Russ Doughten

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-02-16 (86 years old)

Deathday

2013-08-19

Place of Birth

-

Russ Doughten

Biography

Russell S. Doughten Jr. (February 16, 1927 – August 19, 2013) was an American film-maker and producer of numerous short and feature-length Christian films. His film work is credited under numerous variations of his name: with or without the "Jr." suffix or middle initial, and sometimes using the informal "Russ" instead of "Russell". Nearly all of his Christian films were shot in various locales in his home state of Iowa. While he worked on films, most notably as producer and director (uncredited) of the 1958 sci-fi/horror classic The Blob, he was best known for the religious Thief In The Night series, which dramatizes the Rapture and Second ...

Acting

1972

A Thief in the Night

as Rev. Matthew Turner

1983

The Prodigal Planet

as Reverend Matthew Turner

1981

Image of the Beast

as Reverend Matthew Turner

1978

A Distant Thunder

as Reverend Matthew Turner

Production

1967

The Hostage

as Director

1981

Image of the Beast

as Executive Producer

1981

Image of the Beast

as Original Story

1981

Image of the Beast

as Screenplay

1978

A Distant Thunder

as Executive Producer

1978

A Distant Thunder

as Screenplay

1978

A Distant Thunder

as Original Story

1972

1977

1979

The Paradise Trail

as Executive Producer

1972

A Thief in the Night

as Executive Producer

1976

A Stranger in My Forest

as Executive Producer

1980

Heaven's Heroes

as Screenplay

1979

The Paradise Trail

as Screenplay

1974

Blood on the Mountain

as Executive Producer

1981

Home Safe

as Writer

1980

Heaven's Heroes

as Executive Producer

1974

1983

The Prodigal Planet

as Screenplay

1984

The Shepherd

as Executive Producer

1984

The Shepherd

as Story

1983

The Prodigal Planet

as Executive Producer

1983

The Healing

as Director

1975

Happiness Is...

as Director

1982

1981

Brother Enemy

as Director

1977

Sammy

as Director

1978

Nite Song

as Director

1980

Whitcomb's War

as Director

1977

Ride the Wind

as Director

1975

Survival

as Executive Producer

1958

The Blob

as Associate Producer

1975

Survival

as Writer

1960

Teenage Diary

as Director

1968

Fever Heat

as Director

1974

The Lundstroms Livin' Happy

as Associate Producer

1973

Traveling with the Lundstroms

as Associate Producer

1975

The Lundstroms: Headin' West

as Associate Producer

1976

1967

The Hostage

as Producer

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