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American film director (1927?1994)
E. W. Swackhamer
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Swackhamer in New York, circa 1990, directing an episode of
Law & Order
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Born
| Egbert Warnderink Swackhamer
(
1927-01-17
)
January 17, 1927
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Died
| December 5, 1994
(1994-12-05)
(aged 67)
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Occupation(s)
| Film director
,
film producer
,
television director
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Years active
| 1961?1994
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Spouse
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Egbert Warnderink "E. W." Swackhamer Jr.
(January 17, 1927 ? December 5, 1994) was an American
television
and
film director
.
[1]
Career
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Swackhamer's credits included
M*A*S*H
,
L.A. Law
,
Murder, She Wrote
,
Bewitched
,
The Partridge Family
,
The Flying Nun
, and
Law & Order
.
[2]
Of the 27
pilots
for
television series
directed by Swackhamer, 18 went into regular
production
,
[
citation needed
]
including
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
miniseries
The Dain Curse
during the 1977?78 season.
[3]
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.
[4]
He was working as a director on
Star Command
at the time of his death, of a ruptured
aortic aneurysm
, on December 5, 1994.
Selected filmography
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- The Cosby Mysteries
(2 episodes, 1994)
- MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice
(1994) (TV)
- Law & Order
(8 episodes, 1990?1993)
- The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
(1992) (TV)
- Are You Lonesome Tonight
(1992) (TV)
- Lookwell
(1991) (TV)
- Columbo: Columbo Goes to College
(1990) (TV)
- Jake and the Fatman
(8 episodes, 1987?1990)
- H.E.L.P.
(1990) TV series (unknown episodes)
- In the Heat of the Night
(2 episodes, 1989)
- Christine Cromwell
- "Things That Go Bump in the Night" (1989) TV episode
- Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
(1989) (TV)
- Murder, She Wrote
- "Deadpan" (1988) TV episode
- Desperado: The Return of Desperado
(1988) (TV)
- The Wizard
(3 episodes, 1986)
- L.A. Law
- "The House of the Rising Flan" (1986) TV episode
- Bridge Across Time
(1985) (TV)
- The Rousters
(1983) (TV)
- Malibu
(1983) (TV)
[5]
- Cocaine and Blue Eyes
(1983) (TV)
- Carpool
(1983) (TV)
- Disneyland
- "Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang" (1982) TV episode
- The Oklahoma City Dolls
(1981) (TV)
- Longshot
(1981)
- Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
- "Pilot" (1980) TV episode
- The Death of Ocean View Park
(1979) (TV)
- Vampire
(1979) (TV)
- The Winds of Kitty Hawk
(1978) (TV)
- The Dain Curse
(1978) TV mini-series
- Family
(2 episodes, 1977)
- Spider-Man
(1977) (TV)
- Eight Is Enough
- "Never Try Eating Nectarines Since Juice May Dispense" (1977) TV episode
- The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
- "The Mystery of Pirate's Cove" (1977) TV episode
- Once an Eagle
(1976) TV mini-series
- Quincy, M.E.
- "Go Fight City Hall... to the Death" (1976) TV episode
- Death at Love House
(1976) (TV)
- McCloud
(4 episodes, 1975?1976)
- Switch
(2 episodes, 1975)
- S.W.A.T.
- "S.W.A.T.: Part 1" (1975) TV episode
- The Rookies
(11 episodes, 1972?1975)
- Death Sentence
(1974)
- Chopper One
(2 episodes, 1974)
- The New Perry Mason
(2 episodes, 1973)
- Roll Out
- "The Paper Caper" (1973) TV episode
- The Girl with Something Extra
- "No Benefit of Doubt" (1973) TV episode
- The Partridge Family
(8 episodes, 1970?1973)
- Anna and the King
- "The Chimes" (1972) TV episode
- Bonanza
- "Stallion" (1972) TV episode
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
- "The Trouble with Ralph" (1972) TV episode
- M*A*S*H
- "Chief Surgeon Who?" (1972) TV episode
- Bewitched
(8 episodes, 1965?1972)
- Gidget Gets Married
(1972) (TV)
- Love, American Style
(1971) TV episode (segment "Love and the Reincarnation")
- The Young Rebels
- "Fort Hope" (1970) TV episode
- Here Come the Brides
(6 episodes, 1968?1969)
- The Outcasts
(2 episodes, 1968?1969)
- The Flying Nun
(9 episodes, 1967?1968)
- Love on a Rooftop
(12 episodes, 1966?1967)
- Hazel
(7 episodes, 1965?1966)
- Gidget
(8 episodes, 1965?1966)
- I Dream of Jeannie
(5 episodes, 1965?1966)
- The Donna Reed Show
(2 episodes, 1965)
- The Lieutenant
- "O'Rourke" (1964) TV episode
References
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