Richard Jerome Thorpe (August 29, 1926 – September 25, 2018) was an American television-and-film director and producer.
[1] Thorpe served as the executive producer of 33 episodes of The Untouchables (starring Robert Stack) during the series's second season (1960–61).
Thorpe also served as executive producer of Harry O, the 1973-75 David Janssen TV series.
Thorpe won an Emmy award for his work on an episode of Kung Fu.
[3] Thorpe died in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 92 from natural causes.