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E.W. Swackhamer is a Director American born on 17 january 1927 at Middletown Township (USA)

E.W. Swackhamer

E.W. Swackhamer
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Birth name Egbert Warnderink Swackhamer Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 17 january 1927 at Middletown Township (USA)
Death 5 december 1994 (at 67 years)

Egbert Warnderink "E. W." Swackhamer Jr. (January 17, 1927, Middletown Township, New Jersey – December 5, 1994, Berlin, Germany) was an American television and film director.

Swackhamer's credits included M*A*S*H, L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, Bewitched, The Partridge Family and The Flying Nun. Of the 27 pilots for television series directed by Swackhamer, 18 went into regular production, including Law & Order, Eight Is Enough, Quincy, M.E., S.W.A.T and Nancy Drew.

Swackhamer was the stage manager for the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He went to Hollywood in 1961, after working on and off Broadway and for national companies as an actor, stage manager and director. Swackhamer received an Emmy Award for directing the six-hour mini-series The Dain Curse during the 1977-78 season.

He was the father of Ten Eyck Swackhamer and Elizabeth Swackhamer with his first wife, Gretchen Shane. He married actress Bridget Hanley on April 26, 1969 and they had two daughters, Bronwyn (born March 3, 1971) and Meagan. He was working as a director on Star Command at the time of his death, of a ruptured aortic aneurysm, on December 5, 1994.

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Filmography of E.W. Swackhamer (9 films)

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Terror at London Bridge
Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors David Hasselhoff, Stepfanie Kramer, Adrienne Barbeau, Randolph Mantooth, Clu Gulager, Kenneth C. Swofford
Rating49% 2.4641752.4641752.4641752.4641752.464175
London Bridge, London, England, 1888. Jack the Ripper dies in the Thames river.
Vampire
Vampire (1979)
, 1h40
Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Richard Lynch, Jason Miller, E. G. Marshall, Kathryn Harrold, Jessica Walter, Barrie Youngfellow
Rating61% 3.050613.050613.050613.050613.05061
San Francisco, 1979. Sur le lieu de construction d'une église, Anton Voytek, un vampire âgé de plusieurs siècles se réveille et sème les cadavres autour de lui. Parmi ses premières victimes, la belle Leslie Rawlins, la femme de l'architecte John Rawlins. Ce dernier voulant la venger en tuant Voytek se rend chez lui et découvre qu'il est un vampire. Ce dernier décide de le faire taire mais l'intervention de Harry Kilcoyne fait tout capoter. Les deux hommes décident de s'unir pour tuer le monstre...
Spider-Man
Spider-Man (1978)
, 1h30
Directed by Ronald Neame, E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about computing, Films about spiders, Spider-Man films, Superhero films, Cyberpunk films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Nicholas Hammond, Lisa Eilbacher, David White, Michael Pataki, Hilly Hicks, Len Lesser
Rating45% 2.2712752.2712752.2712752.2712752.271275
Peter Parker (Nicholas Hammond), a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle, is bitten by a radioactive spider and discovers he has gained superpowers, such as super-strength, agility and the ability to climb sheer walls and ceilings. When a mysterious Guru (Thayer David) places people under mind-control to rob banks and threatens to have ten New Yorkers commit suicide at his command unless the city pays him $50 million, Peter becomes the costumed hero Spider-Man to stop the crook's fiendish scheme. Things take a bad turn when the villain hypnotizes Peter Parker into being one of the ten people to jump off a building on command.
Death at Love House, 1h14
Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Actors Robert Wagner, Kate Jackson, Sylvia Sidney, Marianna Hill, Joan Blondell, John Carradine
Rating51% 2.566012.566012.566012.566012.56601
While on a tour in Hollywood, a young couple, Joel and Donna Gregory (Robert Wagner and Kate Jackson), arrive at the house of Lorna Love, an infamous actress who died in 1935. There, they meet with housekeepers Clara Josephs (Sylvia Sidney) and Oscar Payne (Bill Macy), to investigate the mystery behind Lorna and finish a book that they are writing on the actress, an interest that came out of the discovery that Joel's father was her lover. While staying at the mansion, strange incidents occur. The couple immediately notice a portrait of Lorna, painted by Joel's father, and shortly after, Donna catches a 1930s-dressed woman at the center-located shrine in the garden.
Once an Eagle (miniseries), 9h
Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Actors Sam Elliott, Cliff Potts, Darlene Carr, Darleen Carr, Amy Irving, Glenn Ford
Rating79% 3.9807053.9807053.9807053.9807053.980705
Sam Damon (Sam Elliott) is a virile and praiseworthy warrior. Courtney Massengale (Cliff Potts) is the opposite—an impotent, self-aggrandizing conniver.
Gidget Gets Married, 1h13
Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Surfing films
Actors Paul Lynde, Michael Burns, Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Macdonald Carey, Elinor Donahue
Rating46% 2.3209452.3209452.3209452.3209452.320945
Now that Jeff has completed his military service and landed a lucrative job as an engineer, he and Gidget marry and move to Glossop, Maryland, where his new job is. Gidget finds that Jeff's company exerts far too much control over their lives, deciding where they will live and even choosing their friends for them. Gidget's rebellion against this lands Jeff in hot water, and their marriage is sorely tested.
Man and Boy, 1h38
Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime, Western
Actors Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, Leif Erickson, John Anderson, Henry Silva, Dub Taylor
Rating55% 2.7664852.7664852.7664852.7664852.766485
Après la Guerre de Sécession, un ancien soldat noir de l'Union, sa femme et son fils s'installent en Arizona pour reconstruire leur vie.