Craig R. Baxley

Craig R. Baxley

Born: October 20, 1949
in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Craig Redding Baxley is an American actor, director 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.

Movies for Craig R. Baxley...

King on Screen
Title: King on Screen
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 2023
Type: Movie
1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than 80 films and series, making him now, the most adapted author still alive in the world.
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Henchman: The Al Leong Story
Title: Henchman: The Al Leong Story
Character: Self
Released: December 15, 2018
Type: Movie
Story of Al Leong, the greatest henchman in film history.
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Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
Title: Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Don Siegel’s classic crime thriller "Charley Varrick," made in 1972 in the wake of the immensely successful "Dirty Harry," stars Walter Matthau in what is probably the actor’s finest dramatic role, airshow pilot turned crop duster turned bank robber turned mob target Charley Varrick. This feature-length documentary takes the viewer back to the time of the shooting of this cult item and features original interviews with Siegel’s son, Kristoffer Tabori, actors Andy Robinson and Jacqueline Scott, stunt driver and actor Craig R. Baxley, composer Lalo Schifrin and Howard A. Rodman, whose father co-wrote the screenplay.
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Inside the Lost Room
Title: Inside the Lost Room
Character: Self
Released: April 3, 2007
Type: Movie
Making of 'The Lost Room'
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Title: Rose Red
Character: Craig R. Baxley
Released: January 27, 2002
Type: TV
The chilling tale of Dr. Joyce Reardon, an obsessed psychology professor who commissions a team of psychics and a gifted 15-year-old autistic girl, Annie Wheaton, to literally wake up a supposedly dormant haunted mansion - Rose Red. Their efforts unleash myriad spirits and uncover horrifying secrets of the generations who have lived and died there.
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Mind Over Murder
Title: Mind Over Murder
Character: Bobby
Released: October 23, 1979
Type: Movie
A young woman with precognition realizes she is being stalked by a killer -- a mass murderer she previously had used her psychic powers to identify to the skeptical police.
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The Warriors
Title: The Warriors
Character: Punk (Black and Yellow)
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
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Demon and the Mummy
Title: Demon and the Mummy
Character: Staff Sgt. Rolf Anderson
Released: March 14, 1976
Type: Movie
The second of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of the Kolchak TV series, Demon In Lace (about a succubus who murders young men to maintain her immortality) and Legacy of Terror (about an Aztec cult that seeks to resurrect their god by murdering physically perfect people) and adds new narration by Darren McGavin.
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Welcome to Arrow Beach
Title: Welcome to Arrow Beach
Character: Young Driver
Released: May 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins to suspect that the mansion is home to some very strange goings-on.
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Charley Varrick
Title: Charley Varrick
Character: Van Sickle
Released: September 19, 1973
Type: Movie
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.