Glenn Jordan Biography (1936-)

Born April 5, 1936, in San Antonio, TX. Addresses: Office: 9401 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2920.; Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer
Birth Details: April 5, 1936; San Antonio, Texas, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Movies; Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
Frankenstein, ABC, 1973
The Picture of Dorian Gray, ABC, 1973
Shell Game, CBS, 1975
One of My Wives Is Missing, ABC, 1976
Sunshine Christmas, NBC, 1977
Delta County, U.S.A., ABC, 1977
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan, NBC, 1977
The Court Martial of General Custer (also known as The Court Martial of George Armstrong Custer), NBC, 1978
Les Miserables, CBS, 1978
Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love, NBC, 1979
The Family Man, CBS, 1979
(And supervising producer) The Women's Room, ABC, 1980
The Princess and the Cabbie, CBS, 1981
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal, CBS, 1982
Heartsounds, ABC, 1984
Toughlove, ABC, 1985
(And producer) Dress Gray, NBC, 1986
(And producer) Something in Common, CBS, 1986
(And producer) Echoes in the Darkness, CBS, 1987
(And producer) Jesse, CBS, 1988
(And supervising producer) Challenger, ABC, 1989
(And producer) Sarah, Plain and Tall, CBS, 1990
(And supervising producer) Aftermath (also known as Aftermath:A Test of Love), CBS, 1991
(And producer) The Boys (also known as The Guys), ABC, 1991
(And producer) O Pioneers!, 1992
(And executive producer) Barbarians at the Gate, HBO, 1993
(And producer) To Dance with the White Dog, NBC, 1993
(And producer) Jane's House, CBS, 1994
(And executive producer) A Streetcar Named Desire, CBS, 1995
(And executive producer) My Brother's Keeper, CBS, 1995
(And producer) Jake's Women (also known as Neil Simon'sJake's Women), CBS, 1995
(And producer) Mary and Tim, CBS, 1996

(And producer) After Jimmy, CBS, 1996
(And producer) A Christmas Memory (also known as Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory"), CBS, 1997
(And producer) The Long Way Home, CBS, 1998
(And producer) Legalese, TNT, 1998
(And producer) Night Ride Home, CBS, 1999
(And producer) Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End, CBS, 1999
Series
Director, The Young Dr. Kildare, syndicated, 1972
Codirector, Family, ABC, 1976
Director (with Peter Levin, Seymore Robbie, and Robert Stevens), The Best of Families, PBS, 1977
Director (with Bob Sand, Bo Kaprall, and Cindy Levin) and producer, Friends, ABC, 1979
Specials
Producer and director, Dragon Country, 1970
Producer and director, Hogan's Goat, 1971
Producer and director, Paradise Lost, PBS, 1974
Producer and director, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, 1976
Director, "The Displaced Person," American Short Story, PBS, 1977
Producer and director, "Promise," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1986
Producer and director, "Home Fires Burning," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1989
Also director of A Prowler in the Heart, ABC; and Making Moneyand Thirteen Other Very Short Plays.
Television Director
Pilots
Delta County U.S.A., ABC, 1962
The Oath: Thirty-three Hours in the Life of God, ABC, 1976
Episodic
"The Typist," Hollywood Television Theatre, 1971
Other Television Work
Producer and director, Let Me Hear You Whisper, 1969
Producer and director, Actor's Choice, PBS, c. 1970
Producer and director, Particular Men, 1972
Director (with George Lefferts and Lewis Freedman) and coproducer, Benjamin Franklin (miniseries; includes the segments "The Rebel," "The Statesman," "The Ambassador," and "The Whirlwind"), CBS, 1974
Producer and director, Midwives, 2001
Television Appearances
Episodic
Glenn, "Beach Blanket Bounty," The Fall Guy, 1986
Stage Director
Another Evening with Harry Stoones, New York City, 1961
A Taste of Honey, 1968
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, 1969
The Disintegration of James Cherry, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Waterford, CT, 1970, then Forum Theatre, New York City, 1970
A Streetcar Named Desire, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH, 1973
All My Sons, Huntington Hartford Theatre, Los Angeles, 1975
Actors and Actresses, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1983
Also director of A Delicate Balance, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA; A Cry of Players, Theatre at Brandeis University,Waltham, MA; and Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool, Dry Place, La Mama Experimental Theatre Company, New York City.
Film Director
Only When I Laugh (also known as It Hurts Only When I Laughand Neil Simon's Only When I Laugh), Columbia, 1981
The Buddy System, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Mass Appeal, Universal, 1984
Film Appearances
Cast and Crew, 1999

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