Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barry Shear (March 23, 1923 in Los Angeles, California - June 13, 1979 in New York City) was an American film director and producer. He directed films such as The Todd Killings in 1971 (based on the serial killer Charles Schmid), and the blaxploitation film Across 110th Street in 1972. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Shear, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Complete Filmography
Power
1980
Director
Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leade...
Undercover with the KKK
1979
Director
The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr., who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan group in his Alabama hometown and later testif...
The Billion Dollar Threat
1979
Director
A James Bondish superspy is assigned to thwart the devious plans of a master agent who is threatening to destroy the planet unless he is paid one bill...
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Director
True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate...
Keefer
1978
Director
An U.S. Army colonel leads a crack group of secret agents operating behind enemy lines in occupied France during World War II.
The San Pedro Bums
1977
Director
Pilot for the short-lived TV series centers on five rough-and-tumble guys living on a leaky boat where they try to collar a gang of waterfront toughs ...
Rickles
1975
Director
Various comedy sketches with the Master of Insults, Don Rickles.
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Director
A young couple in a car exactly like Starsky's is killed by hitmen and word is out on the street that there's a contract out on Starsky and Hutch. Thi...
Strike Force
1975
Director
A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring.
Punch and Jody
1974
Director
When a woman dies in a car accident, her former husband (a traveling circus worker) learns that his wife was pregnant when she divorced him many years...
The Deadly Trackers
1973
Director
Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against ev...
Jarrett
1973
Director
A private investigator specializing in fine arts tries to track down some missing rare Biblical scrolls.
Across 110th Street
1972
Director, Executive Producer
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are tw...
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
Director
Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
1971
Director
Detective Ellery Queen has to solve a series of murders where the victims were killed in numerically descending ages, the male victims were strangled ...
The Todd Killings
1971
Director, Producer
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year ol...
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971
Director
Hayes visits con-artist Silky O'Sullivan at his San Francisco mansion and discovers that Kid Curry is on trial for murder in Colorado. Heyes rushes to...
The Enemy Before Us
1970
Director
Jeff Dillon decides to revisit the scenes of his impoverished youth, and learns sadly that "you can't go home again".
Night Gallery
1969
Director
This anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The Cemetery," directed by Boris Sagal; "Eyes," directed by ...
Wild in the Streets
1968
Director
Musician Max Frost lends his backing to a Senate candidate who wants to give 18-year-olds the right to vote, but he takes things a step further than e...
The Karate Killers
1967
Director
International spies Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) travel around the globe in an effort to track down a secret form...
Around the World with Nellie Bly
1960
Director
Made-for-TV musical inspired by the real-life travels of a celebrated 1800s female newspaper columnist.
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955
Director
A closed-circuit television special produced to raise funds for the relief agency CARE telecast live from the Adelphi Theatre in New York.
Never Too Old to Swing
1945
Director
Tiny Grimes performs "Never Too Old to Swing".