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Craig R. Baxley

Craig R. Baxley

Director and actor · Born October 20, 1949 (77) · Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 20, 1949 (77)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Director and actor
Titles
66 on MovieCove · 85 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 29% in 30 days

What are Craig R. Baxley's films like?

Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 25th percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
37%
Self
18%
Survival
17%
Bonds
9%
Society
7%
Power
7%
Ideas
5%
Justice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFaith3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 11 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 8 · Intense 7

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
20
Dread
10
Melancholic
7
Thrilling
5
Contemplative
3
Other
6

How their films linger

Fun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet9
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Craig R. Baxley's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 66 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (26).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Craig R. Baxley's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

85 credits, 66 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Harper's Island(2009)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Aces 'N' Eights(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Lost Room(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Triangle(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Left Behind III: World at War(2005)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Kingdom Hospital (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer(2003)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Sniper 2(2002)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Glow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Rose Red(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Unlocking Rose Red: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • A Touch of Hope(1999)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Storm of the Century(1999)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Chameleon II: Death Match(1999)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Silencing Mary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • Bad Day on the Block(1997)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Twilight Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director

  • Twisted Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Writer

  • The Avenging Angel(1995)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Deconstructing Sarah(1994)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Deep Red (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director

  • A Family Torn Apart(1993)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Revenge on the Highway(1992)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Raven: Return of the Black Dragons(1992)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Stone Cold(1991)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • I Come in Peace(1990)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Action Jackson(1988)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Predator(1987)

    Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The A-Team(1983)

    Show 94 episodes · Director · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Renegades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Second Unit Director

  • Six Pack(1982)

    Stunt Driver

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Seduction(1982)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Reds(1981)

    Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Honky Tonk Freeway(1981)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Take This Job and Shove It(1981)

    Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Wholly Moses!(1980)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Long Riders(1980)

    Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • All God's Children(1980)

    Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Delta Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator

  • Mind Over Murder(1979)

    Stunt Coordinator · as Bobby

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Skatetown U.S.A.(1979)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Death Car on the Freeway(1979)

    Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Nightwing(1979)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Warriors(1979)

    Stunt Driver · as Punk (Black and Yellow)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Big Fix(1978)

    Stunt Driver

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Foul Play(1978)

    Stunt Double

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Heaven Can Wait(1978)

    Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Zero to Sixty(1978)

    Stunt Driver

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Young Runaways (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Stunt Driver

  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977)

    Stunt Driver

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Fun with Dick and Jane(1977)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Cannonball!(1976)

    Stunt Driver

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Logan's Run(1976)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Kolchak: Demon and the Mummy(1975)

    as Staff Sgt. Rolf Anderson

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie(1976)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Rollerball(1975)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Lepke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Stunts

  • Search for the Gods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Second Unit · Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator

  • Shampoo(1975)

    Stunt Double

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Report to the Commissioner(1975)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Nickel Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Stunt Coordinator · Stunts

  • Earthquake(1974)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Nightmare Honeymoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Stunt Double

  • Harry O (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Stunt Coordinator · Stunt Driver

  • 99 and 44/100% Dead!(1974)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The White Dawn(1974)

    Stunt Double

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Majestyk(1974)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Parallax View(1974)

    Stunt Double · as C.I.A. Agent - Top of Space Needle (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to Arrow Beach(1973)

    Stunt Coordinator · as Young Driver

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Planet Earth(1974)

    Stunt Driver

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Get Christie Love!(1974)

    Stunt Driver

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker(1974)

    Show as Mr. R.I.N.G.

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Cry Rape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Stunts

  • Charley Varrick(1973)

    Stunt Driver · as Van Sickle

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Battle for the Planet of the Apes(1973)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Charley and the Angel(1973)

    Stunt Driver

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Outside Man(1972)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Poseidon Adventure(1972)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Trouble Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Stunts

  • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes(1972)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Ben(1972)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • What's Up, Doc?(1972)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Diamonds Are Forever(1971)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Sheriff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Stunt Driver

Career shape

A full career of 83 titles from 1971 to 2008.

Biggest box office

Action Jackson (1988)

$20M worldwide

Highest rated

Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)

Midcredits 95th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting6 of 83: 1 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score88thDirecting28 of 83: 26 only directing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score27thWriting1 of 83: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleOther crew55 of 83: 49 only other crew, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score57th

83 titles, 7 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1970s45 · 6 acting · 44 crew1980s12 · crew1990s15 · crew2000s11 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Craig R. Baxley's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 59; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 66 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th18
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 66 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed28

Most divisive · director

Left Behind III: World at War (2005)

93rd percentile spread · 42% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Charley Varrick (1973)

Midcredits 95th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 57/100 and the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Craig R. Baxley's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles56–92 · median 83 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles13–57 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 56 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 46 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 63 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Craig R. Baxley work with?

People who share at least 2 of Craig R. Baxley's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sonny Baskin shares the most, 10.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers