E.W. Swackhamer

Birthday: 1927-01-17
Deathday: 1994-12-05
Birthplace: Middletown, New York, USA
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
1994-04-29 MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice
1994-01-01 MacShayne: Winner Takes All
1992-11-11 Perfect Family
1992-06-04 The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
1992-01-22 Are You Lonesome Tonight?
1991-05-10 Lookwell
1989-12-17 Desperado: Badlands Justice
1989-10-10 Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1988-02-15 The Return of Desperado
1985-11-22 Terror at London Bridge
1985-08-05 Command 5
1985-04-28 Brothers-in-Law
1984-05-24 The Sheriff and the Astronaut
1983-10-05 Carpool
1983-01-23 Malibu
1983-01-02 Cocaine and Blue Eyes
1982-08-27 Peking Encounter
1982-01-16 Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1981-01-23 The Oklahoma City Dolls
1981-01-01 Longshot
1980-05-23 Reward
1979-10-19 The Death of Ocean View Park
1979-10-07 Vampire
1978-12-17 The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1977-09-14 Spider-Man
1977-02-07 Night Terror
1976-09-02 Death at Love House
1976-01-01 Crunch
1974-10-02 Death Sentence
1972-07-24 Movin' On
1972-01-04 Gidget Gets Married
1971-06-23 Man and Boy
1970-08-19 Three For Tahiti
1969-11-25 In Name Only