Walter Grauman
Walter Grauman held a variety of different posts and positions before becoming one of Hollywood's most prolific television directors. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force, owned a small business, then moved to Los Angeles to work at NBC Studios, where he began his entertainment career. His directorial debut came in 1955 with the series "Matinee Theatre" and he continued to direct episodes of series like "Steve Canyon," "Perry Mason," and "The Untouchables" in the late 1950s and early '60s. He continued to build his extensive TV resume in the 1960s while also directing films like the WWII-inspired "633 Squadron" and "I Deal in Danger." He directed several made-for-TV movies in the early 1970s including the thriller"The Old Man Who Cried Wolf," which earned him a Directors Guild Award nomination in 1971. One year later he began directing the crime series "The Streets of San Francisco" and helped a then-unknown Michael Douglas land the leading role. Grauman returned to directing made-for-TV movies like "Top of the Hill," "To Race the Wind," and "Pleasure Palace" in the early 1980s before starting a 12-year run directing episodes for the popular mystery series "Murder, She Wrote" in 1984. Aside from being a director, Grauman is the creator of the Los Angeles Spotlight Awards, which grants scholarships to aspiring young performing artists. He is also the closest living relative to Sid Grauman, owner of such famous L.A. establishments as Grauman's Chinese, Egyptian, and Million Dollar Theaters.
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Walter Grauman
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Columbo: Murder in Malibu | Director | - | 1990 |
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Nightmare on the 13th Floor |
Director, Executive Producer |
- | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shakedown on the Sunset Strip | Director | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Is Julia? | Director | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Outrage! | Director | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Covenant | Director | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bare Essence: The Final Chapter | Director | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Illusions | Director | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bare Essence | Director | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls | Director | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pleasure Palace | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Top of the Hill | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Race the Wind |
Director, Executive Producer |
- | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Memory of Eva Ryker | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crisis in Mid-Air | Director | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Golden Gate Murders | Director | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Are You in the House Alone? | Director | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Most Wanted | Director | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Force Five | Director | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Manhunter | Director | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Director | - | 1972 |
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Paper Man |
Director, Executive Producer |
- | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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They Call It Murder |
Director, Producer |
- | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Men Tell No Tales | Director | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Forgotten Man | Director | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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Crowhaven Farm |
Director, Producer |
- | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf |
Director, Producer |
- | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Escape | Director | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daughter of the Mind |
Director, Producer |
- | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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I Deal in Danger | Director | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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A Rage to Live | Director | - | 1965 |
20% |
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Lady in a Cage | Director | - | 1964 |
29% |
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633 Squadron | Director | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Disembodied | Director | - | 1957 |
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Manhunt in Space | Director | - | 1954 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Director | 1984-1996 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Columbo | Director | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Director | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Director | 1973-1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco |
Director, Writer |
1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Director | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Director | 1963-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Director | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Director | 1962-1963 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Director | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Director | 1960-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Director | 1959-1960 |