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George McCowan

Film Director / Television Director / Screenwriter | * 06/27/1927 († 68, 11/01/1995) | Paris, Ontario (Canada)
George McCowan (June 27, 1927 – November 1, 1995) was a Canadian film and television director in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. McCowan began his career working for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He worked as an actor and director for several seasons at the Stratford Festival, and moved to the United States in 1967. He directed episodes of Charlie's Angels, S.W.A.T., and Starsky and Hutch, as well as every episode of the popular Canadian series Seeing Things. He also worked on such shows as The Silent Force, The Mod Squad, The Streets of San Francisco, Fantasy Island, and Hart to Hart. McCowan directed the 1970 TV movie Carter's Army, t... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Crime

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Jason Crockett is an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Pickett Smith is a free-lance photographer who is doing a ...

Frogs

FSK: 16+ years

1972 | 2.4/5 | 1h 31min
Horror, Mystery
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A Papago Indian returns to his reservation after a prison term and searches for his brother's killer. ...

Run, Simon, Run

Certification unknown

1970 | 2.5/5 | 1h 14min
Action, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie
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Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Del ...

The Shape of Things to Come

Certification unknown

1979 | 2.2/5 | 1h 38min
Science Fiction
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Seeing Things is a Canadian comedy-drama mystery television series which originally aired on CBC Television from 1981 to 1987. It was also seen in Europe, South Africa, Singapore, Spain, Australia and ...

Seeing Things

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1981 | 2.5/5 | 1h per episode
 
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Movies with George McCowan as Crew(23)

Directing/Director1980 The July Group
Directing/Director1979 The Return of Mod Squad
Directing/Director1979 The Shape of Things to Come
Directing/Director1978 Return to Fantasy Island
Directing/Director1976 Shadow of the Hawk
Directing/Director1975 Murder on Flight 502
Directing/Director1974 The inbreaker
Directing/Director1974 To Kill the King
Directing/Director1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Directing/Director1972 Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Directing/Director1972 Frogs
Directing/Director1971 Cannon
Directing/Director1971 Face-Off
Directing/Director1971 If Tomorrow Comes
Directing/Director1971 The Face of Fear
Directing/Director1971 Love Hate Love
Directing/Director1970 The Sixth Column
Directing/Director1970 The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Directing/Director1970 The Challenge
Directing/Director1970 Run, Simon, Run
Directing/Director1970 Carter's Army
Directing/Director1969 The Monk
Directing/Director1969 The Ballad of Andy Crocker

TV Shows/Series with George McCowan as Crew(29)

Directing/Director1988 War of the Worlds
Directing/Director1985 Night Heat
Directing/Director1982 Bring 'Em Back Alive
Directing/Director1981 Nero Wolfe
Directing/Director1979 Hart to Hart
Directing/Director1978 Vega$
Directing/Director1978 Fantasy Island
Directing/Director1976 Charlie's Angels
Directing/Director1975 Starsky & Hutch
Directing/Director1975 S.W.A.T.
Directing/Director1974 The Manhunter
Directing/Director1973 The Starlost
Directing/Director1973 Barnaby Jones
Directing/Director1972 The Streets of San Francisco
Directing/Director1972 Search
Directing/Director1972 The Rookies
Directing/Director1971 Cannon
Directing/Director1970 Dan August
Directing/Director1970 The Silent Force
Directing/Director1970 The Young Rebels
Directing/Director1969 The New People
Directing/Director1968 The Mod Squad
Directing/Director1968 The Ugliest Girl in Town
Directing/Director1967 Judd for the Defense
Directing/Director1967 The Invaders
Directing/Director1966 Felony Squad
Directing/Director1966 Wojeck
Directing/Director1965 The F.B.I.
Directing/Director1963 The Forest Rangers

Full Name: George McCowan
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Monday, 06/27 1927 (June) in Paris, Ontario (Canada)
Died: Wednesday, 11/01 1995 (November) in Santa Monica (aged: 68)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Frances Hyland
George McCowan frequently works together with these people:
Peter Mark Richman (19x, Actor)
Richard Anderson (18x, Actor)
Frank Marth (18x, Actor)
James B. Sikking (17x, Actor)
Dabbs Greer (17x, Actor)
Dabney Coleman (16x, Actor)
Don Gordon (15x, Actor)
Harold Gould (15x, Actor)
Noah Keen (15x, Actor)
Burr DeBenning (15x, Actor)
Aaron Spelling (14x, Crew)
Lawrence Dobkin (14x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:495266, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024