Combat! Directors

by Jo Davidsmeyer

These are all the directors for the TV series Combat! Included are the titles of episodes that each directed, additional credits, and comments. Directors are listed in alphabetical order; episodes are listed in production order.

• Jus Addiss
• Robert Altman
• Laslo Benedek
• Richard Benedict
• Michael Caffey
• Richard Donner
• Georg J. Fenady
• Burt Kennedy
• Bernard McEveety
• Vic Morrow
• Ted Post
• Sutton Roley

JUS ADDISS

Combat! episodes:

• The Quiet Warrior

ALAN CROSLAND, JR.

The only film directing credit I can find for Alan Crosland, Jr. is 1975's "The Secret of Bigfoot." For TV he directed episodes of "MacGyver" and "Garrison's Gorillas." and was a frequent director with "The Wild, Wild West." His father (?) Alan Crosland had a distinguished directing career dating back to 1920, including the ground-breaking "The Jazz Singer."

In Combat!, Crosland didn't distinguish himself with any of his episodes. "Odyssey" is by far the best, but that due more to Morrow and a strong script than to anything the director did.

Combat! episodes:

• The Long Walk
• Odyssey
• 9 Place Vendee
• Crossfire
• Luck With Rainbows
• The Flying Machine

TOM GRIES

Tom Gries has had a long career directing for television. He directed for such action shows as "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "Garrison's Gorillas." He directed Vic Morrow and Alan Alda in Truman Capote's "The Glass House"

Combat! episodes:

• Doughboy
• The Linesman
• Main Event

HERMAN HOFFMAN

Combat! episodes:

• The Squad

BYRON PAUL

Combat! episodes:

• Missing in Action

BORIS SAGAL

Sagal has an extensive list of credits spanning three decades. He has directed TV series, TV films, mini-series, and theatrical releases. A short list includes "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", "The Thousand Plane Raid," "Night Gallery," "Hauser's Memory," "The Omega Man," "Rich Man, Poor Man," and "The Awakening Land."

Sagal died May 22, 1981 on the third day of filming the made-for-tv film "World War III". He died on the set as he stepped into a helicopter blade, just a year before Morrow's tragic on-set death due to a helicopter crash.

Combat! episodes:

• A Day in June (pilot episode)

PAUL STANLEY

Among his TV directing credits are episodes of "The Wild, Wild West" and "MacGyver."

Combat! episodes:

• Reunion
• The Medal
• No Hallelujahs For Glory
• High Named Today

Data collected by Jo Davidsmeyer, copyright 1995