caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive birthname image article_title occupation
swackhamer of `` law and order '' in ny , circa 1990 , directing pilot 5 december 1994 berlin , germany middletown township , new jersey , u.s. 17 january 1927 actress -rrb- bridget hanley -lrb- 1966-1994 -rrb- -lrb- his death 1961 -- 1994 egbert warnderink swackhamer e w swackhamer.jpg e. w. swackhamer
 director , producer
e. w. swackhamer

egbert warnderink `` e. w. '' swackhamer jr. -lrb- january 17 , 1927 , middletown township , new jersey -- december 5 , 1994 , berlin , germany -rrb- was an american television and film director .
swackhamer 's credits included `` m * a * s * h '' , `` l.a. law '' , `` murder , she wrote '' , `` bewitched '' , `` the partridge family '' and `` the flying nun '' .
of the 27 pilots for television series directed by swackhamer , 18 went into regular production , including `` law & order '' , `` eight is enough '' , `` quincy , m.e. '' , `` s.w.a.t '' and `` nancy drew '' .
swackhamer was the stage manager for the original broadway production of `` cat on a hot tin roof '' .
he went to hollywood in 1961 , after working on and off broadway and for national companies as an actor , stage manager and director .
swackhamer received an emmy award for directing the six-hour mini-series `` the dain curse '' during the 1977-78 season .
he was the father of ten eyck swackhamer and elizabeth swackhamer with his first wife , gretchen shane .
he married actress bridget hanley on april 26 , 1969 and they had two daughters , bronwyn -lrb- born march 3 , 1971 -rrb- and meagan .
he was working as a director on `` star command '' at the time of his death , of a ruptured aortic aneurysm , on december 5 , 1994 .
