death_date death_place years_active birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation alma_mater
29 january 2012 los angeles , california , u.s. 1951 -- 2009 rockaway beach , new york , u.s. 6 july 1925 johnrichdirector.jpg john rich -lrb- director -rrb-
 john rich television/film director , producer university of michigan
john rich -lrb- director -rrb-

john rich -lrb- july 6 , 1925 -- january 29 , 2012 -rrb- was an american film and television director .
he directed such television shows as `` colonel humphrey flack '' , `` i married joan '' , `` gunsmoke '' , `` bonanza '' , `` where 's raymond ? ''
, `` mister ed '' , `` the dick van dyke show '' , `` all in the family '' , `` the jeffersons '' , `` maude '' , `` good times '' , `` barney miller '' , `` newhart '' , `` benson '' , `` the brady bunch '' , and `` gilligan 's island '' .
his feature film credits include `` wives and lovers '' , `` boeing boeing '' , `` roustabout '' and `` easy come , easy go '' -lrb- the latter two starring elvis presley -rrb- .
he also participated in the live telecast of the opening day ceremonies of disneyland in 1955 .
he won an emmy for `` the dick van dyke show '' , two emmys for `` all in the family '' , and two golden globes and an n.a.a.c.p. image award for `` all in the family '' .
in the 1980s , rich and henry winkler formed a production company called henry winkler/john rich productions and together they produced `` macgyver '' for paramount television .
rich studied at the university of michigan earning both a b.a. and an m.a. degree in english .
mr. rich died on january 29 , 2012 after a brief illness , he was survived by his wife of 22 years , the former patricia dodds ; a daughter , catherine rich -lrb- with dancer/choreographer sylvia lewis -rrb- ; two sons , anthony rich -lrb- television director , `` the big bang theory '' -rrb- and robert rich ; three stepdaughters , megan lewis , kimberly beres , and dana benton ; and eight grandchildren .
