George Waggner

Highest Rated: 91% Cobra Woman (1944)

Lowest Rated: 23% Grand Theft Auto (1977)

Birthday: Sep 7, 1894

Birthplace: Not Available

Born in New York City, George WaGGner--who spelled his name precisely that way--initially studied at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy before serving in World War I. After the war, he went to Los Angeles and worked in a multitude of capacities, as actor, songwriter, and screenwriter before becoming a director of westerns in the late '30s with The Black Bandit (1938). He worked for Universal, with occasional films for Monogram, and made his mark in horror films--WaGGner managed to show some considerable stylistic flair in low budget films such as Man Made Monster (1941) and Horror Island (1941), and hit his stride later that same year with The Wolf Man, the first of Universal's second wave of horror movies. He frequently served as screenwriter and associate producer of his Universal films. In the late '40s and early '50s, he was still making efficient and exciting adventure movies, including the John Wayne films The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) and Operation Pacific (1951). He later worked on the Batman television series.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Tangier	Director	—	2012
23%	Grand Theft Auto	Camera Operator	—	1977
No Score Yet	Hollywood Boulevard	Cameraman	—	1976
No Score Yet	Cannonball	Actor	—	1976
No Score Yet	Man from God's Country	Screenwriter	—	1958
No Score Yet	Pawnee (Pale Arrow)	Screenwriter Director	—	1957
No Score Yet	Red Nightmare	Director	—	1957
No Score Yet	Operation Pacific	Screenwriter Director	—	1951
No Score Yet	The Fighting Kentuckian	Director Screenwriter	—	1949
No Score Yet	Gunfighters (The Assassin)	Director	—	1947
No Score Yet	The Climax	Producer Director	—	1944
91%	Cobra Woman	Producer	—	1944
76%	Phantom of the Opera	Producer	—	1943
No Score Yet	White Savage (White Captive)	Producer	—	1943
25%	Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man	Producer	—	1943
75%	Ghost of Frankenstein	Producer	—	1942
90%	The Wolf Man	Producer Director	—	1941
No Score Yet	Badlands of Dakota	Producer	—	1941
No Score Yet	Man-Made Monster	Screenwriter Director	—	1941
No Score Yet	Horror Island	Director	—	1941
No Score Yet	Phantom of Chinatown	Screenwriter	—	1940
No Score Yet	Drums of the Desert	Screenwriter Director	—	1940
No Score Yet	Son of the Navy	Screenwriter	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Fatal Hour	Screenwriter	—	1940
No Score Yet	Queen of the Yukon	Screenwriter	—	1940
No Score Yet	Sky Patrol	Screenwriter	—	1939
No Score Yet	Mystery Plane	Director Screenwriter	—	1939
No Score Yet	Stunt Pilot	Screenwriter Director	—	1939
No Score Yet	Wolf Call	Screenwriter Director	—	1939
No Score Yet	Air Devils	Screenwriter	—	1938
No Score Yet	Ghost Town Riders	Director Screenwriter	—	1938
No Score Yet	Western Trails	Director	—	1938
No Score Yet	Outlaw Express	Director	—	1938
No Score Yet	Idol of the Crowds	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	I Cover the War	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Sea Spoilers	Screenwriter	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Healer	Screenwriter	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Cowboy Millionaire	Screenwriter	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Nut Farm	Screenwriter	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (Girl of My Dreams)	Screenwriter	—	1933
82%	The Iron Horse	Buffalo Bill Cody	—	1924
76%	The Sheik	Yousaf	—	1921

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Green Hornet 1966-1967	Director	1967
72%	Batman 1966-1968	Director	1967 1966
100%	The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 1964-1968	Director	1967 1966 1965 1964
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Screenwriter	1964
No Score Yet	Maverick 1957-1962	Director Screenwriter	1961 1959 1958

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George Waggner

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