Directing
Allen Baron
Born
1927-04-14 (99)
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
15 titles
Allen Baron (born 1927 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, film and television director. He is mostly known for writing and directing the 1961 film noir Blast of Silence, where he also plays the lead role. He went on to direct four other feature films and hundreds of television episodes such as Charlie's Angels, The Dukes of Hazzard, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The San Pedro Beach Bums, and Cagney & Lacey.
Known for
6.9A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.
Blast of Silence
1961
6.8A spoiled rich girl used to getting her way comes up against a rancher who won't be intimidated by her.
Foxfire Light
1982
7.0Pilot 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 after a robbery of which their buddy was the victim.
The San Pedro Bums
1977
7.0Rural runaway finds himself in Manhattan.
Pie in the Sky
1964
NRFormer police captain and his assistant investigate extortion and murder at a dating service.
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978
9.0In this pilot film that led to the series, an ex-con and a retired cop, partners in a private investigation agency, try to prove that a safecracker has been framed for a diamond robbery.
Switch
1975
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.9A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.
Blast of Silence
1961
6.9A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.
Blast of Silence
1961
6.8A spoiled rich girl used to getting her way comes up against a rancher who won't be intimidated by her.
Foxfire Light
1982
7.0Pilot 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 after a robbery of which their buddy was the victim.
The San Pedro Bums
1977
7.0Rural runaway finds himself in Manhattan.
Pie in the Sky
1964
7.0Rural runaway finds himself in Manhattan.
Pie in the Sky
1964
7.0Rural runaway finds himself in Manhattan.
Pie in the Sky
1964
NRFormer police captain and his assistant investigate extortion and murder at a dating service.
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978
9.0In this pilot film that led to the series, an ex-con and a retired cop, partners in a private investigation agency, try to prove that a safecracker has been framed for a diamond robbery.
Switch
1975
NRA horror feature film project that was sold to the Cannes Film Festival Market, shot as a preview, before being abandoned.
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel
1973
3.8A man who moves to Canada to escape the draft returns to the United States for his father's funeral.
Outside In
1972
3.8A man who moves to Canada to escape the draft returns to the United States for his father's funeral.
Outside In
1972