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Robert C. Thompson(I)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Robert C. Thompson is known for The Paper Chase (1978), The Cowboy Way (1994) and The Greatest American Hero (1981).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    The Paper Chase (1973)
    The Paper Chase
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland in The Cowboy Way (1994)
    The Cowboy Way
    5.9
    • Writer(as Rob Thompson)
    • 1994
    The Greatest American Hero (1981)
    The Greatest American Hero
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. (1980)
    Magnum, P.I.
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director(as Robert Thompson)

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    Producer

    • Regarding: Beauregard
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2009
    • Adam Goldberg, Rick Hoffman, and Tom Everett Scott in The $treet (2000)
      The $treet
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2000–2001
    • Broken Vows (1987)
      Broken Vows
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1987
    • Love Lives On (1985)
      Love Lives On
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • co-producer
      • 1985
    • The Paper Chase (1973)
      The Paper Chase
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 1978–1979
    • Buddy Hackett and Harvey Korman in Bud and Lou (1978)
      Bud and Lou
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1978
    • Art Carney in Lanigan's Rabbi (1976)
      Lanigan's Rabbi
      6.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1976
    • Frank Langella in The Mark of Zorro (1974)
      The Mark of Zorro
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1974
    • The Paper Chase (1973)
      The Paper Chase
      7.2
      • producer
      • 1973

    Director

    • Gone to Maui (1999)
      Gone to Maui
      2.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Mitzi Kapture and Rob Estes in Silk Stalkings (1991)
      Silk Stalkings
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director (as Bob Thompson)
      • 1995
    • ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
      ABC Afterschool Specials
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1981–1989
    • Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Cynthia Gibb, Erica Gimpel, Bill Hufsey, Carlo Imperato, Valerie Landsburg, and Gene Anthony Ray in Fame (1982)
      Fame
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1983–1986
    • CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
      CBS Schoolbreak Special
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1985
    • Words by Heart (1985)
      Words by Heart
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Director (as Robert Thompson)
      • 1985
    • ABC Weekend Specials (1977)
      ABC Weekend Specials
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1984
    • Patrick Swayze, Tracy Scoggins, Fausto Bara, Randy Brooks, Paul Mones, Robert Thaler, and Brian Tochi in The Renegades (1983)
      The Renegades
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director (as Robert Thompson)
      • 1983
    • Victoria Principal, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman, Charlene Tilton, Jim Davis, Linda Gray, and Steve Kanaly in Dallas (1978)
      Dallas
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1983
    • River Phoenix, Richard Dean Anderson, Peter Horton, Drake Hogestyn, Terri Treas, and Roger Wilson in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982)
      Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1982
    • Maud Adams, Dennis Franz, Craig T. Nelson, Daniel Hugh Kelly, and Richard Lawson in Chicago Story (1982)
      Chicago Story
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1982
    • Today's F.B.I. (1981)
      Today's F.B.I.
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1982
    • The Greatest American Hero (1981)
      The Greatest American Hero
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1981–1982
    • Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. (1980)
      Magnum, P.I.
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director (as Robert Thompson)
      • 1982
    • Robert Clohessy, Michael Warren, and Bruce Weitz in Hill Street Blues (1981)
      Hill Street Blues
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1981

    Writer

    • Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland in The Cowboy Way (1994)
      The Cowboy Way
      5.9
      • story (as Rob Thompson)
      • 1994
    • Pernell Roberts in Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
      Trapper John, M.D.
      6.6
      TV Series
      • story
      • teleplay
      • 1986

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      • Bob Thompson

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