Boris Sagal(1923-1981)

Boris Sagal was born on 18 October 1923 in Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for The Omega Man (1971), The Name of the Game (1968) and Rich Man, Poor Man (1976). He was previously married to Marge Champion and Sara Macon. He died on 22 May 1981 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

6.4

7.7

TV Series

8.2

TV Mini Series

6.3

TV Movie

World War III
- Director
- TV Mini Series
- 1982
Dial 'M' for Murder
- Director
- TV Movie
- 1981
Masada
- Director
- TV Mini Series
- 1981
When the Circus Came to Town
- Director
- TV Movie
- 1981
The Diary of Anne Frank
- Director
- TV Movie
- 1980
Ike: The War Years
- Director (all scenes filmed in Europe directed by)
- TV Movie
- 1980
Ike
- Director
- TV Mini Series
- 1979
Mrs. Columbo
- Director
- TV Series
- 1979
The Awakening Land
- Director
- TV Mini Series
- 1978
Angela
- Director
- 1977
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers
- Director
- TV Mini Series
- 1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York
- Director
- TV Movie
- 1976
Rich Man, Poor Man
- Director
- TV Mini Series
- 1976
Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence
- Director
- TV Movie
- 1976
The Oregon Trail
- Director
- TV Series
- 1976

Trivia
Coincidentally, his work includes the pilot episode of the TV series Combat! (1962), which starred Vic Morrow. Two decades after collaborating, Sagal and Morrow would die similarly (struck by a helicopter's rotor blade) within a year of each other, while shooting a movie on location. For Sagal, it was World War III (1982); for Morrow, it was Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). Due to the connection, several fans and journalists referred to this incident as "The Combat Curse".