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Craig R. Baxley

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Craig R. Baxley

Born Oct 20, 1949 · 76 years88 titles 81 movies · 7 TV
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Biography

Craig Redding Baxley (born October 20, 1949) is an American actor, director, author, and stunt performer. He is best known for his work in the action and thriller genres. Beginning his career as a stunt performer, he was hired to perform stunts in number of notable television series namely Police Story, Harry O, Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, Gemini Man, Roots, M*A*S*H, The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team (his head directorial debut). He also worked as a stunt coordinator and second unit director on the feature films The Warriors (1979), The Long Riders (1980), Reds (1981) and Predator (1987). Baxley also appeared in four episodes of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, as well having small roles in Chase, Mannix, Bearcats!, Marcus Welby, M.D. and S.W.A.T. In 1987, he made his feature film directorial debut with Action Jackson. His other feature film credits are I Come in Peace (1991), Stone Cold (1991) and Sniper 2 (2002). Baxley's other television directing credits include miniseries based on Stephen King works namely Storm of the Century (1999), Rose Red (2002), The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003), Kingdom Hospital (2004), as well as The Triangle (2005) and The Lost Room (2006). Some of his television film credits include A Family Torn Apart (1993), Twisted Desire (1996) and Silencing Mary (1998) both starring Melissa Joan Hart.

Also known as

Craig Redding Baxley · Craig Baxley

Born

Oct 20, 1949

Los Angeles, California, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

11

Acting credits

37

Directing

1

Writing

54

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1971 2 title(s)

1972 6 title(s)

1973 4 title(s)

1974 10 title(s)

1975 6 title(s)

1976 4 title(s)

1977 2 title(s)

1978 5 title(s)

1979 6 title(s)

1980 3 title(s)

1981 3 title(s)

1982 3 title(s)

1983 1 title(s)

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1991 1 title(s)

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1993 1 title(s)

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2002 4 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

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2005 2 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2015 1 title(s)

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2023 1 title(s)