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Jack Smight
Director

Jack Smight

Born March 9, 1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Died September 1, 2003

6 films

​ Jack Smight (March 9, 1925 - September 1, 2003) was an American theatre and film director. Smight was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to school with future actor Peter Graves. His film credits include The Traveling Executioner, Rabbit, Run, Loving Couples, Midway, Harper, Airport 1975, Damnation Alley and the Emmy Award-winning Eddie, as well as many episodes of television series such as The Twilight Zone and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He also directed the 1960 Broadway play The 49th Cousin and composed the music for the film adaption of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Smight died from cancer in Los Angeles, California. He was 78. C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography 6

Damnation Alley (1977) movie poster
Damnation Alley1977
Midway (1976) movie poster
Midway1976
Airport 1975 (1974) movie poster
Airport 19751974
The Illustrated Man (1969) movie poster
The Illustrated Man1969
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968) movie poster
No Way to Treat a Lady1968
Harper (1966) movie poster
Harper1966