Direction: Don Richardson

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Don Richardson. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Get Smart (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction Buck Henry · Mel Brooks · Gary Nelson · Bruce Bilson

Cast Don Adams · Barbara Feldon · Edward Platt · Robert Karvelas

Synopsis TV Series (1965-1970). 5 Seasons. 138 Episodes. Mel Brooks and Buck Henry created this show as a spoof of James Bond and the many TV imitators that followed in 007's wake. The series starred Don Adams as bumbling secret agent...

6.9

9K votes

6.9

9K votes

Mission: Impossible (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Kessler · Reza Badiyi · Barry Crane · Paul Krasny

Cast Greg Morris · Peter Lupus · Peter Graves · Barbara Bain

Synopsis TV Series (1966-1973). 7 Seasons. 171 Episodes. An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. The Impossible Missions Force is an elite group of agents chosen...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

The Munsters (TV Series)

1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Ezra Stone · Norman Abbott · Joseph Pevney · Earl Bellamy

Cast Fred Gwynne · Yvonne De Carlo · Al Lewis · Beverley Owen

Synopsis TV Series (1964-1966). 2 Seasons. 70 Episodes. At 1313 Mockingbird Lane in Mockingbird Heights, stood a cobweb-covered, musty gothic mansion. The residents considered themselves just a normal, everyday American family, but to neighbors - and viewers alike - they were...

6.7

10K votes

6.7

10K votes

Lost in Space (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Irwin Allen · Don Richardson · Sobey Martin · Nathan Juran

Cast Guy Williams · June Lockhart · Mark Goddard · Marta Kristen

Synopsis TV Series (1965-1968). 3 Seasons. 83 Episodes. In the year 1997, Earth is suffering from massive overpopulation. Professor John Robinson, his wife Maureen, their children (Judy, Penny and Will) and Major Don West are selected to go to the third...

6.5

466 votes

6.5

466 votes

The High Chaparral (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Dortort · William F. Claxton · Leon Benson · Phil Rawlins

Cast Leif Erickson · Cameron Mitchell · Mark Slade · Linda Cristal

Synopsis The High Chaparral is a Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had...

6.4

172 votes

6.4

172 votes

The Virginian (TV Series)

1962 · Series · 75 min. · United States

Direction Don McDougall · Abner Biberman · Anton Leader · William Witney

Cast James Drury · Doug McClure · Rusty Lane · Clu Gulager

Synopsis TV Series (1962-1971). 9 Seasons. 249 Episodes. The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Col. MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more...

6.2

189 votes

6.2

189 votes

Bonanza (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Dortort · William F. Claxton · Lewis Allen · Don McDougall

Cast Lorne Greene · Michael Landon · Dan Blocker · Pernell Roberts

Synopsis TV Series (1959-1973). 14 Seasons. 430 Episodes. Western / Nevada, in the 1860s. Ben Cartwright and his sons Adam, Hoss and Joe life in a large ranch - The Ponderosa.

5.2

6K votes

5.2

6K votes

Custer (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Laslo Benedek · Lawrence Dobkin · Leo Penn · Herschel Daugherty

Cast Wayne Maunder · Slim Pickens · Robert F. Simon · Peter Palmér

Synopsis In 1868, after the Civil War, Custer takes charge of a mix of ex-Confederates and criminals, the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays, Kansas. His boss General Terry doesn't like his methods or his long blond hair, but he manages...

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The Defenders (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Reginald Rose · Paul Bogart · Stuart Rosenberg · David Greene

Cast E.G. Marshall · Robert Reed · Joan Hackett · Ossie Davis

Synopsis TV Series (1961-965). 4 Seasons. 132 Episodes. Recent law school graduate (Robert Reed) joins his father (E.G. Marshall) as the pair tackle challenging legal cases, often involving issues which were highly touchy for the times (abortion, euthanasia, "un-American" activities, movie...

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The Nurses (TV Series)

1962 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bogart · Stuart Rosenberg · David Greene · Gerald Mayer

Cast Shirl Conway · Zina Bethune · Dana Elcar · Hilda Simms

Synopsis TV Series (1962-1965). 3 seasons. 98 episodes. The story takes place in a large hospital and revolves around two nurses, Liz Thorpe (Shirl Conway), the older head nurse, and Gail Lucas (Zina Bethune), the naive student nurse. The doctors tried...

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Arnie (TV Series)

1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction David Swift · Don Richardson · Allen Baron · Roger Duchowny

Cast Herschel Bernardi · Sue Ane Langdon · Roger Bowen · Charles Nelson Reilly

Synopsis TV Series (1970-1972). 2 Seasons. Arnie Nuvo has worked on the loading dock at Continental Flange for years, and is quite content in his blue-collar life. When he suddenly gets promoted to Head of Product Improvement one day, his life...

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Vacation Playhouse (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Don Taylor · Jack Donohue · David Alexander · Jerry Hopper

Cast Soupy Sales · Pat Crowley · Darryl Hickman · Marvin Kaplan

Synopsis TV Series (1963–1967). Summer replacement show featuring pilot programs that had not been sold.

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One Day at a Time (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Whitney Blake · Allan Manings · Alan Rafkin · Herbert Kenwith

Cast Valerie Bertinelli · Pat Harrington Jr. · Bonnie Franklin · Mackenzie Phillips

Synopsis TV Series (1975-1984). 209 episodes. TV's first divorced single mom struggles to raise her teenaged daughters on her own while beginning her career in the liberated 1970s. With some help/interference from her boyfriend and a meddling building superintendent the family...

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Lancer (TV Series)

1968 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Samuel A. Peeples · Allen Reisner · Don Richardson · William Hale

Cast James Stacy · Wayne Maunder · Andrew Duggan · Elizabeth Baur

Synopsis A tyrannical owner of a vast ranch recruits his two estranged and vastly opposite sons to maintain an uneasy alliance as they fight off forces that would destroy the ranch.

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