Oscar Rudolph

Oscar Rudolph (April 2, 1911 – February 1, 1991) was an American film and television director, producer, and actor.

Rudolph was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1924 moved to Southern California with his family.

He began as an assistant director on a number of films throughout the 1940s and then made the transition to the burgeoning genre of television in the 1950s.

He was supervising the second unit of The Flight of the Phoenix when stunt pilot Paul Mantz was killed in a crash in July 1965.

He was survived by his wife of 53 years, the former Sylvia Altman; son Alan Rudolph, a film director, screenwriter and producer; and a daughter.