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Boris Sagal (1923–1981)

Director | Producer | Miscellaneous Crew

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He was killed early in the production of the TV film World War III in a helicopter accident in Oregon. He had just returned from filming aerial shots, his helicopter landing in the parking lot of the Timberline lodge on Mt. Hood (the exteriors location from The Shining). Preoccupied with his work... See more trivia »

Born:

in Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine]

Died:

(age 57) in Portland, Oregon, USA
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1982 World War III (TV movie)
 
1981 Dial M for Murder (TV movie)
 
1981 Masada (TV mini-series)
– Part IV (1981)
– Part III (1981)
– Part II (1981)
– Part I (1981)
 
1981 When the Circus Came to Town (TV movie)
 
1980 The Diary of Anne Frank (TV movie)
 
1980 Ike: The War Years (TV movie)
 
1979 Ike: The War Years (TV mini-series) (in Europe)
 
1979 Mrs. Columbo (TV series)
– Word Games (1979)
 
1978 Angela
 
1978 The Awakening Land (TV mini-series)
– Part III: The Town (1978)
– Part II: The Fields (1978)
– Part I: The Trees (1978)
 
1976 Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (TV mini-series)
 
1976 Sherlock Holmes in New York (TV movie)
 
1976 Rich Man, Poor Man (TV mini-series)
– Part VI: Chapter 8 (1976)
– Part V: Chapter 7 (1976)
– Part IV: Chapter 6 (1976)
– Part III: Chapter 5 (1976)
 
1976 Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence (TV movie)
 
1976 The Oregon Trail (TV series)
– Pilot (1976)
 
1975 Three for the Road (TV series)
– Pilot (1975)
 
1975 Man on the Outside (TV movie)
 
1975 Griff (TV series)
– Man on the Outside (1975)
 
1975 The Runaway Barge (TV movie)
 
1975 The Dream Makers (TV movie)
 
1974 The Greatest Gift (TV movie)
 
1974 Ironside (TV series)
– Amy Prentiss: Part 1 (1974)
– Amy Prentiss: Part 2 (1974)
 
1974 A Case of Rape (TV movie)
 
1974 The Snoop Sisters (TV series)
– Fear Is a Free-Throw (1974)
 
1974 Indict and Convict (TV movie)
 
1972-1973 Columbo (TV series)
– Candidate for Crime (1973)
– The Greenhouse Jungle (1972)
 
1973 Deliver Us from Evil (TV movie)
 
1973 Madigan (TV series)
– The Naples Beat (1973)
– The Lisbon Beat (1973)
 
1972 The Scarecrow (TV movie)
 
1971 McCloud (TV series)
– The Disposal Man (1971)
 
1971 The Failing of Raymond (TV movie)
 
1971 The Harness (TV movie)
 
1971 The D.A. (TV series)
 
1971 The Omega Man
 
1971 Hitched (TV movie)
 
1970 Hauser's Memory (TV movie)
 
1970 San Francisco International Airport (TV series)
– Emergency Alert (1970)
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
– The Other Kind of Spy (1970)
 
1970 The Movie Murderer (TV movie)
 
1969 D.A.: Murder One (TV movie)
 
1969 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
– Night Gallery (1969) (segment "The Cemetery")
 
1969 Destiny of a Spy (TV movie)
 
1969 The Thousand Plane Raid
 
1969 Medical Center (TV series)
– U.M.C. (1969)
 
1967-1969 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
– Borderline Girl (1969)
– What You Can Do with Money (1968)
– The Grand Old Man (1968)
– No Law Against Murder (1968)
– Fall of a Skylark: Part 2 - The Appeal (1968)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1969 Mosquito Squadron
 
1968 The Helicopter Spies
 
1967 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV series)
– Is Charlie Coming? (1967)
 
1967 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
– Nobody (1967)
 
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The Prince of Darkness Affair: Part II (1967)
– The Prince of Darkness Affair: Part I (1967)
 
1967 Dundee and the Culhane (TV series)
– The Dead Man's Brief (1967)
 
1966-1967 T.H.E. Cat (TV series)
– Matter Over Mind (1967)
– A Slight Family Trait (1967)
– Queen of Diamonds, Knave of Hearts (1967)
– King of Limpets (1966)
– Crossing at Destino Bay (1966)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1966 Preview Tonight (TV series)
– The Cliff Dwellers (1966)
 
1966 Made in Paris
 
1965 A Man Called Shenandoah (TV series)
– Survival (1965)
 
1965 Girl Happy
 
1965 Guns of Diablo
 
1963-1964 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)
– The Day of the Reckoning (1964)
– The Day of the Lame Duck (1964)
– The Day of the Wizard (1964)
– The Day of the Homeless (1963)
– The Day of Leaving (1963)
 
1963 The World's Greatest Showman: The Legend of Cecil B. DeMille (TV documentary)
 
1963 Twilight of Honor
 
1963 Mr. Novak (TV series)
– To Lodge and Dislodge (1963)
– First Year, First Day (1963)
 
1963 Dime with a Halo
 
1961-1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
– Love Is a Sad Song (1963)
– The Cobweb Chain (1962)
– Operation: Lazarus (1962)
– Immunity (1961)
– Twenty Four Hours (1961)
 
