Western director Andrew V. McLaglen dies at 94

Andrew V. McLaglen, film director best known for his westerns like McLintock!, starring John Wayne, and Shenandoah, starring James Stewart, has died at 94. A cause of death has not been reported at this time, but is assumed to be general causes.

Variety reveals that the filmmaker died on Saturday, August 30, in his home in Friday Harbor on San Juan, WA.

Born in England to former boxer and Oscar-winning actor Victor McLaglen and Enid Lamont in 1920. After moving to Hollywood soon after birth, he worked as an assistant director on movies like Big Jim McLain, Island in the Sky and Blood Alley, all starring John Wayne, before first transitioning to directing with the movie Gun the Man Down in 1956.

In addition to McLintock!, McLaglen would go on to direct Wayne in three other movies, The Undefeated, Chisum and Cahill U.S. Marshall. McLaglen also served as a unit production manager on the Wayne movie Hondo, while Wayne would also go on to produce such McLaglen movies as Man in the Vault and the aforementioned Gun the Man Down.

In addition to frequently working with Wayne, McLaglen also had a productive working relationship with Stewart, having directed Bandolero, The Rare Breed, Fool's Parade and the aforementioned Shenandoah.

McLaglen also had a productive TV directing career as well, having directed 116 episodes of Have Gun—Will Travel, 96 episodes of Gunsmoke and several episodes of Rawhide, starring Clint Eastwood, Perry Mason and Gunslinger.

The filmmaker directed his last movie, Return from the River Kwai in 1989. Following his film and television directing career, McLaglen decided to direct productions at the San Juan Community Theater. According to the Journal of the San Juan Islands, a revival of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple in 2008 was among his most prolific stage shows during this period of his life.

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