Sutton Roley(1922-2007)

Director
Producer
Writer

Sutton Roley was born on 19 October 1922 in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Target (1958), Airwolf (1984) and Chosen Survivors (1974). He died on 3 March 2007 in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA.

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Known for

Target

7.3

TV Series

Director

Airwolf

6.7

TV Series

Director

Chosen Survivors

5.4

Director

1974

Men of Annapolis

6.9

TV Series

Director

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Director

Shades of LA
7.4
TV Series
- Director
- 1991
Spenser: For Hire
7.3
TV Series
- Director
- 1986
Airwolf
6.7
TV Series
- Director
- 1984–1985
The New Mike Hammer
6.8
TV Series
- Director
- 1985
Partners in Crime
6.3
TV Series
- Director
- 1984
Riker
7.5
TV Series
- Director
- 1981
B.A.D. Cats
5.4
TV Series
- Director
- 1980
The Contender
8.0
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 1980
240-Robert
7.2
TV Series
- Director
- 1979
The Curse of Dracula
7.3
TV Series
- Director
- 1979
Starsky and Hutch
7.0
TV Series
- Director
- 1977–1979
Vega$
6.9
TV Series
- Director
- 1978
Lucan
7.2
TV Series
- Director
- 1978
Kojak
7.1
TV Series
- Director
- 1977
Hawaii Five-O
7.4
TV Series
- Director
- 1976–1977

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Writer

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Alternative name
- Sutton W. Roley
Born
- October 19, 1922
- Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
- March 3, 2007
- Chesapeake, Virginia, USA(natural causes)
Other works
Unsold pilot: Directed a pilot for ABC called "Stone", starring Robert Hooks as a highly paid African-American private detective headquartered in Southern California.
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- 1 Interview

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Trivia
Prolific TV director who began working in live TV in the '50s both as a director and sometime writer. Retired in the late '80s.

Quotes
[about producer Quinn Martin] He demanded quality. When it was night in a scene, he'd shoot at night; he wouldn't shoot it day for night . . . He spent some money. And he paid a little extra to directors, to writers, to everyone else to get that kind of quality.