Richard Compton

Total Credits at Criticker: 2 (Actor), 16 (Director), 6 (Writer)
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Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993) - TV Movie
This TV movie is the pilot for the "Babylon 5" TV series. Set on a space station in the late 23rd Century, Babylon 5 is a centre of diplomacy and trade, in neutral space located between many rival space empires. The project's success, already shaky, is put further in doubt when incoming Commander Jeffrey Sinclair is the key suspect in the attempted assassination of Kosh, a mysterious alien ambassador. (imdb)
A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters. Low-budget film set in Georgia in 1953 and based on fact.
In 1958, two teenagers take their pride and joy, a hopped-up Chevy, and start a cross-country journey to enter it in the National Championship drag races in California. Along the way they hook up with a pretty but dingy waitress who quits her job and hops in their car--and turns out to be more trouble than they thought. (imdb)
Deadman's Curve (1978) - TV Movie
Biography based on the meteoric careers of Jan and Dean, the popular singing duo of the late 1950s and 1960s who immortalized the day's California surfing sound, (TCM)
In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis. (imdb)
This anti-war drama centers on four Vietnam veterans who are driving cross-country to California. Running low on money, they rob a gas station. The irate owner begins shooting at them and they in turn show him that they are carrying a veritable ammunitions dump in their trunk. (allrovi.com)
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988) - TV Movie
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge was the third in a sporadic series of TV westerns centered around fugitive do-gooder Duell McCall (Alex McArthur). Falsely accused of a whole litany of crimes, McCall is forced to drift from town to town, spreading a little goodwill wherever he happens to land. In this entry, McCall is about to be hanged. He is freed on one condition: That he head up a posse to rescue the kidnapped daughter of land baron Rod Steiger. (allmovie.com)
Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1991) - TV Movie
Investigating the murder of a writer responsible for a Mob exposé, Kojak discovers that the dead man's wife is an old flame. (imdb)
Kojak: It's Always Something (1990) - TV Movie
After discovering the connection between a corrupt city commissioner and Colombian killers, Kojak is framed for the murder of a call girl and is prosecuted by former police detective Crocker, now an assistant D.A. (imdb)
A Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings. (imdb)
Miami Vice (1984) - TV Series
The adventures of the vice squad detectives of the Miami Police Department. (imdb)
The Lone Gunmen (2001) - TV Series
Spin-off of The X-Files featuring the trio of computer-hacking conspiracy geeks popularly known as The Lone Gunmen. Never ones to stray far from the center of corporate and government intrigue, the threesome of John Byers, Melvin Frohike, and Richard Langly play like a misguided Mission Impossible team, embarking on a series of comic adventures that simultaneously highlight their genius and ineptitude. (imdb)
Government agents hire a mercenary to infiltrate a crime ring that's selling guns to a right-wing militia in Texas. (imdb)
Baywatch: Panic At Malibu Pier (1989) - TV Movie
Pilot for the cult 90s show 'Baywatch' about a team of L.A. county lifeguards led by heroic Mitch Buchannon. Jill trains rookies. Craig is stalked by a teen girl he saved. Aussie troublemaker joins the team. Mitch's kid needs rescuing. (imdb)