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Rod Amateau
b. 1923 — d. 2003 (aged 80)
New York, New York, United States
Director
Writer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rodney "Rod" Amateau (December 20, 1923 – June 29, 2003) was an American screenwriter, film and television director. Among programs that he directed were NBC's The Dennis Day Show, CBS's sitcoms The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, starring Dwayne Hickman, and The New Phil Silvers Show, an unsuccessful attempt by comedian Phil Silvers to return to a regular series. Rod also directed a few episodes of the Dukes of Hazzards. He even appeared in a few of them. He is perhaps most infamous for directing 1987's critically panned The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rod Amateau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 8.6
The Real Las Vegas
1996 Self
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★ 5.7
Sunset
1988 Writer
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★ 2.7
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
1987 Director
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★ 5.5
True Confessions
1985 Director
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★ 5.1
Lovelines
1984 Director
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★ 5.5
High School U.S.A.
1983 Director
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★ 6.8
Uncommon Valor
1983 Director
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★ 5.9
Six Pack
1983 Director
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Highway Honeys
1983 Actor
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Sweeper Operator
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Border Pals
1981 Writer
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★ 5.4
Enos
1980 Director
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★ 7.1
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979 Director
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★ 4.5
Supertrain
1979 Director
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★ 3.9
Son of Hitler
1979 Director
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★ 4.3
The Seniors
1978 Director
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★ 6.2
Drive-In
1976 Director
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★ 6.4
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975 Writer
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★ 5.3
Where Does It Hurt?
1972 Director
Writer
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★ 4.8
The Statue
1971 Director
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★ 4.4
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970 Director
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★ 5.4
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969 Writer
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★ 4.7
My Mother the Car
1965 Director
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★ 7.0
O.K. Crackerby!
1965 Director
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★ 7.4
Gilligan's Island
1964 Director
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★ 7.2
The Patty Duke Show
1963 Director
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★ 7.4
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 Director
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★ 7.3
Vacation Playhouse
1963 Director
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★ 7.1
The New Phil Silvers Show
1963 Director
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★ 5.6
NBC Children's Theatre
1963 Director
Writer
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Zelda
1962 Director
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★ 6.9
Mister Ed
1961 Director
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★ 7.4
Margie
1961 Director
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★ 5.4
Daddy-O
1961 Director
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★ 6.3
The Jane Powell Show
1961 Director
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Westinghouse Preview Theatre
1961 Director
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★ 5.5
Peter Loves Mary
1960 Director
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New Comedy Showcase
1960 Director
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★ 7.7
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 Director
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★ 7.8
The George Burns Show
1958 Director
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★ 8.3
Panic!
1957 Director
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★ 7.1
Telephone Time
1956 Director
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★ 7.3
Hey, Jeannie!
1956 Director
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★ 6.9
The Charles Farrell Show
1956 Director
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★ 7.7
The Bob Cummings Show
1955 Director
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★ 6.9
The Star and the Story
1955 Director
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★ 6.6
Lassie
1954 Director
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★ 7.6
The Lone Wolf
1954 Director
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★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953 Director
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★ 7.5
The Loretta Young Show
1953 Director
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★ 3.7
The Revlon Mirror Theater
1953 Director
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★ 7.7
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953 Director
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The Dennis Day Show
1953 Director
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Your Play Time
1953 Director
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★ 4.3
Monsoon
1952 Director
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★ 6.4
The Doctor
1952 Director
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★ 6.6
The RCA Victor Show
1952 Director
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★ 6.3
Chevron Theatre
1952 Director
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★ 7.8
Your Jeweler's Showcase
1952 Director
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★ 5.7
The Bushwhackers
1951 Director
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★ 7.6
Schlitz Playhouse
1951 Director
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★ 8.6
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950 Director