Richard T. Heffron (October 6, 1930 – August 27, 2007) was an American film director.

He worked on many television series such as The Rockford Files and films including I Will Fight No More Forever (1975), Futureworld (1976),^[1] Foolin' Around (1980), the 1982 Mike Hammer film I, the Jury, Pancho Barnes (1988), and La révolution française (1989). He also directed the six-episode miniseries North and South but did not return to direct its follow-up series in 1986 and 1994.

Heffron also produced and directed Night of the Dragon (1965), a propaganda film produced by the US Information Agency and narrated by Charlton Heston about South Viternam.