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Bernard L. Kowalski (1929–2007)

Director | Producer | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Bernard Kowalski is an important figure in television with a long and impressive list of credits. To mention a select few, he directed the pilots for Richard Diamond, Private Detective, N.Y.P.D. and The Monroes; executive-produced Baretta; and was co-owner of Mission: Impossible. Kowalski got his first... See full bio »

Born:

Bernard Louis Kowalski
in Brownsville, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 78) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1996-2000 Diagnosis Murder (TV series)
– All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Die (2000) (as Bernie Kowalski)
– The Unluckiest Bachelor in L.A. (2000) (as Bernie Kowalski)
– Murder in the Dark (1996) (as Bernie Kowalski)
 
1995-1996 Baywatch Nights (TV series)
– A Closer Look (1996)
– Kind of a Drag (1995)
 
1994 Thunder in Paradise (TV series)
– Plunder in Paradise (1994)
 
1989-1992 Jake and the Fatman (TV series)
– Beautiful Dreamer (1992)
– Come Along with Me (1991)
– Where or When: Part 2 (1991)
– Where or When: Part 1 (1991)
– We'll Meet Again (1991)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1989 Nashville Beat (TV movie)
 
1988 Miracle at Beekman's Place (TV movie)
 
1983-1987 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
– On the Fly (1987)
– A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken (1985)
– Paradise Blues (1984)
– Letter to a Duchess (1983)
 
1984-1986 Airwolf (TV series)
– Birds of Paradise (1986)
– Jennie (1985)
– Flight #093 Is Missing (1984)
 
1985 Me and Mom (TV series)
– A Flawed Affair (1985)
 
1982-1984 Knight Rider (TV series)
– Dead of Knight (1984)
– Big Iron (1984)
– Blind Spot (1983)
– Chariot of Gold (1983)
– Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death (1983)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1984 Hot Pursuit (TV series)
– Gillian (1984)
– Riding High (1984)
 
1984 Blue Thunder (TV series)
– Payload (1984) (as Bernie Kowalski)
 
1984 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
– Hot Ice (1984) (as Bernard Kowalski)
 
1984 Simon & Simon (TV series)
– Dear Lovesick (1984)
 
1983 Whiz Kids (TV series)
– Candidate for Murder (1983)
 
1983 Johnny Blue (TV movie)
 
1982 The Devlin Connection (TV series)
– Erica (1982)
– Allison (1982)
 
1982 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV series)
 
1982 Cassie & Co. (TV series)
– Man Overboard (1982)
 
1982 Shannon (TV series)
– Copscam (1982)
 
1981 CHiPs (TV series)
– Mitchell & Woods (1981)
 
1980 B.A.D. Cats (TV series)
– Bomb! (1980)
– Semi-Paradise (1980)
– The Good-Time Girls (1980)
– Pilot (1980)
– Death Car (1980)
 
1980 Turnover Smith (TV movie)
 
1980 Nightside (TV movie)
 
1980 Nick and the Dobermans (TV movie)
 
1979 Marciano (TV movie)
 
1978 The Nativity (TV movie)
 
1975-1978 Baretta (TV series)
– Woman Trouble (1978) (as Bernie Kowalski)
– The Appointment (1978)
– Guns and Brothers (1977)
– Photography by John Doe (1975)
– The Goodbye Orphan Annie Blues (1975)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1977 Flight to Holocaust (TV movie)
 
1971-1976 Columbo (TV series)
– Fade in to Murder (1976)
– Playback (1975)
– An Exercise in Fatality (1974) (as Bernard Kowalski)
– Death Lends a Hand (1971) (as Bernard Kowalski)
 
1975 Sunshine (TV series)
– Leave It to Weaver (1975)
 
1975 The Supercops (TV movie)
 
1974 The Rockford Files (TV series)
– This Case Is Closed (1974)
 
1974 Movin' On (TV series)
– In Tandem (1974)
 
1972-1974 Banacek (TV series)
– Fly Me- If You Can Find Me (1974) (as Bernard Kowalski)
– The Vanishing Chalice (1974)
– If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is? (1973) (as Bernard Kowalski)
– A Million the Hard Way (1972) (as Bernard Kowalski)
 
1973 Sssssss
 
1972 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
– The Thirty-Year Pin (1972)
 
1972 The Woman Hunter (TV movie)
 
1972 The New Healers (TV movie)
 
1972 Two for the Money (TV movie)
 
1972 Women in Chains (TV movie)
 
1971 Black Noon (TV movie)
 
1971 Terror in the Sky (TV movie)
 
1970 Macho Callahan (as Bernard Kowalski)
 
1969 Stiletto
 
1969 Krakatoa: East of Java
 
1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV series)
– Ride the Long Trail (1967)
 
1966 Gunsmoke (TV series)
– The Hanging (1966)
– Quaker Girl (1966)
 
1966 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
– Fakeout (1966)
– A Spool There Was (1966)
– Pilot (1966)
 
1966 The Monroes (TV series)
– The Intruders (1966) (as Bernard Kowalski)
 
1966 The Long Hunt of April Savage (TV movie)
 
1965 The Trials of O'Brien (TV series)
– The Trouble with Archie (1965)
– Bargain Day on the Street of Regret (1965)
 
1965 The Virginian (TV series)
– The Claim (1965)
 
1965 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
– The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth (1965) (as Bernard Kowalski)
 
