George Waggner

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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). In the 1960s, he directed episodes of the television series Maverick, Batman, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. He is probably most famous for The Fighting Kentuckian (1949), in which his daughter, Shy Waggner, appeared in a cameo. Waggner's career in film declined in the 1950s, due to the popularity of television, and he eventually moved to television late in the decade.

Waggner also wrote Queen Of The Yukon with Jack London

His wife was Danny Shannon. The couple had only one child, Shy, born in 1924.

[edit] Filmography

Director

• Western Trails (1938)
• Mystery Plane (1939)
• The Phantom Stage (1939)
• Drums of the Desert (1940)
• The Fatal Hour (1940)
• Man Made Monster (1941)
• The Wolf Man (1941)
• The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
• Invisible Agent (1942)

• Phantom of the Opera (1943)
• The Climax (1944)
• Cobra Woman (1944)
• The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
• Operation Pacific (1951)
• Red Nightmare aka The Commies are Coming, the Commies are Coming (1957)

Waggner also directed the following films made for television

• Destination Nightmare (1958)
• Jack the Ripper (1958)
• The Veil (1958)

Writer

• Gorilla Ship (1932)
• Air Devils (1938)
• Oklahoma Terror (1939)
• The Fatal Hour (1940)
• Queen of the Yukon (1940)
• Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
• Drums of the Desert (1940)
• Man Made Monster (1941)
• The Climax (1944)
• The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
• Operation Pacific (1951)
• Pawnee (1957)

Producer

• Badlands of Dakota (1941)
• The Wolf Man (1941)
• The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
• Invisible Agent (1942)
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
• Phantom of the Opera (1943)
• Cobra Woman (1944)
• The Climax (1944)

Actor

• The Sheik (1921)
• The Iron Horse (1924)
• Love's Blindness (1926)

[edit] External links

• George Waggner at the Internet Movie Database

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