Barry Shear

Biography

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.

Career Overview

Barry Shear has 32 screen credits in a career dating back to 1945. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently The Quest TV Movie Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include Starsky & Hutch, Night Gallery, The Captive: The Longest Drive 2. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

32

Birth Date

1923-03-23 00:00:00

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California

Known For

• 

  Starsky & Hutch
• 

  Night Gallery
• 

  The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
• 

  The Deadly Trackers
• 

  Across 110th Street
• 

  The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• The Quest TV Movie Collection (1 titles)
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Richard Ward (2 collaborations)
• Antonio Fargas (2 collaborations)
• Terry Leonard (2 collaborations)
• Read Morgan (2 collaborations)
• Frank Arno (2 collaborations)
• Paul Benjamin (2 collaborations)
• Paul Michael Glaser (1 collaborations)
• David Soul (1 collaborations)
• Michael Lerner (1 collaborations)
• Michael Conrad (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (30 credits)

  • Undercover with the KKK

    director

    directing
    1979
  • The Billion Dollar Threat

    director

    directing
    1979
  • The Crash of Flight 401

    director

    directing
    1978
  • Keefer

    director

    directing
    1978
  • The San Pedro Bums

    director

    directing
    1977
  • The Captive: The Longest Drive 2

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Rickles

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Starsky & Hutch

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Strike Force

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Punch and Jody

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Police Woman

    - Deadline: Death (1977) ... director directing

    - The Trick Book (1976) ... director directing

    - Task Force: Cop Killer (2) (1976) ... director directing

    - Task Force: Cop Killer (1) (1976) ... director directing

    - Double Image (1976) ... director directing
    1974
  • The Deadly Trackers

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Jarrett

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Police Story

    - Stigma (1977) ... director directing

    - Monster Manor (1976) ... director directing

    - Wolf (1974) ... director directing
    1973
  • Across 110th Street

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Short Walk to Daylight

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

    director

    directing
    1971
  • The Todd Killings

    director

    directing
    1971
  • The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

    director

    directing
    1971
  • The Enemy Before Us

    director

    directing
    1970
  • Night Gallery

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Wild in the Streets

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Hawaii Five-O

    - King Kamehameha Blues (1969) ... director directing
    1968
  • The Karate Killers

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Ironside

    - Class of '40 (1974) ... director directing

    - Seeing Is Believing (1969) ... director directing

    - Goodbye to Yesterday (1969) ... director directing

    - A Drug on the Market (1969) ... director directing

    - I, the People (1968) ... director directing
    1967
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    - The Gurnius Affair (1967) ... director directing

    - The Five Daughters Affair (2) (1967) ... director directing

    - The Five Daughters Affair (1) (1967) ... director directing

    - The Deadly Smorgasbord Affair (1967) ... director directing

    - The Super-Colossal Affair (1966) ... director directing
    1964
  • Daniel Boone

    - First in War, First in Peace (1966) ... director directing

    - Goliath (1966) ... director directing
    1964
  • Around the World with Nellie Bly

    director

    directing
    1960
  • A.N.T.A. Album of 1955

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Never Too Old to Swing

    director

    directing
    1945

• production (2 credits)

  • Across 110th Street

    executive producer

    production
    1972
  • The Todd Killings

    producer

    production
    1971