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Frank Pierson

Frank Romer Pierson was a Hollywood director and screenwriter, who often has his most famous line of scripted dialog quoted, "What we've got here is a failure to communicate", delivered by the prison warden to the inmate, played by Paul Newman, in Cool Hand Luke (1967)


Aliases
  • Frank R. Pierson
English

Director

Episode Nichols
Wonder Fizz Flies Again
1972
Episode Redigo
Prince Among Men
1963
Episode The L Word
Lone Star
2006
Episode Route 66
Build Your Houses With Their Backs to the Sea
1963
Episode Nichols
Nichols
1971
Episode Nichols
The Indian Giver
1971
Episode Nichols
The Specialists
1971

Writer

Episode Mad Men
Signal 30
2012
Episode Naked City
The S.S. American Dream
1963
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Out at the Old Ballpark
1960
Episode Redigo
Prince Among Men
1963
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
The Night the Town Died
1960
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Shot by Request
1959
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
The Ledge
1960
Episode The Good Wife
Hybristophilia
2010
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Fragile
1959
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
The Road
1961
Episode Naked City
A Case Study of Two Savages
1962
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
The Campaign of Billy Banjo
1960
Episode Redigo
The Hunters
1963
Episode Route 66
Build Your Houses With Their Backs to the Sea
1963
Episode Nichols
Nichols
1971
Episode Nichols
Deer Crossing
1971
Episode Nichols
The Specialists
1971
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Champagne Safari
1959
Episode Nichols
Eddie Joe
1972
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
The Search
1960
Episode Nichols
The Unholy Alliance
1972

Producer

Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
The Trap
1962
Episode Nichols
All in the Family
1972
Episode Nichols
The Siege
1971
Episode Nichols
Gulley vs. Hansen
1971