George Waggner

Director, Screenwriter

About

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Also Known As

George Waggoner, Joseph West

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

September 07, 1894

Died

December 11, 1984

Cause of Death

Natural Causes

Biography

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Began his career as a silent film actor, became a songwriter with the advent of sound and moved into screenwriting and directing in the 1930s. Probably best known for "The Wolf Man" (1941), Waggner also directed TV shows into the 60s, including "77 Sunset Strip," "The Untouchables" and "Batman."...

Filmography

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Fury River (1961)

Mission Of Danger (1959)

Destination 60,000 (1957)

Operation Pacific (1951)

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

Photos & Videos

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Operation Pacific (1951) -- (Movie Clip) The Entire Silent Service

Operation Pacific (1951) -- (Movie Clip) I've Been Numb For Four Years

Biography

Began his career as a silent film actor, became a songwriter with the advent of sound and moved into screenwriting and directing in the 1930s. Probably best known for "The Wolf Man" (1941), Waggner also directed TV shows into the 60s, including "77 Sunset Strip," "The Untouchables" and "Batman."

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Fury River (1961)

Mission Of Danger (1959)

Destination 60,000 (1957)

Operation Pacific (1951)

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

Gunfighters (1947)

Shady Lady (1945)

Frisco Sal (1945)

The Climax (1944)

Sealed Lips (1942)

Man Made Monster (1941)

South of Tahiti (1941)

Horror Island (1941)

The Wolf Man (1941)

Drums of the Desert (1940)

Honor of the West (1939)

The Phantom Stage (1939)

Stunt Pilot (1939)

Mystery Plane (1939)

Wolf Call (1939)

Outlaw Express (1938)

The Black Bandit (1938)

Prairie Justice (1938)

Ghost Town Riders (1938)

Western Trails (1938)

Guilty Trails (1938)

Cast (Feature Film)

Love's Blindness (1926)

The Iron Horse (1925)

Colonel Cody [Buffalo Bill]

His Hour (1924)

Sasha Basmanoff

Desert Driven (1923)

The Great Alone (1922)

Bradley Carstairs

Branded Man (1922)

The Sheik (1921)

Writer (Feature Film)

Man from God's Country (1958)

Destination 60,000 (1957)

Bitter Creek (1954)

Return from the Sea (1954)

Operation Pacific (1951)

Tales of the West 3 (1950)

["Gold Strike"] based on a story by

Tales of the West 2 (1950)

["The Fargo Phantom"] based on a story by

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946)

Sealed Lips (1942)

Original Screenplay

Father Steps Out (1941)

Original Screenplay

Flying Cadets (1941)

Original Screenplay

Man Made Monster (1941)

On the Spot (1940)

Laughing at Danger (1940)

Phantom of Chinatown (1940)

The Fatal Hour (1940)

Laughing at Danger (1940)

On the Spot (1940)

Queen of the Yukon (1940)

Son of the Navy (1940)

Drums of the Desert (1940)

Sky Patrol (1939)

Oklahoma Terror (1939)

Wolf Call (1939)

The Phantom Stage (1939)

Original story and Screenplay

Honor of the West (1939)

Original story and Screenplay

Mystery Plane (1939)

Stunt Pilot (1939)

The Spy Ring (1938)

State Police (1938)

Original story and Screenplay

Midnight Intruder (1938)

Air Devils (1938)

Guilty Trails (1938)

Original story and Screenplay

Ghost Town Riders (1938)

Original story and Screenplay

Prairie Justice (1938)

Original story and Screenplay

The Black Bandit (1938)

Original Story and Screenplay

Three Legionnaires (1937)

Idol of the Crowds (1937)

Original story and Screenplay

I Cover the War (1937)

Three Legionnaires (1937)

Don't Get Personal (1936)

Sea Spoilers (1936)

Cheers of the Crowd (1935)

Story and Screenplay

Champagne for Breakfast (1935)

Cappy Ricks Returns (1935)

Adapted and Screenplay

The Healer (1935)

The Cowboy Millionaire (1935)

The Nut Farm (1935)

Dizzy Dames (1935)

The Keeper of the Bees (1935)

Additional Dialogue

Spring Tonic (1935)

Contr on Special seq

Girl O' My Dreams (1934)

Story and Screenplay

City Limits (1934)

Story and Screenplay

The Line Up (1934)

Original Screenplay

Once to Every Bachelor (1934)

Story, cont and dial

The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933)

He Couldn't Take It (1933)

Additional Dialogue

Gorilla Ship (1932)

Producer (Feature Film)

Shady Lady (1945)

Frisco Sal (1945)

Cobra Woman (1944)

The Climax (1944)

Gypsy Wildcat (1944)

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

White Savage (1943)

Phantom of the Opera (1943)

Men of Texas (1942)

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

The Invisible Agent (1942)

Associate Producer

Sin Town (1942)

Badlands of Dakota (1941)

Associate Producer

The Wolf Man (1941)

South of Tahiti (1941)

Music (Feature Film)

