3 (1995); Thunder in Paradise II (1994); To Live and Die in L.A. (1985); Tobruk (1967); Trojan War (1997); Twister (1996); Vampire in Brooklyn (1995); Vanishing Point (1997); Vega$ (1978); Virtuosity (1995); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); Wagon Train (1960); Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969); Warlock: The Armageddon (1993); Waterworld (1995); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966).

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Born on this day – George Folsey Jr:


George Folsey Jr.


Assistant director

Editor

Producer

Cinematographer

January 17, 1939 – December 29, 2024

Credits:

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Ants! (1977); B.B. King: Into the Night (1985); Basic (2003); Basic Ingredients: A Writer's Perspective (2003); Basic: A Director's Design (2003); Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (2009); Black Caesar (1973); Bone (1972); Bucktown (1975); Bulletproof (1996); Cabin Fever (2002); Cellmates (2011); Chain of Command (2015); Character Building: The Many Faces of Rick Baker (2007); Cheaper by the Dozen (2003); Clarity (2015); Club Dread (2004); Clue (1985); Coming to America (1988); Dead Within (2014); Death Link (2021); Despair (2010); Dirty Work (1998); Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004); Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970); Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996); Exploring the Unknown (1977); Face of the Enemy (1989); Fargo (2003); Fit for Akeem: The Costumes of 'Coming to America' (2007); Freedom Road (1979); Freeloaders (2012); Glass Houses (1972); Goosed (1999); Greedy (1994); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Hammer (1972); Here's Peggy Fleming (1968); Hole in the Paper Sky (2008); Hostel (2005); Hostel Dissected (2006); Hostel: Part II (2007); Hostel: Part III (2011); Hot Tub Time Machine (2010); Igor (2008); Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007); Into the Night (1985); J.D.'s Revenge (1976); Just Swipe (2021); Latchkey's Lament (2007); Let's Go to Church (2004); Love and Mary (2007); My Sister (2014); National Lampoon's Animal House (1978); Norman... Is That You? (1976); One World (2016); Pledge This! (2006); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); Prince-ipal Photography: The Coming Together of America (2007); Reboot Camp (2020); Schlock (1973); Sex Drive (2008); Shaft (1973–1974); Son of Man (2011); Sourdough (1981); Spies Like Us (1985); Summer Rain (2024); Super Troopers (2001); Thanksgiving (2007); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Chicken Chronicles (1977); The Gray Man (2007); The Great Santini (1979); The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977); The Killing Floor (2017); The Kings of Brooklyn (2004); The Making of 'Thriller' (1983); The Monkees (1967); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Pink Panther (2006); The Rainbow Tribe (2008); The Right Hook (2000); The Ringer (2005); The Stories Behind the Making of 'the Blues Brothers' (1998); The Thing Called Love (1993); The Wicked Within (2015); The Yearbook: An 'Animal House' Reunion (1998); Three Amigos! (1986); Thriller (1983); Tracks (1976); Trader Horn (1973); Trading Places (1983); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Unaccompanied Minors (2006); Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV (2011); Wolf Mountain (2022).

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Born on this day – Buddy Messinger:


Buddy Messinger


Actor

Assistant director

Stunts

October 26, 1907 – October 25, 1965

Credits:

