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Siblings
  
David Lowell Rich

Role
  
Film director

Name
  
John Rich

Years active
  
1951–2009


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Born
  
July 6, 1925 (
1925-07-06
)
Rockaway Beach, New York, U.S.

Occupation
  
Television/Film director, producer

Died
  
January 29, 2012, Los Angeles, California, United States

Spouse
  
Patricia Dodds (m. 1990–2012), Sylvia Lewis (m. 1955–1959)

Children
  
Anthony Rich, Robert Rich, Catherine Rich

Movies
  
Boeing Boeing, Roustabout, Easy Come - Easy Go, Wives and Lovers, The New Interns

Similar People
  
Lee David Zlotoff, Norman Lear, Christiane Schmidtmer, Thelma Ritter, Joan Freeman

Alma mater
  

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John Rich (July 6, 1925 – January 29, 2012) was an American film and television director. He directed such television shows as Colonel Humphrey Flack, I Married Joan, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Hogan's Heroes, Where's Raymond?, Mister Ed, The Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude, Good Times, Barney Miller, Newhart, Benson, The Brady Bunch, and Gilligan's Island. His feature film credits include Wives and Lovers, Boeing Boeing, Roustabout and Easy Come, Easy Go (the latter two starring Elvis Presley). He also participated in the live telecast of the opening-day ceremonies of Disneyland in 1955.

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He won an Emmy for The Dick Van Dyke Show, two Emmys for All in the Family, and two Golden Globes and an N.A.A.C.P. Image Award for All in the Family.

In the 1980s, Rich and Henry Winkler formed a production company called Henry Winkler/John Rich Productions and together they produced MacGyver for Paramount Television.

Rich studied at the University of Michigan earning both a B.A. and an M.A. degree in English.

Rich died on January 29, 2012 after a brief illness, he was survived by his wife of 22 years, the former Patricia Dodds; a daughter, Catherine Rich (with dancer/choreographer Sylvia Lewis); two sons, Anthony Rich (Television Director, "The Big Bang Theory") and Robert Rich; three stepdaughters, Megan Lewis, Kimberly Beres, and Dana Benton; and eight grandchildren.

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References

John Rich (director) Wikipedia


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