From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia George McCowan June 27 1927 November 1 1995 was a Canadian film mostly TV movies and TV director in the 1960s 70s and 80s McCowan began his career working for the Canadian Broadcasting Company He moved to the United States from Canada in 1967 and stayed there He is most notable for directing seven episodes of Charlies Angels directing episodes of SWAT and directing episodes of Starsky and Hutch He worked more often with such shows as The Streets of San Francisco Fantasy Island and Hart to Hart McCowan directed the 1971 Canadian hockey film FaceOff the 1972 film The Magnificent Seven Ride the 1972 horror film Frogs and the 1976 film Shadow of the Hawk McCowan also directed the film H G Wells The Shape of Things to Come and the 1970 television war movieThe Challenge but for the latter he chose to be credited as Alan Smithee McCowan died in 1995 in Santa Monica California Description above from the Wikipedia article George McCowan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia