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Ray Danton: Directing
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Adams and husband Ray Danton worked together a number of times in film and on television. In addition to being in the films The Looters (1955) and Tarawa Beachhead (1958), Adams and Danton guest starred on a January 1972 episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery entitled The Miracle at Camafeo, and Ray Danton directed his wife in the 1975 horror flick Psychic Killer, written by Greydon Clark. Although the couple was married for many years, they divorced in 1981. Julie Adams was still in demand throughout the 1980s on television, and in 1987 accepted a recurring role on the CBS-TV series Murder, She Wrote. And today, Adams is retired, making her last TV appearance on an episode of the now-defunct CBS series Family Law in April 2000.
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The prolific director, Ray Danton... acted in a lot of TV show episodes including, "Barnaby Jones", "The Rockford Files", "Hawaii Five-O" ,and "Police Story". The IMdB site lists well over 100 acting citations, and close to 20 films that he directed.
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In 1964 Danton moved to Italy, where he starred in numerous low-budget films and turned to directing with "Deathmaster" (1972). He formed his own production company in Barcelona before returning in 1975 to the US, where he become a TV director for Universal. Danton helmed episodes of "Cagney and Lacey", "Quincy", "Fame" and "Dallas" and served as supervising producer on "The New Mike Hammer" TV series (1986-87). Danton was at one time married to actress Julie Adams.
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In the early 1970s, Danton turned to directing; his first effort was the vampire flick Deathmaster (1972; with Robert Quarry). As his career as a director took off, Danton quit acting. He moved on to direct many episodes of popular TV series, including Quincy, The Incredible Hulk (with Lou Ferrigno), and Cagney & Lacey. In addition, Danton wrote scripts and occasionally served as producer. Danton and Julie Adams were married for more than 25 years and had two sons before calling it quits in 1981. Sadly, a decade later he passed away on February 11, 1992, from a kidney ailment.
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Ray Danton entered show business as a child radio actor on NBC radio's Let's Pretend show in 1943. Danton did many stage roles whilst attending the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Technical School and in 1950 went to London to appear on stage in the Tyrone Power Mister Roberts.
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Ray Danton plays the dashing Sandokan, a feared pirate who attempts to claim his rightful throne from an evil European who killed his family and now sits as ruler. Sandokan saves his enemy's niece from a tiger, but when Sandokan's identity is revealed, trouble ensues. With Franco Bettoia. Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed).
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