Craig R. Baxley

Craig Redding Baxley is an American actor director 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 MASH The Dukes of Hazzard and The ATeam 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 MD and SWAT 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 Baxleys 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