Joseph Sargent (born Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente; July 22, 1925 – December 22, 2014) was an American film director. Though he directed many television movies, his best known feature-length works were arguably the action movie White Lightning starring Burt Reynolds, the biopic MacArthur starring Gregory Peck, and the horror anthology Nightmares. His most popular feature film was the subway thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Sargent won four Emmy Awards over his career. He is the father of voice actress Lia Sargent. (Via Wikipedia)
- Origin
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- Born
- July 22, 1925
- Died
- December 22, 2014 (9 years ago, at 89)