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
(Stunt Coordinator)
Search for the Gods
(Second Unit)
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)
Delta Fox
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Long Riders
(Stunt Coordinator)
Take This Job and Shove It
(Stunt Coordinator)
Foul Play
(Stunt Double)
All God's Children
(Stunt Coordinator)
The Big Fix
(Stunt Driver)
The Warriors
(Stunt Driver)
Wholly Moses
(Stunt Coordinator)
Honky Tonk Freeway
(Stunts)
Six Pack
(Stunt Driver)
Welcome to Arrow Beach
(Stunt Coordinator)
Trouble Man
(Stunts)
Ben
(Stunts)
The Long Riders
(Second Unit Director)
Heaven Can Wait
(Stunt Coordinator)
Zero to Sixty
(Stunt Driver)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(Stunt Driver)
The Nickel Ride
(Stunt Coordinator)
Shampoo
(Stunt Double)
Lepke
(Stunts)
Cry Rape
(Stunts)
The White Dawn
(Stunt Double)
Reds
(Second Unit Director)
Heaven Can Wait
(Second Unit Director)
The Parallax View
(Stunt Double)
Charley and the Angel
(Stunt Driver)
Earthquake
(Stunts)
Delta Fox
(Second Unit Director)
Nightmare Honeymoon
(Stunt Double)
The Outside Man
(Stunts)
The Sheriff
(Stunt Driver)
Take This Job and Shove It
(Second Unit Director)
Death Car on the Freeway
(Second Unit Director)
Charley Varrick
(Stunt Driver)
Diamonds Are Forever
(Stunts)
Report to the Commissioner
(Stunts)
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)