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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brian Klugman to Michael Lantieri
Bernard Kowalski Biography (1929-)
Born August 2, 1929, in Brownsville, TX; son of Francis Joseph (an assistantdirector and production manager) and Elvira (maiden name, Crixell) Kowalski;married Helen Grazer, September 10, 1949; children: Helen Frances, Cynthia Ann, Lisa Marie, Peter Bernard. Politics: Democrat. Career: Director, producer, and actor. Worked as a child actor, beginning at age five as aWarner Brothers extra in the Dead End Kids films; worked as a clerk,1946; also worked as a production script supervisor. Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nominations, best drama series, 1975-1977, for Baretta(withJo Swerling Jr., Robert Harris, Howie Horwitz, and Robert Levin III). Addresses: Office: Irv Schecter Company, 9300 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, Producer, Actor
- Birth Details
- August 2, 1929
- Brownsville, Texas, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
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Director
- (Directorial debut) Hot Car Girl, Allied Artists Pictures Corp., 1958
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Night of the Blood Beast (also known as The Creature from Galaxy 27 and The Monster from Galaxy 27), American International Pictures, 1958
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Blood and Steel, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
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Attack of the Giant Leeches (also known as Attack of the BloodLeeches,
Demons of the Swamp,
The Giant Leeches, and SheDemons of the Swamp), American International Pictures, 1960
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Stiletto, Avco-Embassy, 1969
- Krakatoa, East of Java (also known as Volcano), Cinerama, 1969
- And producer, Macho Callahan, Avco-Embassy, 1970
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SSSSSSSS, Universal, 1973
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Film Appearances
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Dodge City, Warner Bros., 1939
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Virginia City, Warner Bros., 1940
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Rawhide, CBS, 1964-1965
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Television Work
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Director; Episodic
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Frontier, NBC, 1955
- "The Hanging," Gunsmoke (also known as Marshall Dillon), CBS, 1955
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Broken Arrow, ABC, 1956
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Boots and Saddles, syndicated, 1957
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The Untouchables, ABC, 1959
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The Westerner, NBC, 1960
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The Wild, Wild West (also known as The Wild West), CBS, 1965
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Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1966
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Columbo, NBC, 1971
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Banacek, NBC, 1972
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The Streets of San Francisco, ABC, 1972
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Tenafly, NBC, 1973
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The Rockford Files, NBC, 1974
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Movin' On, NBC, 1974
- And executive producer, Baretta, ABC, 1975
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CHiPs, NBC, 1977
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Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1980
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Knight Rider, NBC, 1982
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Cassie and Company, NBC, 1982
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, CBS, 1982
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Simon & Simon, CBS, 1982
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The Devlin Connection, NBC, 1982
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Whiz Kids, CBS, 1983
- And executive producer, Airwolf (also known as Lonewolf andLobo del aire), CBS, 1984
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Hot Pursuit, NBC, 1984
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The New Mike Hammer, CBS, 1984
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Blue Thunder, ABC, 1984
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Me and Mom, ABC, 1985
- And co-executive producer, Jake and the Fatman, CBS, 1987
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Thunder in Paradise, 1994
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Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1995
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Director, Except Where Indicated; Movies
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Hunters Are for Killing (also known as Hard Frame), 1970
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Terror in the Sky, CBS, 1971
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Black Noon, CBS, 1971
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The Woman Hunter, CBS, 1972
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Columbo: Death Lends a Hand, 1972
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Two for the Money, ABC, 1972
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Women in Chains, ABC, 1972
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In Tandem, NBC, 1974
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Columbo: Playback, 1975
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Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality, 1975
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Flight to Holocaust, NBC, 1976
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Columbo: Fade in to Murder, 1976
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The Nativity, ABC, 1978
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Marciano, ABC, 1979
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Turnover Smith, ABC, 1980
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Nightside, ABC, 1980
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Miracle at Beekman's Place, NBC, 1988
- Executive producer, Desert Rats, NBC, 1988
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Nashville Beat, TNN, 1990
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Director; Specials
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The New Healers, ABC, 1972
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Supercops, CBS, 1975
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Risko, CBS, 1976
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B.A.D. Cats, ABC, 1980
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Nick and the Dobermans, NBC, 1980
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Mitchell and Woods, NBC, 1981
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Johnny Blue, CBS, 1983
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Producer; Pilots
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective, CBS/NBC, 1957
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The Monroes, ABC, 1966
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N.Y.P.D., ABC, 1967
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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Fangoria, Issue 41, 1984.*
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