John Badham

Infobox actor


name = John Badham
birthdate = August 25, 1939
birthplace = Luton, Bedfordshire ENG
birthname = John MacDonald Badham
deathdate =
deathplace =
othername =
occupation = Film director
yearsactive = 1969 - present

John MacDonald Badham (born August 25, 1939) is an American film director.

Biography

Badham was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, the son of Mary Iola (née Hewitt), an actress, and Henry Lee Badham, a business executive and U.S. Air Force General. [http://www.filmreference.com/film/22/John-Badham.html John Badham Biography (1939-) ] ] Badham was raised in the state of Alabama in the U.S. and became a naturalized citizen in 1950. He attended Indian Springs School in Alabama and college at Yale University.

Badham had worked for television for years before his breakthrough with "Saturday Night Fever" in 1977. As well as numerous film credits, Badham has also directed and produced for TV, including credits for Rod Serling's "Night Gallery".

He is the decade-older brother of Mary Badham, Oscar nominated for her child-acting role in "To Kill a Mockingbird". Outside of her only role as an adult, decades after John became well known, all of Mary's acting credits preceded his film/television credits by several years. John's former wife, veteran model Jan Speck, is also 15 years his junior; unlike Mary, Jan has had assorted cameo roles in most of his projects, from the 1980s forward.

Filmography

*"Saturday Night Fever" (1977)
*"Dracula" (1979)
*"Whose Life Is It Anyway?" (1981)
*"Blue Thunder" (1983)
*"WarGames" (1983)
*"American Flyers" (1985)
*"Short Circuit" (1986)
*"Stakeout" (1987)
*"Bird on a Wire" (1990)
*"The Hard Way" (1991)
*"Point of No Return" (1993)
*"Another Stakeout" (1993)
*"Drop Zone" (1994)
*"Nick of Time" (1995)
*"Incognito" (1997)
*"The Jack Bull" (1999)

Publications

* cite book
first = John
last = Badham
year = 2006
title = I’ll Be in My Trailer
publisher = Michael Wiese Productions
id = ISBN 1932907149

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NAME= Badham, John
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Film director
DATE OF BIRTH= August 25, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH= Luton, Bedfordshire ENG
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