Vincent McEveety
Vincent Michael McEveety (August 10, 1929 – May 19, 2018) was an American film and television director and producer. Born in Los Angeles, he had a long career from 1957 to 2000, directing and producing many popular TV series and films.
On television, McEveety worked on The Untouchables, Gunsmoke (35 episodes), Star Trek (six episodes, including Dagger of the Mind and Balance of Terror), 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. In 1991 he directed the notable In the Heat of the Night episode “Sweet, Sweet Blues,” which contributed to the show’s award accomplishments that year, including an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Dramatic Series and a Crystal Reel Award for James Best. From 1994 to 1997 he produced Columbo, directing seven episodes.
McEveety also directed several Disney films, such as The Million Dollar Duck, The Biscuit Eater, Superdad, The Strongest Man in the World, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, and Herbie Goes Bananas, and contributed to The Watcher in the Woods. His 1968 western Firecreek, starring James Stewart, Henry Fonda and Inger Stevens, addressed themes that influenced many filmmakers. He returned to Westerns with The Castaway Cowboy (1974), starring James Garner and Vera Miles.
He was the son of Bernard Francis McEveety and Mary Ellen Leahy. He married Mary Ann O'Dell, with whom he had four children. McEveety died in Los Angeles at age 88.
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