Richard Compton
- Directing
- March 2, 1938 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- August 11, 2007
Biography
Richard Compton was a director, primarily for television, after starting his career as an actor in the 1950s in government propaganda movies, eventually moving to television in the 60s, where he was best known for portraying a Romulan in several episodes of Star Trek. He directed movies in the 60s with very limited success before moving to directing for television in the 70s and 80s.
Known for
Filmography
- Home for the Holidays · Director
- Peacemakers · Director
- The Lone Gunmen · Director
- The Division · Director
- The District · Director
- The Fugitive · Director
- Get Real · Director
- Charmed · Director
- Soldier of Fortune, Inc. · Director
- Pensacola: Wings of Gold · Director
- Profiler · Director
- The Burning Zone · Director
- The Sentinel · Director
- JAG · Director
- Sliders · Director
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys · Director
- Hawkeye (The First Frontier) · Director
- M.A.N.T.I.S. · Director
- Babylon 5 · Producer, Director
- Babylon 5: The Gathering · Director
- Diagnosis: Murder · Director
- The X-Files · Director
- The Keys · Director
- Home Improvement · Director
- Over My Dead Body · Director
- Super Force · Director
- Super Force · Director
- Kojak: It's Always Something · Director
- Kojak: Fatal Flaw · Director
- Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier · Director
- Baywatch · Director
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge · Director
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge · Director
- Star Trek: The Next Generation · Director
- Houston Knights · Director
- Kay O'Brien · Director
- L.A. Law · Director
- The Equalizer · Director
- Otherworld · Director
- MacGruder and Loud · Director
- Street Hawk · Director
- Miami Vice · Director
- Call to Glory · Director
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King · Director
- Hardcastle and McCormick · Director
- Hotel · Director
- T. J. Hooker · Director
- Hill Street Blues · Director
- Wild Times · Director
- Ravagers · Director
- Deadman's Curve · Director
- The Ransom · Director
- Return to Macon County · Director, Writer
- The California Kid · Writer
- Macon County Line · Director, Screenplay
- Welcome Home, Soldier Boys · Director
- Bury Me an Angel · Pool Player
- Isle of the Snake People · Props
- Like Mother Like Daughter · Writer
- Angels Die Hard · Writer, Director
- Run, Angel, Run! · Story
- Wanda - The Sadistic Hypnotist · Sylvester
- The Gun Runner · Screenplay, Director
- Felony Squad
- Star Trek · Washburn, Technical Officer