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 and his most wellknown directorial effort arguably remains The Wolf Man 1941 In the 1960s he directed episodes of the television series Maverick Batman The Green Hornet and The Man from UNCLE He also directed John Wayne and Oliver Hardy wearing coonskin caps in The Fighting Kentuckian 1949 in which his daughter Shy Waggner appeared in a cameo Waggners career in film declined in the 1950s due to the popularity of television and he eventually moved to television late in the decade Many of his television credits such as Maverick and Batman have his name spelled as george waGGner He also directed Red Nightmare a Cold War propaganda film produced by the Department of Defense and narrated by Jack Webb Waggner wrote the film Queen of the Yukon with Jack London His wife was Danny Shannon The couple had only one child Shy born in 1924 and two grandchildren Sherry and Robert Description above from the Wikipedia article George Waggner licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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