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George Waggner

George Waggner

Highest Rated: 91% The Wolf Man (1941)

Lowest Rated: 20% Operation Pacific (1951)

Birthday: Sep 7, 1894

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Began his career as a silent film actor, became a songwriter with the advent of sound and moved into screenwriting and directing in the 1930s. Probably best known for "The Wolf Man" (1941), Waggner also directed TV shows into the 60s, including "77 Sunset Strip," "The Untouchables" and "Batman."

Highest rated movies

79% The Sheik
75% The Iron Horse

Photos

THE IRON HORSE, George Waggner, Walter Rodgers, Will Walling, 1924, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fury River Director - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Commies Are Coming, the Commies Are Coming Director - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mission of Danger Director - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man From God's Country Writer - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Destination: 60,000 Director - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pawnee Director,
Writer 		- 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Return From the Sea Screenwriter - 1954
20% 50% Operation Pacific Director - 1951
No Score Yet 65% The Fighting Kentuckian Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1949
No Score Yet 38% Gunfighters Director - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tangier Director - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Frisco Sal Director - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shady Lady Director - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gypsy Wildcat Producer - 1944
73% 85% Cobra Woman Producer - 1944
No Score Yet 19% The Climax Director - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Destiny Director,
Producer 		- 1944
25% 56% Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman Producer - 1943
77% 77% Phantom of the Opera Producer - 1943
73% 41% The Ghost of Frankenstein Producer - 1942
No Score Yet 38% Horror Island Director - 1941
No Score Yet 34% Man-Made Monster Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1941
91% 80% The Wolf Man Director,
Producer 		- 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Badlands of Dakota Producer - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sealed Lips Director - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet South of Tahiti Director - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Son of the Navy Screenwriter - 1940
80% 46% Phantom of Chinatown Screenwriter - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Drums of the Desert Director - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wolf Call Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mystery Plane Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stunt Pilot Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Phantom Stage Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Outlaw Express Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Air Devils Screenwriter - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guilty Trails Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Western Trails Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Bandit Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Three Legionnaires Screenwriter - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Cover the War Screenwriter - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Idol of the Crowds Screenwriter - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sea Spoilers Screenwriter - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girl o' My Dreams Screenwriter - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet City Limits Writer - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi Screenwriter - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gorilla Ship Screenwriter - 1932
75% 80% The Iron Horse Buffalo Bill (Character) - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desert Driven Craydon (Character) - 1923
79% 56% The Sheik Yousaef (tribal chieftain) (Character) - 1921

TV

Credit
72% 78% Batman Director 1966-1967
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Director 1966-1967
No Score Yet 100% The Green Hornet Director 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Writer 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cheyenne Director 1959-1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Surfside 6 Director 1960-1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronco Director 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Director,
Writer 		1957 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Northwest Passage Director,
Writer 		1958-1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Director 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Screen Directors Playhouse Director,
Writer 		1955-1956