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Robert Ginty was an actor, director and producer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 14, 1948. He attended Yale (1970-1972) and City College of New York (1966-1968), but did not receive a degree. He studied acting at Neighborhood Playhouse (1968-1969) and other prestigious places. During the early 1970s, he was on the stage of several northeastern regional theaters.

His first notable role was in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976-1978) with Robert Conrad. The show was about the exploits of a Second World War flying ace and his squadron of misfits. He is perhaps better known for his role in the television version of The Paper Chase with John Houseman.

His first big film break was in the Jane Fonda movie Coming Home (1978). During the 1980s and 1990s he was known for his violent action films. His most famous role was as John Eastland in The Exterminator, a low-budget hit. He also starred in several other action roles, in violent thrillers that mostly went straight to video: Gold Raiders, Maniac Killer, Code Name: Vengeance, Exterminator 2, The Bounty Hunter, and Vietnam, Texas. Ginty was the director (and star) of the action thriller Vietnam, Texas, which won the best director award at the Houston International Fi

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Robert Ginty

American actor (1948–2009)

Robert Winthrop Ginty (November 14, 1948 – September 21, 2009) was an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ginty took interest in the arts at a young age and went on to study acting at Yale University. Ginty worked in theatre until he moved to Hollywood in the mid-1970s. He started to play supporting roles on television and films, most notably a recurring role on the series The Paper Chase and two Hal Ashby films: Bound for Glory (1976) and Coming Home (1978). Ginty became an action film lead with his breakthrough role in James Glickenhaus's vigilante film The Exterminator (1980), which became a box-office success.

Up to the early 1990s Ginty acted in action oriented films such as The Act (1982), White Fire (1985), Mission Kill (1986), Programmed to Kill (1987), Out On Bail (1989). He also directed and starred in The Bounty Hunter (1989), Vietnam, Texas (1990) and Lady Dragon (1992). In the 1990s, Ginty focused on directing episodic television, including China Beach (1988), Xena: Warrior Princess (1995), Nash Bridges (1996), Charmed (1998), Tracker (2001), etc.

In the last decade of his life, Ginty, who died in 2009, became a theatre director and an