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name: "Victor French"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/victor-french"
fi1m_id: "victor-french"
imdb_id: "nm0294229"
tmdb_id: 83453
wikidata_id: "Q1347274"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "4 December 1934"
died: "15 June 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-04T17:43:47.232988+00:00"
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# Victor French

## Identity

Victor French

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/victor-french
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** victor-french
- **IMDb ID:** nm0294229
- **TMDB ID:** 83453
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1347274
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_French, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1347274, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83453

Director. Born 4 December 1934 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. Died 15 June 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 4 December 1934, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- **Died:** 15 June 1989
- **Active:** 1955–1982
- **Also known as:** Victor Edwin French, Βίκτορ Φρεντς, ویکتور فرنچ
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_French, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1347274, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83453

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*An Officer and a Gentleman*](https://film.one/film/an-officer-and-a-gentleman.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Victor French (1934–1989) was an American actor and director. The son of a stuntman, he began his career with uncredited work and guest roles in westerns, appearing more than twenty times on *Gunsmoke* before directing five episodes of the series.

He is best known for playing Isaiah Edwards on *Little House on the Prairie* (1974–1983), Mark Gordon on *Highway to Heaven* (1984–1989), and Roy Mobey on the sitcom *Carter Country* (1977–1979). His film credits include *An Officer and a Gentleman* (1982) as Joe Pokrifki. French also directed episodes of *Little House on the Prairie* and other series, and won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for a stage production of *12 Angry Men*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *An Officer and a Gentleman* (1982), Fi1m 70, as Joe Pokrifki — [page](https://film.one/film/an-officer-and-a-gentleman.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas* (2014), as Isaiah Edwards
- *Highway to Heaven* (1984), series, as Mark Gordon · Director
- *Little House: The Last Farewell* (1984), as Isaiah Edwards
- *Little House: Bless All the Dear Children* (1983), as Isaiah Edwards · Director
- *Little House: Look Back to Yesterday* (1983), as Isaiah Edwards · Director
- *An Officer and a Gentleman* (1982), as Joe Pokrifki — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/an-officer-and-a-gentleman.md)
- *Fame* (1982), series, Director
- *Father Murphy* (1981), series, Director
- *Choices* (1981), as Gary Carluccio
- *Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail* (1981), as Scant Luther
- *The Ghosts of Buxley Hall* (1980), as Sgt. Maj. Chester B. Sweet
- *The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story* (1980), as Anatoly Andreyev
- *Buck Rogers in the 25th Century* (1979), series, Director
- *Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill* (1979), as Mac
- *Carter Country* (1977), series, as Chief Roy Mobey
- *The Fantastic Journey* (1977), series, Director
- *Battle of the Network Stars* (1976), series, Actor
- *The Nickel Ride* (1975), as Paddie
- *The Tribe* (1974), as Mathis
- *The House on Skull Mountain* (1974), as Dr. Andrew Cunningham
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), series, as Isaiah Edwards · Director
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), as Mr. Edwards
- *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Sheriff Aldon Pool
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Waltons* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor
- *Chato's Land* (1972), as Martin Hall
- *The Other* (1972), as Angelini
- *O'Hara, U.S. Treasury* (1971), series, Actor
- *Wild Rovers* (1971), as Sheriff
- *Flap* (1970), as Sgt. Rafferty (Sheriff's Dept.)
- *There Was a Crooked Man...* (1970), as Whiskey
- *Rio Lobo* (1970), as Ketcham
- *Cutter's Trail* (1970), as Alex Bowen
- *Death of a Gunfighter* (1969), as Phil Miller
- *Charro!* (1969), as Vince Hackett
- *Lancer* (1968), series, Actor
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Matt Brandon, Karl Hastings
- *Cimarron Strip* (1967), series, as Rafe Coleman
- *Captain Nice* (1967), series, Actor
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Leduc, Vic Hatcher — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Tarzan* (1966), series, Actor
- *Hero* (1966), series, as Fred Gilman
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Hood #1
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Lloyd Smith, Vincent Roger Tobias, Vince Riles
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Agent 44, Insurance Man
- *Hogan's Heroes* (1965), series, as Commando
- *F Troop* (1965), series, Actor
- *Branded* (1965), series, Actor
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Blue Belly Sangster, Ess
- *Spencer's Mountain* (1963), as Spencer Brother (uncredited)
- *The Dakotas* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Quick and the Dead* (1963), as Milo Riley
- *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, Actor
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Roy, Michael
- *The Clown and the Kid* (1961), as Patrolman #1
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *Hazel* (1961), series, Actor
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Jack
- *Mister Ed* (1961), series, Actor
- *The Magnificent Seven* (1960), as Front Office Clerk
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Jesse Potter, Tom Callahan, Aaron Gore
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Bartender (uncredited)
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Donna Reed Show* (1958), series, Actor
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, Actor
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Travers, Joe Smith, C.K. Ross, Eben Luken, Roland, Sgt. Spear, Roland Daniel, Waco Thompson, Clay Tynan, Ed Vail, Trafton, Jed Frazer, Daniel Shay, Rouse Ruxton, Les Dean, Sheriff Bo Harker, Dibble Pugh · Director
- *Death Valley Days* (1952), series, as Louis Baptiste

## Gallery

- ![Victor French](https://film.one/media/person/3726528/gallery-9dd8b53ac5db.jpg) Victor French — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Victor_French_%281977%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Victor French](https://film.one/media/person/3726528/gallery-0f6faaf1e91a.jpg) Victor French — Image via TMDB

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