Jack Smight

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting
Born1925-03-09
BirthplaceMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Jack Smight

Directing

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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Filmography

Acting (3)

9.0
1979
Fast Breakas Dibber
5.6

Production & Directing (35)

2025
AirportsDirector
1989
The FavoriteDirector
4.6
8.0
1980
4.8
1979
Fast BreakDirector
5.6
1977
5.1
1976
MidwayDirector
6.6
1974
Airport 1975Director
5.8
1973
8.0
1973
LindaDirector
8.0
1973
4.7
1973
5.0
1972
7.3
6.7
1970
Rabbit, RunDirector
4.2
5.6
1969
9.0
6.6
1966
KaleidoscopeDirector
5.3
1966
HarperDirector
6.7
1965
5.6
1965
5.6
1964
6.6
1963
The ParagonDirector
10.0
1957
8.0