George McCowan

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1927-06-27

Deathday 1995-11-01 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, Ontario, Canada

George McCowan

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.

Known For

Director

1988
War of the Worlds

as Director

1985
Night Heat

as Director

1982
1981
Nero Wolfe

as Director

1980
The July Group

as Director

1979
1979
Hart to Hart

as Director

1979
The Littlest Hobo

as Director

1978
1978
Vega$

as Director

1978
Fantasy Island

as Director

1976
Shadow of the Hawk

as Director

1976
Charlie's Angels

as Director

1975
Carter's Army

as Director

1975
1975
S.W.A.T.

as Director

1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Director

1974
The inbreaker

as Director

1974
To Kill the King

as Director

1974
The Manhunter

as Director

1973
The Starlost

as Director

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Director

1972
Frogs

as Director

1972
The Rookies

as Director

1972
Search

as Director

1971
Face-Off

as Director

1971
Love Hate Love

as Director

1971
If Tomorrow Comes

as Director

1971
Cannon

as Director

1971
The Face of Fear

as Director

1971
Cannon

as Director

1970
Run, Simon, Run

as Director

1970
The Sixth Column

as Director

1970
The Challenge

as Director

1970
Dan August

as Director

1970
The Young Rebels

as Director

1970
The Silent Force

as Director

1969
The Monk

as Director

1969
The New People

as Director

1968
1968
The Mod Squad

as Director

1967
1967
The Invaders

as Director

1966
Wojeck

as Director

1966
Felony Squad

as Director

1965
The F.B.I.

as Director

1963
The Forest Rangers

as Director