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Director

Richard Compton

Directing

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Directed credits

54

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Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.2

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Directed movies: 16Directed series: 38All crew credits: 57

TMDB ID: 15959

IMDb ID: nm0174068

Known for: Directing

Born: March 2, 1938

Died: August 11, 2007

Age: 69

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1966 - 2005

Years active: 40

Average TMDB rating: 7.12

Wikidata: Q7324849

Also known as

Richard Bethel Compher

Frequent jobs

Director (54)Writer (2)Story (1)

Biography

Richard Compton was a director, primarily for television, after starting his career as an actor in the 1950s in government propaganda movies, eventually moving to television in the 60s, where he was best known for portraying a Romulan in several episodes of Star Trek. He directed movies in the 60s with very limited success before moving to directing for television in the 70s and 80s.

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