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name: "Alan Crosland, Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-crosland-jr"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "19 July 1918"
died: "18 December 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:39:44.180121+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alan Crosland, Jr.

Director. Born 19 July 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 18 December 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 19 July 1918, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 18 December 2001
- **Also known as:** Alan Crosland, Allen Crosland

## Biography

Alan Crosland Jr. (also credited as Alan Crosland or Allen Crosland) was an American director and editor of film and television. The son of director Alan Crosland, he began his career as an editor in the 1940s before moving into directing in the mid-1950s.

He directed episodes of numerous television series, including *The Twilight Zone* (1959), *The Wild Wild West* (1965), *Wonder Woman* (1975), *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974) and *MacGyver* (1985). He also directed the two-part pilot of *The Bionic Woman* (1976). His editing credits include *Marty* (1955) and *Sweet Smell of Success* (1957).

Crosland served in the US Navy during the Second World War. He was active from the 1940s until the 1980s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, findagrave.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *MacGyver* (1985), Director
- *Wonder Woman* (1975), Director
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Director
- *Airport 1975* (1974), First Assistant Director
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Director
- *Gilligan's Island* (1964), Director
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), Director
- *The Wild Wild West* (1965), Director

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