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Nationality CanadaBirth 27 june 1927Death 1 november 1995 (at 68 years) at Santa Monica (
USA)
George McCowan (June 27, 1927 – November 1, 1995) was a Canadian film (mostly TV movies) and TV director in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
McCowan began his career working for the Canadian Broadcasting Company. He moved to the United States from Canada in 1967 and stayed there.
He is most notable for directing seven episodes of Charlie's Angels, directing episodes of S.W.A.T. directing episodes of Starsky and Hutch and directing every episode of the popular Canadian series Seeing Things. He worked more often with such shows as The Streets of San Francisco, Fantasy Island, and Hart to Hart. McCowan directed the 1970 TV movie Carter's Army, 1971 Canadian hockey film Face-Off, the 1972 film The Magnificent Seven Ride!, the 1972 horror film Frogs, and the 1976 film Shadow of the Hawk.
McCowan also directed the film H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come and the 1970 television war movie, The Challenge, but for the latter he chose to be credited as Alan Smithee.
McCowan died in 1995 in Santa Monica, California. Biography
Après avoir commencé sa carrière dans son pays natal, George McCowan s'installe aux États-Unis en 1967. Il fait l'essentiel de sa carrière à la télévision, pour laquelle il réalise de nombreux épisodes de série comme Section 4, Drôles de dames ou Starsky et Hutch. Au cinéma, il réalise notamment le western La Chevauchée des sept mercenaires, sorti en 1972, et le film de science-fiction Alerte dans le cosmos, sorti en 1979.
Il a été marié à l'actrice Frances Hyland de 1955 à 1964.
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