Craig Redding Baxley (born October 20, 1949) is an American actor, director, author, and stunt performer. He is best known for his work in the action and thriller genres. Beginning his career as a stunt performer, he was hired to perform stunts in number of notable television series namely Police Story, Harry O, Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, Gemini Man, Roots, M*A*S*H, The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team (his head directorial debut). He also worked as a stunt coordinator and second unit director on the feature films The Warriors (1979), The Long Riders (1980), Reds (1981) and Predator (1987). Baxley also appeared in four episodes of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, as well having small roles in Chase, Mannix, Bearcats!, Marcus Welby, M.D. and S.W.A.T. In 1987, he made his feature film directorial debut with Action Jackson. His other feature film credits are I Come in Peace (1991), Stone Cold (1991) and Sniper 2 (2002). Baxley's other television directing credits include miniseries based on Stephen King works namely Storm of the Century (1999), Rose Red (2002), The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003), Kingdom Hospital (2004), as well as The Triangle (2005) and The Lost Room (2006). Some of his television film credits include A Family Torn Apart (1993), Twisted Desire (1996) and Silencing Mary (1998) both starring Melissa Joan Hart.
Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
(Self)
Charley Varrick
(Van Sickle)
King on Screen
(Self)
The Warriors
(Punk (Black and Yellow))
Henchman: The Al Leong Story
(Self)
Welcome to Arrow Beach
(Young Driver)
Mind Over Murder
(Bobby)
Inside the Lost Room
(Self)
Demon and the Mummy
(Staff Sgt. Rolf Anderson)
Rose Red
(Craig R. Baxley)
Action Jackson
(Director)
Stone Cold
(Director)
Sniper 2
(Director)
Left Behind: World at War
(Director)
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
(Director)
Dark Angel
(Director)
The Glow
(Director)
Aces 'N' Eights
(Director)
Twisted Desire
(Director)
Twisted Desire
(Writer)
Death Car on the Freeway
(Stunt Coordinator)
Deep Red
(Director)
The Avenging Angel
(Director)
Sudden Fury
(Director)
What's Up, Doc?
(Stunts)
Twilight Man
(Director)
The Nickel Ride
(Stunts)
Revenge on the Highway
(Director)
Deconstructing Sarah
(Director)
Silencing Mary
(Director)
Search for the Gods
(Second Unit)
Search for the Gods
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
(Stunts)
Bad Day on the Block
(Director)
Chameleon II: Death Match
(Director)
Kingdom Hospital
(Director)
Nightwing
(Stunts)
A Touch of Hope
(Director)
99 and 44/100% Dead
(Stunts)
Mr. Majestyk
(Stunts)
The Poseidon Adventure
(Stunts)
Predator
(Stunt Coordinator)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
(Stunts)
The Seduction
(Stunt Coordinator)
Cannonball
(Stunt Driver)
Logan's Run
(Stunts)
Planet Earth
(Stunt Driver)
Skatetown, U.S.A.
(Stunts)
Fun with Dick and Jane
(Stunts)
Wholly Moses
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Long Riders
(Stunt Coordinator)
All God's Children
(Stunt Coordinator)
Six Pack
(Stunt Driver)
Honky Tonk Freeway
(Stunts)
Take This Job and Shove It
(Stunt Coordinator)
Delta Fox
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Big Fix
(Stunt Driver)
The Warriors
(Stunt Driver)
Foul Play
(Stunt Double)
Heaven Can Wait
(Stunt Coordinator)
Zero to Sixty
(Stunt Driver)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(Stunt Driver)
Shampoo
(Stunt Double)
Earthquake
(Stunts)
Lepke
(Stunts)
Report to the Commissioner
(Stunts)
The White Dawn
(Stunt Double)
Nightmare Honeymoon
(Stunt Double)
The Parallax View
(Stunt Double)
The Nickel Ride
(Stunt Coordinator)
Cry Rape
(Stunts)
Charley Varrick
(Stunt Driver)
Welcome to Arrow Beach
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Outside Man
(Stunts)
Charley and the Angel
(Stunt Driver)
Trouble Man
(Stunts)
Ben
(Stunts)
Diamonds Are Forever
(Stunts)
The Sheriff
(Stunt Driver)
Reds
(Second Unit Director)
Delta Fox
(Second Unit Director)
Heaven Can Wait
(Second Unit Director)
Death Car on the Freeway
(Second Unit Director)
The Long Riders
(Second Unit Director)
Take This Job and Shove It
(Second Unit Director)
Search for the Gods
(Second Unit Director)
Rollerball
(Stunts)
The Renegades
(Second Unit Director)
The Top of the Hill
(Second Unit Director)
Predator
(Second Unit Director)
Get Christie Love!
(Stunt Driver)
The Young Runaways
(Stunt Driver)
Mind Over Murder
(Stunt Coordinator)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
(Stunts)
Reds
(Stunt Coordinator)
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
(Director)
Unlocking Rose Red: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
(Director)
The Triangle
(Director)
The Lost Room
(Director)
Storm of the Century
(Director)
The A-Team
(Stunt Coordinator)
The A-Team
(Director)
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
(Director)
Rose Red
(Director)