Joseph L. Scanlan
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Born | Joseph Lawrence Scanlan August 16, 1929[1] Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 18, 2020 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | (aged 91)
Occupation | Television and movie director |
Years active | 1954-2002 |
Joseph Lawrence Scanlan (August 16, 1929 - December 18, 2020)[2] was an American movie and television director[3] who directed episodes of popular TV shows such as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, What's Happening!!, Spenser: For Hire, Falcon Crest, Land of the Lost, and the NBC-TV soap operas Somerset and Another World in the early 1970s. He also directed four episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation during its first and second seasons as well as an episode of Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict.
Filmography[]
- Largo Winch (pilot)
- La Femme Nikita
- Strange World
- (1998)
- Earth: Final Conflict
- Players (two episodes)
- Dead Man's Gun (1997, pilot)
- Stand Against Fear (1996)
- The Outer Limits
- Poltergeist: The Legacy
- Dangerous Minds (multiple episodes)
- Picture Perfect
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- Spenser: A Savage Place (1995)
- Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994)
- Due South
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (three episodes)
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
- North of 60 (as Joseph Scanlan)
- I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991)
- Homefront
- The Hidden Room
- The Young Riders
- Island Son
- Quantum Leap
- Paradise
- War of the Worlds
- (1988)
- Nightstick (1987)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Adderly
- Spenser: For Hire
- Spring Fever (1982)
- Falcon Crest
- (1980)
- Knots Landing
- The Littlest Hobo
- Land of the Lost
- What's Happening!! (1 episode)
- Our Man Flint: Dead on Target (1976)
- The Starlost
- The Secret Storm (multiple episodes) (1972)
- Another World (1971)
- Somerset (1970–1973)
Awards and nominations[]
Scanlan was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (The Outer Limits) in 1995. He directed "The Big Goodbye" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), which won a Peabody award in 1987.
References[]
- ^ ref check at birthdatabase.com/intelius.com
- ^ "Joseph L. Scanlan". Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (January 15, 1983). "The Last American Virgin (1982) FROLICS IN FLORIDA AND OTHER ANTICS". The New York Times.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2020 deaths
- People from Brooklyn
- American television directors
- 1929 births
- Film directors from New York City