Richard Compton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began his career in the early 60s making movies for the United States Information Agency. His debut feature, The French Way, was never released in America. Compton followed this film with the biker flick Angels Die Hard, which was the first movie to be released by Roger Corman's New World Pictures.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Star Trek (1966)
Guest starring as Washburn
- Episode 2x06: The Doomsday Machine (Oct 20, 1967)
Guest starring as Technical Officer
- Episode 3x02: The Enterprise Incident (Sep 27, 1968)
Crew Credits
Charmed (1998)
Episode crew as Director
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x04: The Devil's Music (Oct 21, 1999)
- Episode 1x17: That '70s Episode (Apr 7, 1999)
- Episode 1x04: Dead Man Dating (Oct 28, 1998)
Profiler (1996)
Episode crew as Director
(4 episodes)
- Episode 4x12: Besieged (Feb 19, 2000)
- Episode 4x04: Old Ghosts (Nov 6, 1999)
- Episode 3x21: What's Love Got to Do with It? (Jun 5, 1999)
- Episode 3x14: Otis, California (Feb 20, 1999)
Sliders (1995)
Show crew as Producer
(19 episodes)
- Episode 3x19: The Breeder (Mar 14, 1997)
- Episode 3x18: Sole Survivors (Mar 7, 1997)
- Episode 3x17: The Exodus (2) (Feb 28, 1997)
- Episode 3x16: The Exodus (1) (Feb 21, 1997)
- Episode 3x15: Paradise Lost (Jan 31, 1997)
- Episode 3x14: Slide Like an Egyptian (Jan 17, 1997)
- Episode 3x13: Murder Most Foul (Jan 3, 1997)
- Episode 3x12: Season's Greedings (Dec 20, 1996)
- Episode 3x11: State of the Art (Dec 6, 1996)
- Episode 3x10: Dead Man Sliding (Nov 29, 1996)
- Episode 3x09: The Prince of Slides (Nov 22, 1996)
- Episode 3x08: The Fire Within (Nov 15, 1996)
- Episode 3x07: Dragonslide (Nov 8, 1996)
- Episode 3x06: Desert Storm (Nov 1, 1996)
- Episode 3x05: The Dream Masters (Oct 18, 1996)
- Episode 3x04: The Guardian (Oct 11, 1996)
- Episode 3x03: Electric Twister Acid Test (Oct 4, 1996)
- Episode 3x02: Double Cross (Sep 27, 1996)
- Episode 3x01: Rules of the Game (Sep 20, 1996)
Episode crew as Director
(12 episodes)
- Episode 5x05: New Gods for Old (Jul 16, 1999)
- Episode 5x03: Strangers and Comrades (Jun 25, 1999)
- Episode 4x04: Virtual Slide (Jun 22, 1998)
- Episode 3x23: Dinoslide (May 2, 1997)
- Episode 3x12: Season's Greedings (Dec 20, 1996)
- Episode 3x10: Dead Man Sliding (Nov 29, 1996)
- Episode 3x09: The Prince of Slides (Nov 22, 1996)
- Episode 3x02: Double Cross (Sep 27, 1996)
- Episode 2x13: As Time Goes By (Jul 12, 1996)
- Episode 2x12: Invasion (Jun 28, 1996)
- Episode 2x11: The Young and the Relentless (Jun 7, 1996)
- Episode 2x01: Into the Mystic (Mar 1, 1996)
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 5x02: Descent (Oct 10, 1998)
The X-Files (1993)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 8x12: Medusa (Feb 11, 2001)
- Episode 8x05: Invocation (Dec 3, 2000)
Babylon 5 (1993)
Show crew as Co-Producer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Infection (Feb 16, 1994)
- Episode 1x03: Born to the Purple (Feb 9, 1994)
Episode crew as Director
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x15: Grail (Jul 6, 1994)
- Episode 1x10: Believers (Apr 27, 1994)
- Episode 1x07: The War Prayer (Mar 9, 1994)
- Episode 1x04: Infection (Feb 16, 1994)
- Episode 1x01: Midnight on the Firing Line (Jan 26, 1994)
- Episode S01 Special: Babylon 5: The Gathering (Feb 22, 1993)
Baywatch (1989)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode S01 Special: Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (Apr 23, 1989)
L.A. Law (1986)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x11: All About Sleaze (Jan 30, 1992)
- Episode 5x05: Smoke Gets in Your Thighs (Nov 15, 1990)
Miami Vice (1984)
Episode crew as Director
(8 episodes)
- Episode 5x21: Too Much, Too Late (Jan 25, 1990)
- Episode 5x06: Line of Fire (Dec 16, 1988)
- Episode 4x22: Mirror Image (2) (May 6, 1988)
- Episode 4x18: Badge of Dishonor (Mar 18, 1988)
- Episode 4x04: The Big Thaw (Oct 23, 1987)
- Episode 3x23: Everybody's in Show Biz (May 1, 1987)
- Episode 3x13: Down for the Count (2) (Jan 16, 1987)
- Episode 3x12: Down for the Count (1) (Jan 9, 1987)