Nighthawks director dies

Bruce Malmuth, who directed such films as Nighthawks and Hard to Kill and had small acting parts in The Karate Kid and other films, has died, aged 71.

Malmuth was best-known for directing Sylvester Stallone in the 1981 thriller Nighthawks and Steven Seagal in the 1990 political action film Hard to Kill, as well as Where Are All the Children, starring Jill Clayburgh.

He also worked on documentaries, including Baseballs or Switchblades? and the Emmy-winning A Boy’s Dream, which featured baseball star Darryl Strawberry.

An avid sports fan, Malmuth played the ring announcer in 1984’s The Karate Kid, among other small film roles.

Malmuth began making documentaries while serving in the US Army, where he met baseball announcer Walter “Red” Barber. After his military career, Malmuth directed the New York Yankee games at WPIX radio in New York before entering the film and television industry.

He died on Tuesday of cancer, said his brother Daniel Malmuth.