Richard Caspar Sarafian (April 28, 1930 – September 18, 2013) was an American television and film director and actor. He compiled a versatile career that spanned over five decades as a director, actor, and writer. Sarafian is best known as the director of the 1971 film Vanishing Point.

Filmography

• 2003Masked and Anonymous — President
• 2002Hitters
• 2001Dr. Dolittle 2 — God Beaver (voice)
• 1999Blink of an Eye — Erlik
• 1999Blue Streak — Uncle Lou
• 1998Bulworth — Vinnie
• 1996Bound — Gino Marzzone
• 1996Gotti — Paul Castellano
• 1996Miami Hustle — Henry Kronfeld
• 1995The Crossing Guard — Sunny Ventura
• 1994Don Juan DeMarco — Detective Sy Tobias
• 1994The Road Killers — Trucker
• 1993Gunmen — Chief Chavez
• 1992Ruby — Proby
• 1992Solar Crisis — Director
• 1991Bugsy — Jack Dragna
• 1987Street Justice — Taxi Driver, Director
• Wiseguy
• 1986Eye of the Tiger — Director
• 1986Liberty — Philbert Evans, Director
• 1986Long Time Gone — Omar
• 1986The Falling — Capt. J.J. Wells (voice) (uncredited)
• Foley Square — Spiro Papadopolis
• MacGyver — Caspar Kasabian
• Wildside — Director
• 1984Songwriter — Rodeo Rocky
• 1984The Bear — Director
• 1981Gangster Wars — Director
• 1981Splendor in the Grass — Director
• The Gangster Chronicles — Director
• 1980The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story — Director
• 1979Disaster on the Coastliner — Director
• 1979Sunburn — Director
• 1977A Killing Affair — Director
• 1977The African Queen — Director
• 1976The Next Man — Gregory Zolnikov (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
• 1975One of Our Own — Director
• 1973Lolly-Madonna XXX — Director
• 1973The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing — Director
• 1971Man in the Wilderness — Director
• 1971Vanishing Point — Man with Fire Hose (uncredited), Director
• 1970Fragment of Fear — Director
• 1969Run Wild, Run Free — Director
• 1968Shadow on the Land — Director
• Cimarron Strip — Director
• The Danny Thomas Hour — Director
• The Guns of Will Sonnett — Director
• Batman — Director
• Jericho — Director
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. — Director
• 1965Andy — Director, Writer
• Convoy — Director
• I Spy — Director
• The Big Valley — Director
• The Long, Hot Summer — Director
• The Wild Wild West — Director
• Slattery's People — Director
• Redigo — Director
• The Dakotas — Director
• 1962Terror At Black Falls — Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
• The Gallant Men — Director
• Ben Casey — Director
• Dr. Kildare — Director
• Surfside 6 — Director
• The Roaring 20's — Director
• Bonanza — Director
• Hawaiian Eye — Director
• The Twilight Zone — Director
• 77 Sunset Strip — Director
• Bronco — Director
• Lawman — Director
• 1958The Cool and the Crazy — Writer
• 1958The Man Who Died Twice — Writer
• 1958The Notorious Mr. Monks — Screenplay
• Maverick — Director
• Cheyenne — Director
• Gunsmoke — Director

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1973The Moviemakers — Self