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Sutton Roley(1922-2007)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Sutton Roley was born on 19 October 1922 in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Target (1958), Airwolf (1984) and Chosen Survivors (1974). He died on 3 March 2007 in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA.
BornOctober 19, 1922
DiedMarch 3, 2007(84)
BornOctober 19, 1922
DiedMarch 3, 2007(84)
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Known for

Target (1958)
Target
7.1
TV Series
  • Director
Ernest Borgnine, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Alex Cord in Airwolf (1984)
Airwolf
6.7
TV Series
  • Director
Chosen Survivors (1974)
Chosen Survivors
5.4
  • Director
  • 1974
Men of Annapolis (1957)
Men of Annapolis
7.0
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director



  • Shades of LA (1990)
    Shades of LA
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Spenser: For Hire (1985)
    Spenser: For Hire
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Ernest Borgnine, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Alex Cord in Airwolf (1984)
    Airwolf
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1984–1985
  • Stacy Keach and Lindsay Bloom in The New Mike Hammer (1984)
    The New Mike Hammer
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Loni Anderson and Lynda Carter in Partners in Crime (1984)
    Partners in Crime
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Josh Taylor in Riker (1981)
    Riker
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Michelle Pfeiffer, Asher Brauner, and Steve Hanks in B.A.D. Cats (1980)
    B.A.D. Cats
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1980
  • The Contender (1980)
    The Contender
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Joanna Cassidy, Mark Harmon, and John Bennett Perry in 240-Robert (1979)
    240-Robert
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Michael Nouri in The Curse of Dracula (1979)
    The Curse of Dracula
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Starsky and Hutch (1975)
    Starsky and Hutch
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977–1979
  • Tony Curtis, Robert Urich, Phyllis Davis, and Judy Landers in Vega$ (1978)
    Vega$
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Kevin Brophy in Lucan (1977)
    Lucan
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Telly Savalas in Kojak (1973)
    Kojak
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Jack Lord, and James MacArthur in Hawaii Five-O (1968)
    Hawaii Five-O
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1976–1977

Producer



  • Target (1958)
    Target
    7.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1958

Writer



  • Ernest Borgnine, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Alex Cord in Airwolf (1984)
    Airwolf
    6.7
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1985
  • John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)
    Wagon Train
    7.6
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1960
  • Men of Annapolis (1957)
    Men of Annapolis
    7.0
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1958
  • Target (1958)
    Target
    7.1
    TV Series
    • original story
    • 1958
  • Lights Out (1946)
    Lights Out
    6.9
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1952

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Sutton W. Roley
  • Born
    • October 19, 1922
    • Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • March 3, 2007
    • Chesapeake, Virginia, USA(natural causes)
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Directed a pilot for ABC called "Stone", starring Robert Hooks as a highly paid African-American private detective headquartered in Southern California.
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    • 1 Interview

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Prolific TV director who began working in live TV in the '50s both as a director and sometime writer. Retired in the late '80s.
  • Quotes
    [about producer Quinn Martin] He demanded quality. When it was night in a scene, he'd shoot at night; he wouldn't shoot it day for night . . . He spent some money. And he paid a little extra to directors, to writers, to everyone else to get that kind of quality.

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