George McCowan
Born: 1927-06-27 in Paris, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1995-11-01
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. George McCowan (June 27, 1927 – November 1, 1995) was a Canadian film (mostly TV movies) and TV director in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. McCowan began his career working for the Canadian Broadcasting Company. He moved to the United States from Canada in 1967 and stayed there. He is most notable for directing seven episodes of Charlie's Angels, directing episodes of S.W.A.T., and directing episodes of Starsky and Hutch. He worked more often with such shows as The Streets of San Francisco, Fantasy Island, and Hart to Hart. McCowan directed the 1971 Canadian hockey film Face-Off, the 1972 film, The Magnificent Seven Ride!, the 1972 horror film, Frogs, and the 1976 film Shadow of the Hawk. McCowan also directed the film H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come and the 1970 television war movie,The Challenge, but for the latter he chose to be credited as Alan Smithee. McCowan died in 1995 in Santa Monica, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article George McCowan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1988
- War of the Worlds ... (Director)
1985
- Night Heat ... (Director)
1982
- Bring 'Em Back Alive ... (Director)
1981
- Nero Wolfe ... (Director)
1980
- The July Group ... (Director)
1979
- Hart to Hart ... (Director)
- The Littlest Hobo ... (Director)
- The Shape of Things to Come ... (Director)
- The Return of Mod Squad ... (Director)
1978
- Fantasy Island ... (Director)
- Vega$ ... (Director)
- Return to Fantasy Island ... (Director)
1976
- Charlie's Angels ... (Director)
- Shadow of the Hawk ... (Director)
1975
- Starsky & Hutch ... (Director)
- Murder on Flight 502 ... (Director)
- S.W.A.T. ... (Director)
- Carter's Army ... (Director)
1974
- The Manhunter ... (Director)
- The inbreaker ... (Director)
- To Kill the King ... (Director)
1973
- Barnaby Jones ... (Director)
- The Starlost ... (Director)
1972
- The Rookies ... (Director)
- The Streets of San Francisco ... (Director)
- Frogs ... (Director)
- The Magnificent Seven Ride! ... (Director)
- Search ... (Director)
- Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol ... (Director)
1971
- Cannon ... (Director)
- Face-Off ... (Director)
- The Face of Fear ... (Director)
- If Tomorrow Comes ... (Director)
- Love Hate Love ... (Director)
- Cannon ... (Director)
1970
- The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again ... (Director)
- Dan August ... (Director)
- The Sixth Column ... (Director)
- The Young Rebels ... (Director)
- The Silent Force ... (Director)
- Run, Simon, Run ... (Director)
- The Challenge ... (Director)
1969
- The Ballad of Andy Crocker ... (Director)
- The New People ... (Director)
- The Monk ... (Director)
1968
- The Mod Squad ... (Director)
- The Ugliest Girl in Town ... (Director)
1967
- The Invaders ... (Director)
- Judd for the Defense ... (Director)
1966
- Felony Squad ... (Director)
- Wojeck ... (Director)
1965
- The F.B.I. ... (Director)
1963
- The Forest Rangers ... (Director)