A Family Row (1924); A Front Page Story (1922); A Howling Success (1923); A Lady of Chance (1928); A Regular Boy (1923); A Sorority Mixup (1927); A Star Is Born (1937); A Young Tenderfoot (1924); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917); Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918); All for a Girl (1925); All Over Twist (1923); Almost a Husband (1925); An All American Toothache (1936); Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Atlantic Flight (1937); Blackboard Jungle (1955); Blonde Trouble (1937); Bondage (1933); Boyhood Days (1923); Bringing Up Buddy (1923); Brooklyn Orchid (1942); Buckin' the Line (1923); Budding Youth (1924); Buddy at the Bat (1923); Cheer Up and Smile (1930); Citizen Kane (1941); Clear the Way (1925); College Coach (1933); College Holiday (1936); Crime by Night (1944); Dad's Boy (1923); Devil's Doorway (1950); Don't Fall (1924); Don't Get Fresh (1923); Don't Kidd Me, Monkey (1926); Dumb Belles (1927); Edgar and the Teacher's Pet (1920); Edgar Camps Out (1920); Edgar Takes the Cake (1920); Edgar, the Detective (1921); Edgar, the Explorer (1920); Edgar's Country Cousin (1921); Edgar's Feast Day (1921); Edgar's Hamlet (1920); Edgar's Jonah Day (1920); Edgar's Little Saw (1920); Edgar's Sunday Courtship (1920); Eyes of Hollywood (1925); Fan Fan (1918); Fast and Furious (1939); Fast and Loose (1939); Fighting Joe (1916); Flame of the Islands (1955); Four Girls in White (1939); Giant (1956); Gloriana (1916); Good Scouts (1927); Happy Days (1924); Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943); Here He Comes! (1924); His First Degree (1924); Hold Back the Dawn (1941); Hold That Kiss (1938); Hot Stuff (1929); Hullabaloo (1940); Idiot's Delight (1939); Jack and the Beanstalk (1917); Jack Slade (1953); Jinx (1919); Keeping Company (1940); Kelly the Second (1936); Keyhole Katie (1933); Let 'em Have It (1935); Libeled Lady (1936); Love Thy Neighbor (1940); Low Bridge (1924); Midnight Madonna (1937); Mister Cinderella (1936); Modern Times (1936); Monkey Hula (1927); Monkeys Prefer Blondes (1926); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); Nize Monkey (1926); Oh, Monkey, Be Good (1926); One, Two, Three, Kick! (1927); Our Relations (1936); Penrod and Sam (1923); Please, Teacher! (1924); Quit Kidding (1924); Ringside Romeos (1928); Sailing Along (1925); Sandwiches and Tea (1928); Sergeant Madden (1939); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1956–1957); Shadows (1922); She's a He (1923); Six-Shooter Andy (1918); Smarty (1923); So Long, Buddy (1923); Some Pets (1928); So's Your Monk (1927); Stage Mother (1933); Summer Knights (1928); Super-Sleuth (1937); Swell Clothes (1927); Taming the East (1925); Test Pilot (1938); Thanks a Million (1935); That's My Mummy (1927); The 3 Wise Guys (1936); The Abysmal Brute (1923); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Age of Consent (1932); The Aggravatin' Kid (1925); The Andy Griffith Show (1962); The Atomic Kid (1954); The Babes in the Woods (1917); The Big Store (1941); The Blow Out (1924); The Caddy (1924); The Campus Hoofer (1934); The Clown and the Kid (1961); The Danny Thomas Show (1963); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); The Flirt (1922); The Gay Amigo (1949); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Godless Girl (1928); The Hoodlum (1919); The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939); The King of Shebas (1928); The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939); The Luck of the Irish (1920); The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941); The Old Nest (1921); The Public Menace (1935); The Racing Kid (1924); The Road to Denver (1955); The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961); The Shining Hour (1938); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); The Valiant Hombre (1948); The Whispered Name (1924); This Side of Heaven (1934); Three of a Kind (1936); Timberjack (1955); Too Hot to Handle (1938); Trailing Trouble (1924); Treasure Island (1917); Trifling with Honor (1923); Turnabout (1940); Two Arabian Sights (1927); Undressed (1928); What an Eye (1924); When Love Comes (1922); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Wings Over Honolulu (1937); Yellow Jack (1938); Young Ideas (1924); Zero Hour! (1957).

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Born on this day – John Lawlor:


John Lawlor


Actor

Assistant director

June 5, 1941 – February 13, 2025

Credits:

3 Minute Gaps (2011); A Matter of Life and Death (1981); A New Kind of Family (1979); A Prayer for the Dying (1987); ABC Weekend Specials (1984); After the Shock (1990); Alice (1977); Angel (1982); Banshee Chapter (2013); Barney Miller (1978); Behind Closed Doors (2020); Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977); Black Sheep Squadron (1976); Breaking Bad (2011); Cassie & Co. (1982); Cold Case (2004); Condo (1983); Driftwood (1997); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ellery Queen (1975); Excalibur (1981); FBI: The Untold Stories (1992); Godless (2017); Gold (2016); Graves (2016); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1999); Here's Boomer (1981); Highlander (1986); Highway to Heaven (1985–1987); In Plain Sight (2009); Isabel's Honeymoon Hotel (1987); Jackson County Jail (1976); Joe Forrester (1976); Killer Women (2014); Knots Landing (1992–1993); L.A. Law (1993); Longmire (2014); McBride: Tune in for Murder (2005); Movie Madness (1982); Mr. Belvedere (1989); Mr. Fixit (1988); Naked Run (2011); Newhart (1984); Northern Lights (2000); Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs (2014); Outside Chance (1978); Phyllis (1976–1977); Relentless (1977); S.O.B. (1981); Scoundrels (2010); She's the Sheriff (1987); Simon & Simon (1984); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Stingray (1986); T.J. Hooker (1984); The Best Times (1985); The Bold and the Beautiful (1988–1989); The Bureau (1976); The Country Girls (1983); The Facts of Life (1979–1984); The Gumball Rally (1976); The Lyon's Den (2003); The Magical World of Disney (1987); The New Lassie (1991); The Oregon Trail (1978); The Reunion (2011); The Roaring Twenties (2008); The Rockford Files (1975); The Trumpeter (2004); Today (2010); United States (1980); Why Us? (1981); Wyatt Earp (1994).