1962 Combat! (TV series)
– A Day in June (1962)
 
1962 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
– There Are Dragons in This Forest (1962)
 
1962 Sam Benedict (TV series)
– Nor Practice Make Perfect (1962)
– Hannigan (1962)
 
1962 The Crimebusters
 
1961-1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
– The Big Score (1962)
– The Test (1962)
– Maria (1961)
 
1959-1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– We're Holding Your Son (1961)
– The Book of Silence (1960)
– Hitler's Secret (1959)
 
1961 The Defenders (TV series)
– Perjury (1961)
 
1961 The Spiral Staircase (TV movie)
 
1961 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
– Crime and Commitment: Part 2 (1961)
– Crime and Commitment: Part 1 (1961)
 
1961 Twilight Zone (TV series)
– The Arrival (1961)
– The Silence (1961)
 
1961 'Way Out (TV series)
– Death Wish (1961)
 
1961 Naked City (TV series)
– Economy of Death (1961)
 
1960-1961 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
– A Touch of Genius (1961)
– The Perils of Penrose (1961)
– Hangman's Island (1960)
– The Intruders (1960)
 
1960-1961 Hong Kong (TV series)
– The Survivor (1961)
– Lesson in Fear (1961)
– When Strangers Meet (1960)
– Nine Lives (1960)
– Pearl Flower (1960)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1959-1960 Peter Gunn (TV series)
– Witness in the Window (1960)
– The Murder Clause (1960)
– Fill the Cup (1960)
– Terror on the Campus (1959)
– The Price Is Murder (1959)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– The Shape of the River (1960)
 
1959-1960 Mr. Lucky (TV series)
– His Maiden Voyage (1960)
– The Brain Picker (1960)
– The Two Million Dollar Window (1960)
– Maggie the Witness (1960)
– A Business Measure (1959)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
– The Emperor's Clothes (1960)
 
1960 The Emperor's Clothes (TV movie)
 
1959 Johnny Staccato (TV series)
– The Wild Reed (1959)
– Nature of the Night (1959)
– The Shop of the Four Winds (1959)
 
1959 Yancy Derringer (TV series)
– The Quiet Firecracker (1959)
 
1959 Black Saddle (TV series)
– Client: Nelson (1959)
 
1958-1959 Mike Hammer (TV series)
– When I Am Dead, My Darling... (1959)
– Save Me in San Salvador (1959)
– Aces and Eights (1959)
– I Ain't Talkin' (1959)
– The Big Drop (1959)
See all 25 episodes »
 
1958 Man with a Camera (TV series)
– Six Faces of Satan (1958)
 
1958 Behind Closed Doors (TV series)
– A Cover of Art (1958)
 
1958 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
– The Well-Selected Frame (1958)
 
1958 M Squad (TV series)
– The Sitters (1958)
 
1958 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
– The Spy (1958)
 
1958 Flight (TV series)
– Outpost in Space
 
1957-1958 State Trooper (TV series)
– You Can't Run Forever (1958)
– The Last Waltz (1958)
– 710 Hysteria Street (1958)
– The Widow Makers (1957)
– Inherit a Bullet
 
1958 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
– Deadwood (1958)
 
1955-1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Cave-In (1958)
– The Gioconda Smile (1957)
– Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1956)
– The Tell-Tale Heart (1956)
– The Alumni Reunion (1956)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1955 Christmas Eve with Charles Laughton (TV movie)
 
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1975 The Runaway Barge (TV movie) (producer)
 
1975 The Dream Makers (TV movie) (producer)
 
1966-1967 T.H.E. Cat (TV series) (producer - 26 episodes)
– Lisa (1967) (producer)
– Twenty-One and Out (1967) (producer)
– The Long Chase (1967) (producer)
– The Ninety Percent Blues (1967) (producer)
– The Blood-Red Night (1967) (producer)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1963-1964 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
– The Day of the Reckoning (1964) (executive producer)
– The Day of the Dark Deeds (1964) (executive producer)
– The Day of the Pretenders (1964) (executive producer)
– The Day of the 12 Candles (1964) (executive producer)
– The Day of the Lame Duck (1964) (executive producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
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Garrison's Gorillas (TV series) (consultant - 24 episodes, 1967-1968) (continuity - 1 episode, 1968)
– Time Bomb (1968) (consultant)
– The War Diamonds (1968) (consultant)
– The Frame-Up (1968) (continuity)
– The Plot to Kill (1968) (consultant)
– War and Crime (1968) (consultant)
See all 25 episodes »
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1964 Mr. Novak (TV series)
– Love Among the Grown-Ups (1964) (creator)
– The Death of a Teacher (1964) (co-creator)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1982 World War III (TV movie) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Herschel Bernardi (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Last Man Alive (documentary short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

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(1955) Stage: Directed "Lost in the Stars" by Maxwell Anderson. Ebony Showcase Theatre (operated by Nick Stewart). Cast: Al Freeman Jr., William Schallert.

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Trivia:

He was killed early in the production of the TV film World War III in a helicopter accident in Oregon. He had just returned from filming aerial shots, his helicopter landing in the parking lot of the Timberline lodge on Mt. Hood (the exteriors location from The Shining). Preoccupied with his work... See more »

Star Sign:

Libra