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George McCowan

Highest Rated: 26% Frogs (1972)

Lowest Rated: 26% Frogs (1972)

Birthday: Jun 27, 1927

Birthplace: Paris, Ontario, Canada

Born and raised in Canada, George McCowan moved to the United States at a young age and became a well-known television director of such shows as "Charlie's Angels" and "The Mod Squad." He made his television directorial debut on the 1962 series "Playdate," and from 1963 to 1965 he directed over 35 episodes of the Canadian series "The Forest Rangers." He worked steadily in Canada through the '60s and by 1967 he had moved to the United States, where he landed work directing such shows as "The F.B.I." and "Felony Squad." From 1968 to 1972 he worked on the cult undercover police drama "The Mod Squad," and later directed the private detective series "Cannon" and the short-lived "S.W.A.T.." In 1976 McCowan worked on two massively popular series; "Starsky and Hutch," about two wiseguy street cops, and "Charlie's Angels," which followed the adventures of three beautiful female private detectives. During the '80s he worked on numerous hit TV series, including "Fantasy Island" and "Hart to Hart." From 1981 to 1987 he returned to Canada to direct the supernatural mystery series "Seeing Things."

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Highest-Rated Movies

26% 25% Frogs
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The Ballad of Andy Crocker
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If Tomorrow Comes
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31% The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
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31% Murder on Flight 502
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The Face of Fear
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Hot Money
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Love Hate Love
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20% Run, Simon, Run
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100% Return to Fantasy Island
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Filmography

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Sanity Clause 1990 Director Hot Money 1983 Director The July Group 1981 Director The Shape of Things to Come 16% 1979 Director The Return of the Mod Squad 1979 Director Return to Fantasy Island 100% 1978 Director Separation 1977 Director Shadow of the Hawk 37% 1976 Director Murder on Flight 502 31% 1975 Director The Magnificent Seven Ride! 26% 1972 Director Frogs 26% 25% 1972 Director Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol 1972 Director Winter Comes Early 17% 1971 Director Cannon 1971 Director If Tomorrow Comes 1971 Director The Face of Fear 1971 Director Run, Simon, Run 20% 1970 Director The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again 31% 1970 Director Love Hate Love 1970 Director The Challenge 1970 Director The Love War 1970 Director The Ballad of Andy Crocker 1969 Director Black Brigade 30% 1969 Director The Monk 1969 Director
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