Robert Aldrich  

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Robert Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, writer and producer notable for a number of films including What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and The Grissom Gang.

Filmography

Film

• Caught (1949) (uncredited director of reshoots)
• Big Leaguer (1953) (director)
• World for Ransom (1954) (uncredited director, producer)
• Apache (1954) (director)
• Vera Cruz (1954) (director)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (director, producer)
• The Big Knife (1955) (director, producer)
• Autumn Leaves (1956) (director)
• Attack (1956) (director, producer)
• The Gamma People (1956) (story)
• The Garment Jungle (1957) (uncredited director)
• Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) (director, writer)
• The Angry Hills (1959) (director)
• The Last Sunset (1961) (director)
• Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) (director)
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) (director, producer)
• 4 for Texas (1963) (director, writer, producer)
• Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) (director, producer)
• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) (director, producer)
• The Dirty Dozen (1967) (director)
• The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) (director, producer)
• The Killing of Sister George (1968) (director, producer)
• The Greatest Mother of Them All (short film) (1969) (director, producer)
• What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) (producer)
• Too Late the Hero (1970) (director, writer, producer)
• The Grissom Gang (1971) (director, producer)
• Ulzana's Raid (1972) (director)
• Emperor of the North (1973) (director)
• The Longest Yard (1974) (director)
• Hustle (1975) (director, producer)
• Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) (director)
• The Choirboys (1977) (director)
• The Frisco Kid (1979) (director)
• …All the Marbles (1981) (director)

Television

• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) (director, 1 episode)
• China Smith (1952) (director, 2 episodes)
• The Doctor (1952) (director, 1 episode)
• Four Star Playhouse (1952) (director, 5 episodes)
• Hotel de Paree (1959) (director, 1 episode)
• Adventures in Paradise (1959) (director, 2 episodes)