Joseph L. Scanlan

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[]

External links[]

• Joseph L. Scanlan at IMDb