George Waggner

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-09-07 (90 years old)

Deathday

1984-12-11

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

George Waggner

Biography

George Waggner  (September 7, 1894 - December 11, 1984) was an American film director, producer and actor. Born in New York City, he made his film debut as Yousayef in The Sheik (1921). He later went on to appearances in Western films. The first film he directed was Western Trails (1938) and his most well-known directorial effort arguably remains The Wolf Man (1941). In the 1960s, he directed episodes of the television series Maverick, Batman, The Green Hornet, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. He also directed John Wayne and Oliver Hardy wearing coonskin caps in The Fighting Kentuckian (1949), in which his daughter, Shy Waggner, appeared in a ca...

Acting

1922

The Great Alone

as Bradley Carstairs (as George Waggoner)

1924

His Hour

as Sasha Basmanoff

1925

The Iron Horse

as Buffalo Bill

1926

Love's Blindness

as Oscar Issacson

1923

Desert Driven

as Craydon

1921

The Sheik

as Yousaef - Tribal Chieftain (as George Waggener)

Production

1940

1942

Sealed Lips

as Director

1942

Sealed Lips

as Screenplay

1941

The Wolf Man

as Producer

1941

The Wolf Man

as Director

1951

Operation Pacific

as Screenplay

1951

1949

1944

The Climax

as Director

1947

Gunfighters

as Director

1941

Man-Made Monster

as Director

1940

The Fatal Hour

as Adaptation

1940

On the Spot

as Story

1940

On the Spot

as Screenplay

1941

Horror Island

as Director

1935

1957

Pawnee

as Director

1945

Shady Lady

as Director

1939

Mystery Plane

as Director

1960

1937

I Cover the War!

as Screenplay

1946

Tangier

as Director

1938

Black Bandit

as Director

1943

White Savage

as Producer

1944

Gypsy Wildcat

as Producer

1938

Black Bandit

as Writer

1938

1938

1939

Wolf Call

as Director

1941

Man-Made Monster

as Screenplay

1945

Frisco Sal

as Director

1935

Cheers of the Crowd

as Screenplay

1939

Stunt Pilot

as Director

1938

Western Trails

as Director

1939

1939

1957

1957

1939

Wolf Call

as Screenplay

1941

Flying Cadets

as Screenplay

1946

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

as Original Story

1936

Sea Spoilers

as Screenplay

1962

Red Nightmare

as Director

1935

Cappy Ricks Returns

as Screenplay

1935

The Healer

as Writer

1939

The Phantom Stage

as Screenplay

1940

Laughing at Danger

as Screenplay

1940

1939

Sky Patrol

as Screenplay

1940

1940

Drums of the Desert

as Screenplay

1939

Stunt Pilot

as Writer

1939

Mystery Plane

as Screenplay

1934

City Limits

as Screenplay

1941

Father Steps Out

as Screenplay

1933

He Couldn't Take It

as Additional Dialogue

1961

Fury River

as Director

1954

1944

The Climax

as Producer

1944

Cobra Woman

as Producer

1958

1958

Jack the Ripper

as Director

1941

South of Tahiti

as Producer

1942

Invisible Agent

as Associate Producer

1938

The Spy Ring

as Screenplay

1939

Oklahoma Terror

as Screenplay

1950

1940

Queen of the Yukon

as Screenplay

1934

1934

Girl o' My Dreams

as Screenplay

1954

Bitter Creek

as Screenplay

1957

Pawnee

as Writer

1941

South of Tahiti

as Director

1937

1937

Idol of the Crowds

as Screenplay

1938

State Police

as Screenplay

1938

State Police

as Original Story

1938

Outlaw Express

as Director

1943

1938

Midnight Intruder

as Screenplay

1945

Frisco Sal

as Producer

1935

Dizzy Dames

as Screenplay

1932

Gorilla Ship

as Writer

1935

The Nut Farm

as Writer

1939

Honor of the West

as Screenplay

1938

Western Trails

as Screenplay

1939

1938

Air Devils

as Screenplay

1955

Arroyo

as Director

1956

1941

Badlands of Dakota

as Associate Producer

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