E.W. Swackhamer

E.W. Swackhamer

E.W. Swackhamer was an American television and film director with an extensive career spanning several decades. His credits include directing episodes of popular TV series such as MASH*, L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, Bewitched, and Law & Order. Notably, he directed 27 pilots for television series, 18 of which went into regular production, including Eight Is Enough, Quincy, M.E., and S.W.A.T.. Swackhamer received an Emmy Award for directing the miniseries The Dain Curse during the 1977–78 season. He was married to actress Bridget Hanley and had two daughters.

  • Title: E.W. Swackhamer
  • Popularity: 2.478
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1927-01-17
  • Place of Birth: Middletown, New York, USA
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E.W. Swackhamer Movies

  • 1969
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    In Name Only

    In Name Only

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1974
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    Death Sentence

    Death Sentence

    5.7 1974 HD

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  • 1977
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    Night Terror

    Night Terror

    6.3 1977 HD

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  • 1983
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    Carpool

    Carpool

    2 1983 HD

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  • 1971
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    Man and Boy

    Man and Boy

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1985
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    Terror at London Bridge

    Terror at London Bridge

    5.1 1985 HD

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  • 1976
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    Death at Love House

    Death at Love House

    4.7 1976 HD

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  • 1977
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    Spider-Man

    Spider-Man

    6.2 1977 HD

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  • 1972
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    Movin' On

    Movin' On

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1969
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    In Name Only

    In Name Only

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton

    The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton

    6.5 1992 HD

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  • 1992
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    Are You Lonesome Tonight?

    Are You Lonesome Tonight?

    3.3 1992 HD

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  • 1972
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    Gidget Gets Married

    Gidget Gets Married

    5.6 1972 HD

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  • 1992
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    Perfect Family

    Perfect Family

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1979
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    Vampire

    Vampire

    5.7 1979 HD

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  • 1970
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    Three For Tahiti

    Three For Tahiti

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Death of Ocean View Park

    The Death of Ocean View Park

    6 1979 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Winds of Kitty Hawk

    The Winds of Kitty Hawk

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1981
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    Longshot

    Longshot

    5 1981 HD

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  • 1976
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    Crunch

    Crunch

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1994
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    MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice

    MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice

    6 1994 HD

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  • 1985
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    Brothers-in-Law

    Brothers-in-Law

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1989
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    Desperado: Badlands Justice

    Desperado: Badlands Justice

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

    Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

    9.5 1989 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Return of Desperado

    The Return of Desperado

    6.5 1988 HD

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  • 1994
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    MacShayne: Winner Takes All

    MacShayne: Winner Takes All

    5 1994 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Oklahoma City Dolls

    The Oklahoma City Dolls

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1983
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    Cocaine and Blue Eyes

    Cocaine and Blue Eyes

    4.3 1983 HD

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  • 1972
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    Gidget Gets Married

    Gidget Gets Married

    5.6 1972 HD

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  • 1991
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    Lookwell

    Lookwell

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1980
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    Reward

    Reward

    5 1980 HD

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  • 1983
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    Malibu

    Malibu

    3 1983 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Sheriff and the Astronaut

    The Sheriff and the Astronaut

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1982
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    Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

    Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

    2 1982 HD

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  • 1985
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    Command 5

    Command 5

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1982
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    Peking Encounter

    Peking Encounter

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1970
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    7.4 1970 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

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  • 1970
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    7.9 1970 HD

    The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

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  • 1970
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    8.1 1970 HD

    Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

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  • 1970
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    6.8 1970 HD

    Once An Eagle is a 1976 nine-hour American television mini-series directed by Richard Michaels and E.W. Swackhamer. The picture was written by Peter S. Fischer and based on the 1968 Anton Myrer novel of the same name. The first and last installments of the seven-part series were each two-hour broadcasts, while the interim episodes were 60 minutes. The mini-series concerns the thirty year careers of two military men, from the outbreak of World War I to the aftermath of World War II.

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  • 1970
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    6.2 1970 HD

    Hard-boiled private dick Hamilton Nash is hired to investigate a case of stolen diamonds, which leads him to a lovely and odd young woman named Gabrielle, who believes she has been stricken with the ancient curse of the Dain family. The curse has historically caused its victims to die prematurely.

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  • 1970
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    3 1970 HD

    The Rousters is a 1983 NBC television series about a group of modern-day bounty hunters who are descendants of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp. Despite advertising claims that this series would "sink The Love Boat" in the ratings, it ran for only one season of 13 episodes.

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  • 1970
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    7.4 1970 HD

    Lookwell was a television pilot written and produced by Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel, the latter of which becoming a primary creative voice for O'Brien's late night show. It starred Adam West. The pilot was broadcast on NBC in July 1991 but was not picked up as a series despite being a "personal favorite" of NBC chairman Brandon Tartikoff.

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  • 1970
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    5.3 1970 HD

    The Outcasts is an American Western genre television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69 season. The series stars Don Murray and Otis Young. It is most notable for being the first television Western with an African American co-star.

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  • 1970
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    7.9 1970 HD

    Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.

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  • 1970
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    7.8 1970 HD

    While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".

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