Craig R. Baxley
Craig Redding Baxley is an American actor, director and stunt performer. He is best known for his work in the action and thriller genres.
Beginning his career as a stunt performer, he was hired to perform stunts in number of notable television series namely Police Story, Harry O, Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, Gemini Man, Roots, M*A*S*H, The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team (his head directorial debut). He also worked as a stunt coordinator and second unit director on the feature films The Warriors (1979), The Long Riders (1980), Reds (1981) and Predator (1987).
Baxley also appeared in four episodes of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, as well having small roles in Chase, Mannix, Bearcats!, Marcus Welby, M.D. and S.W.A.T.
In 1987, he made his feature film directorial debut with Action Jackson. His other feature film credits are I Come in Peace (1991), Stone Cold (1991) and Sniper 2 (2002).
Baxley's other television directing credits include miniseries based on Stephen King works namely Storm of the Century (1999), Rose Red (2002), The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003), Kingdom Hospital (2004), as well as The Triangle (2005) and The Lost Room (2006). Some of his television film credits include A Family Torn Apart (1993), Twisted Desire (1996) and Silencing Mary (1998) both starring Melissa Joan Hart.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 3.763 |
Birthday | 1949-10-20 |
Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Also Known As | Craig Redding Baxley, Craig Baxley, |
2015
Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
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Don Siegel’s classic crime thriller "Charley Varrick," made in 1972 in the wake of the immensely successful "Dirty Harry," stars Walter Matthau in wh...
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Charley Varrick
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King on Screen
7.313/8
1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than...
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1979
The Warriors
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Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader ki...
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2018
Henchman: The Al Leong Story
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Story of Al Leong, the greatest henchman in film history.
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Henchman: The Al Leong Story
1974
Welcome to Arrow Beach
5/7
A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins...
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Welcome to Arrow Beach
1979
Mind Over Murder
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A young woman with precognition realizes she is being stalked by a killer -- a mass murderer she previously had used her psychic powers to identify to...
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Mind Over Murder
2007
Inside the Lost Room
4/1
Making of 'The Lost Room'
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1976
Demon and the Mummy
6/1
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