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name: "Ralph S. Singleton"
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roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "22 March 1940"
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average_fi1m_score: 86
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# Ralph S. Singleton

Director and producer. Born 22 March 1940 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 22 March 1940, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 1976–1982

## Biography

Ralph S. Singleton is an American producer and production manager. Born on 22 March 1940 in Fall River, Massachusetts, he began his career in the 1970s as an assistant director on feature films including *Taxi Driver* (1976), *Network* (1976) and *Death Wish* (1974).

Singleton worked extensively on the CBS series *Cagney & Lacey* (1982–1988) as unit production manager, production manager and producer across dozens of episodes, also directing two episodes. He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for the programme in 1986, with a further nomination the following year.

His feature film credits as producer or co-producer include *Graveyard Shift* (1990), which he also directed, *Pet Sematary II* (1992), *Clear and Present Danger* (1994) and *Murder at 1600* (1997). Singleton has authored books on film production, including *Film Scheduling* (1984).

*Sources: imdb.com, filmreference.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *Network* (1976), Fi1m 86, Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/network.md)
- *Taxi Driver* (1976), Fi1m 92, as T.V. Interviewer — [page](https://film.one/film/taxi-driver.md)

## Also known for

- *Pet Sematary* (1989), Associate Producer
- *Clear and Present Danger* (1994), Co-Producer
- *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Last Man Standing* (1996), Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Death Wish* (1974), Assistant Director
- *History of the World: Part I* (1981), Production Manager
- *Pet Sematary II* (1992), Producer
- *Murder at 1600* (1997), Unit Production Manager, Co-Producer

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