Operation Pacific (1951)

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

Mary Lou (1948)

Idea Girl (1946)

Frisco Sal (1945)

Shady Lady (1945)

The Climax (1944)

Gypsy Wildcat (1944)

Phantom of the Opera (1943)

South of Tahiti (1941)

Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)

The Old Homestead (1935)

Dizzy Dames (1935)

Girl O' My Dreams (1934)

Embarrassing Moments (1934)

The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933)

Sing Sinner Sing (1933)

The Phantom Broadcast (1933)

What a Widow (1930)

Troopers Three (1930)

Good News (1930)

High Voltage (1929)

Oh, Yeah (1929)

The Flying Fool (1929)

Production Companies (Feature Film)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Terror in the Aisles (1984)

Director (Special)

Writer (Special)

Special Thanks (Special)

Music (Short)

Kiddie Revue (1930)

Life Events

1920

Moved to Hollywood after WWI service; entered films as an actor

1933

First film as screenwriter, "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi"

Videos

Operation Pacific (1951) -- (Movie Clip) The Entire Silent Service Opening with foreword, as John Wayne is Navy commander “Duke” Gifford, on shore rescuing children and nuns from a Pacific island, Martin Milner, Jack Pennick among his submarine crew, in Operation Pacific, 1951, co-starring Patricia Neal.

Operation Pacific (1951) -- (Movie Clip) I've Been Numb For Four Years Now ashore at Pearl Harbor, John Wayne as submarine officer "Duke" Gifford is interrupted by head nurse Katherine Givney as he tries to visit a baby he helped rescue, then meets his ex-wife (Patricia Neal as Mary), now a nurse, with whom he lost a son before their divorce, in Operation Pacific, 1951.

Operation Pacific (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Creamed Rubber Gloves On board the submarine where they’ve rescued kids and nuns from a Pacific island, John Wayne (as officer “Duke” Gifford) and Jack Pennick are in charge of a plan to feed a baby, then he discusses personal matters with his superior (Ward Bond as Captain Perry) early in Operation Pacific, 1951.

Wolf Man, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) A Wolf And A Star Lon Chaney Jr. (as Larry Talbot) carries off the vapid Americanized playboy piece of his role, dropping in on English shop-girl Gwen (Evelyn Ankers), whom he's seen through his telescope, early in Universal's The Wolf Man, 1941.

Ghost Of Frankenstein (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I Told You He Was Alive! Folks in the village of Frankenstein have been given permission to destroy the old baron’s castle, where they fear Ygor (Bela Lugosi) may still be alive, and where the monster (Lon Chaney Jr.) is believed to be buried in the sulphur pits, and it goes badly, early in The Ghost Of Frankenstein, 1942.

Ghost Of Frankenstein (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Are You A Giant? Crafty Ygor (Bela Lugosi) and the revived monster (Lon Chaney Jr.) have gotten separated in the town where they’ve come to see the son of Baron Frankenstein, leading to an encounter with young Cloestine (Janet Ann Gallow) and her father (Olaf Hytten), in Universal’s third sequel, The Ghost Of Frankenstein, 1942.

Ghost Of Frankenstein (1942) -- (Movie Clip) He Seems To Recognize You Ralph Bellamy is the prosecutor, Lon Chaney Jr. the “man” in custody for killing two citizens in the process of saving a girl (Janet Ann Gallow), when Dr. Frankenstein (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), who alone realizes this must be his father’s creation come back to life, arrives, crisis averted by Ygor (Bela Lugosi) playing a weird pipe, in Universal’s The Ghost Of Frankenstein, 1942.

Wolf Man, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Werewolf In Camp! At the gypsy carnival Larry (Lon Chaney Jr.), looking maybe not as worried as he could be, offers his amulet to Gwen (Evelyn Ankers), then rushes home fearing his first transformation, in Universal's The Wolf Man, 1941.

Wolf Man, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Wolf? Gypsy Woman? Murder? Wild events with gypsy Bela (Lugosi), his mother (Maria Ouspenskaya), Gwen (Evelyn Ankers) and Larry (Lon Chaney Jr.), his father (Claude Rains) baffled, the constable (Ralph Bellamy) asking the obvious question, in Universal's The Wolf Man, 1941.

Fury River - (Original Trailer) Major Robert Rogers searches for the northwest passage through the U.S. during the French and Indian War in Fury River (1959).

Fighting Kentuckian, The - (Re-issue Trailer) John Wayne and a Laurel-less Oliver Hardy battle landgrabbers in the American Frontier in The Fighting Kentuckian (1950).

Operation Pacific - (Original Trailer) A dedicated submarine commander (John Wayne) sacrifices everything to defeat the enemy in Operation Pacific (1951).

Mission of Danger - (Original Trailer) A military explorer tangles with a French spy and a British officer while searching for the northwest passage in Mission of Danger (1960).

Wolf Man, The - (Re-issue Trailer) Lon Chaney, Jr. becomes a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the moon is full and bright in the horror classic The Wolf Man (1941).

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