Don Medford

Birth : 1917-11-26, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Death : 2012-12-12

History

Donald Muller (November 26, 1917, Detroit, Michigan - December 12, 2012, West Hills, California), known professionally as Don Medford, was an American television director who directed over 75 TV series between 1951 and 1989, and who also directed three movies. Medford directed the final two-part episode of the 1960s television series The Fugitive and the final episode of the 1980s television series The Colbys. He also directed the violent 1971 Western film The Hunting Party.

Movies

The Real James Dean
The Real James Dean
Self
Although he'd starred in just three films before his untimely death at age 24, James Dean cast a long shadow that came to define cool. Using excerpts from Dean's personal diaries, found footage from screen and wardrobe tests and interviews with those who knew him best (including Dennis Hopper, Dick Van Patten, Graham Nash and Rod Steiger), this fascinating documentary explores the screen icon's lingering mystique.
Father of Hell Town
Father of Hell Town
Director
In this pilot to the short-lived "Hell Town," Robert Blake plays a scrappy, ex-convict-turned-ghetto priest in an impoverished inner-city parish.
Sizzle
Sizzle
Director
A sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's murder after he is killed while running illegal booze for the mob.
Coach of the Year
Coach of the Year
Director
An ex-football star, paralyzed from the waist down during Vietnam, accepts the challenge of coaching football in a juvenile reform school.
The Clone Master
The Clone Master
Director
In order to test the validity of his experiments on cloning, a scientist makes clones of himself, but it causes problems that he didn't foresee.
The November Plan
The November Plan
Director
A hard-nosed private detective investigates a suspected overthrow of the U.S. government. Loosely based on The Business Plot of 1933.
The Organization
The Organization
Director
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
The Hunting Party
The Hunting Party
Director
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
Incident in San Francisco
Incident in San Francisco
Director
A man who tries to stop a mugging finds himself accused of murdering the criminal after the victim and witnesses fail to corroborate his story. A young reporter believes the man and tries to find out why the parties involved are trying to frame him.
Ghostbreakers
Ghostbreakers
Director
A professor and his beautiful assistant investigate a murder which occurs in a supposedly haunted house.
To Trap a Spy
To Trap a Spy
Director
The men from U.N.C.L.E. are off to Africa to stop the assassination of a president.
The Man in the Bottle
The Man in the Bottle
Director
A luckless couple stumbles upon fortune when a genie materializes from a bottle in their antique shop. The genie grants them four wishes but warns them, prophetically, to be careful what you wish for.