09.03.1925 - 01.09.2003 (78 years) (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
John R. Smight (March 9, 1925 – September 1, 2003) was an American theatre and film director.His film credits include Harper (1966), No Way to Treat a Lady (1968), The Traveling Executioner (1970), Rabbit, Run (1970), Airport 1975 (1974), Midway (1976), Damnation Alley (1977), Loving Couples (1980), and the Columbo episode "Dead Weight".