1964-1965 Rawhide (TV series)
– The Book (1965)
– Corporal Dasovik (1964)
– The Enormous Fist (1964)
 
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
– Epilogue (1963)
– Thunder in a Forgotten Town (1963)
– The Judge (1963)
 
1962 The Untouchables (TV series)
– The Monkey Wrench (1962)
– The Contract (1962)
– The Case Against Eliot Ness (1962)
– Man in the Middle (1962)
– Element of Danger (1962) (as Bernard Louis Kowalski)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1961 Perry Mason (TV series)
– The Case of the Renegade Refugee (1961)
– The Case of the Injured Innocent (1961)
– The Case of the Posthumous Painter (1961)
– The Case of the Pathetic Patient (1961)
– The Case of the Missing Melody (1961)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1959-1961 The Rebel (TV series)
– The Found (1961)
– Ben White (1961)
– The Calley Kid (1961)
– Mission--Varina (1961)
– Two Weeks (1961)
See all 25 episodes »
 
1961 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
– Image of a Drawn Sword (1961)
 
1961 Las Vegas Beat (TV movie)
 
1960 The Westerner (TV series)
– Mrs. Kennedy (1960) (as Bernard Kowalski)
 
1959 Blood and Steel
 
1959 The Rifleman (TV series)
– The Legacy (1959)
 
1959 Death Valley Days (TV series)
– The Grand Duke (1959) (as Bernard Kowalski)
 
1959 Attack of the Giant Leeches
 
1959 Bold Venture (TV series)
– Build My Gallows Ankle High (1959)
– Fast Trip to Venezuela (1959)
– Huckleberry Fine at Trail's End (1959)
– Some Came Sleeping (1959)
– The Gun That Wouldn't Quit (1959)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1958 M Squad (TV series)
– The Widows (1958)
– The Executioner (1958)
– The Phantom Raiders (1958)
– Force of Habit (1958)
 
1958 Night of the Blood Beast
 
1958 Hot Car Girl
 
1958 Broken Arrow (TV series)
– The Outlaw (1958)
– Blood Brothers (1958)
 
1957-1958 Boots and Saddles (TV series)
– The Decision (1958)
– Terror at Fort Lowell (1957)
 
1956 Frontier (TV series)
– Assassin (1956)
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
Jake and the Fatman (TV series) (co-executive producer - 36 episodes, 1990-1992) (co-executive producer: Hawaii - 36 episodes, 1989-1990)
– Beautiful Dreamer (1992) (co-executive producer)
– Nightmare (1992) (co-executive producer)
– Ain't Misbehavin' (1992) (co-executive producer)
– All Through the Night (1992) (co-executive producer)
– I Can't Believe I'm Losing You (1992) (co-executive producer)
See all 72 episodes »
 
1985-1986 Airwolf (TV series) (executive producer - 22 episodes)
– Birds of Paradise (1986) (executive producer)
– Tracks (1986) (executive producer)
– The Girl Who Fell from the Sky (1986) (executive producer)
– Break-In at Santa Paula (1986) (executive producer)
– Hawke's Run (1986) (executive producer)
See all 22 episodes »
 
Baretta (TV series) (executive producer - 11 episodes, 1975-1977) (producer - 1 episode, 1975)
– The Runaways (1977) (executive producer)
– Not on Our Block (1977) (executive producer)
– This Ain't My Bag (1975) (producer)
– The Secret of Terry Lake (1975) (executive producer)
– Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow (1975) (executive producer)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1970 Macho Callahan (producer - as Bernard Kowalski)
 
1966 The Rat Patrol (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– The Chase of Fire Raid (1966) (producer)
 
1964-1965 Rawhide (TV series) (producer - 21 episodes)
– The Gray Rock Hotel (1965) (producer)
– El Hombre Bravo (1965) (producer)
– Mrs. Harmon (1965) (producer)
– Retreat (1965) (producer)
– Moment in the Sun (1965) (producer)
See all 21 episodes »
 
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series) (producer - 3 episodes)
– Epilogue (1963) (producer)
– The Judge (1963) (producer)
– The Losers (1963) (producer)
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series) (assistant director - 1 episode)
– The Bitter Waters (1956) (assistant director - as Bernard Kowalski)
 
1954-1955 Medic (TV series) (second assistant director - 6 episodes)
– Break Through the Bars (1955) (second assistant director - as Bernard Kowalski)
– Flash of Darkness (1955) (second assistant director - as Bernard Kowalski)
– A Time to Be Alive (1955) (second assistant director)
– Boy in the Storm (1955) (second assistant director)
– My Brother Joe (1954) (second assistant director)
See all 6 episodes »
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1992 Jake and the Fatman (TV series)
– Just You, Just Me (1992) (story / as Bernie Kowalski / teleplay / as Bernie Kowalski)
 
1977 Baretta (TV series)
– Big Bad Charlie (1977) (story)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1940 Virginia City
Extra (uncredited)
 
1939 Dodge City (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2008 Attack of the Giant Leeches (dedicatee - as Bernard Kowalski)
 
2008 One Tree Hill (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– For Tonight You're Only Here to Know (2008) (in memory of)
 

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(1964) Unsold pilots: Directed several unsold pilots for a proposed NBC dramatic series called "The Robert Taylor Show". The pilots were revisions of an earlier effort (1962) starring William Bendix called "330 Independence S.W."

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Alternate Names:

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Uncle of Brian Grazer. See more »

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Star Sign:

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