Biography

Vincent McEveety

Posted on Feb 21, 2021, Modified : Mar 17, 2021 Luniva Taujale

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Quick Interesting Facts and Stats About Vincent McEveety

Vincent McEveety an American film and television director and producer was born on August 10, 1929, in Los Angeles, California, United States and died on May 19, 2018, at the age of 88. He is a legendary director who directed successful movies such as Wonder Woman alongside Ann Wolfe and Danny Huston, Charley and the Angel, a stranger at my door. He worked in the entertainment industry from 1957 to 2000.

Quick Infos
Full Name	Vincent McEveety
Date of birth	May 19, 2018
Birth Place	Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Producer, Director
Age	88
Nationality	American
Wife	Anna O’Dell
Children	1

Vincent McEveety and Career

Superhits

Before establishing himself as a director, he worked as a Technical advisor in the 1955 movie “To Catch a Thief”. Vincent made his directorial debut in the 1968 movie “Firecreek”. Television series directed by the legend has even won the Emmy Awards, the series is The Untouchables, Gunsmoke, Star Trek episodes (“Dragger of the Mind”, “Balance of Terror”, “Patterns of Force”, and “Spectre of the Gun”), “Magnum”, “P.I., How the West Was Won”, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E, “Stranger at My Door”, “Murder”, “She Wrote”, and “Diagnosis: Murder”.

McEveety directed the episode “Sweet, Sweet Blues” of the NBC television series “In the Heat of the Light” in 1991 which guest-starred legendary musician Bobby Short and extraordinary late actor James Best was awarded the prestigious National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the category “Outstanding Dramatic Series” and the actor James Best also won the Crystal reel award in the category best actor for his role in “In the Heat of the Night”.

McEveety turned producer from 1994 to 1997 and produced Peter Falk starring American crime drama television series “Columba” for the same series he also worked as director and directed seven episodes between the years 1990 and 1997.

His work was recognized by the Walt Disney Studios and he directed several movies for the Walt Disney Pictures, which are the 1971 “The Million Dollar Duck” alongside Clancy Brown and Taylor Lautner, the 1972 movie “The Biscuit Eater”, the 1973 movie “Superdad”, 1975 science-fiction comedy movie “The Strongest Man in the World”.

1979 American comedy western film “The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again”, 1977 comedy-adventure movie and 3rd installment of The Love Bug film “Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo”, 1989 comedy adventure and the fourth installment of the love bug movie “Herbies Goes Bananas”, and coordinated director John Hough and directed 1980 American supernatural horror film “The Watcher in the woods”.

He directed a superhero movie for television based on the DC Comics character “wonder woman” in 1974, directed the 1974 adventure film “The castaway cowboy”, 1976 family adventure movie “Treasure of Matecumbae”, 1981 movie “Amy”, television film “Ask Max” alongside Gina Carano and Judy Greer in 1981, “gunsmoke: return to dodge” (1987), 1991 ‘stranger at my door”, and “a perry mason mystery: the case of the jealous jokester” in 1995.

Personal Life: Wife and Children

Vincent was the brother of legendary directors Joseph McEveety and Bernard McEveety. The datils about his parents are not available. In 1956 he got married to Anna O’Dell and gave birth to son Vincent Junior McEveety in 1965 who is also a director. The 2 generations of the McEveety family are engaged in the entertainment industry.