---
name: "Charles H. Maguire"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-h-maguire"
fi1m_id: "charles-h-maguire"
imdb_id: "nm0536557"
tmdb_id: 6846
wikidata_id: "Q84245163"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "3 November 1927"
died: "15 January 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T21:59:41.500117+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."
---

# Charles H. Maguire

## Identity

Charles H. Maguire

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-h-maguire
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-h-maguire
- **IMDb ID:** nm0536557
- **TMDB ID:** 6846
- **Wikidata ID:** Q84245163
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84245163, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536557/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6846

Producer. Born 3 November 1927 in Queens. Died 15 January 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 3 November 1927, Queens
- **Died:** 15 January 2001
- **Active:** 1954–1992
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 5 producing, 2 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 89 (1), 1960s 79 (3), 1970s 74 (1), 1990s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 61 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $335m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84245163, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536557/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6846

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dead Again*](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charles H. Maguire was an American film producer, assistant director and production manager. He began working in the industry as a prop man and received his first major credit as assistant director on *On the Waterfront* (1954). He later served in similar roles on films including *The Hustler* (1961) and *The Sand Pebbles* (1966).

Maguire moved into producing and executive producing in the 1960s and 1970s. His credits include associate producer on *Splendor in the Grass* (1961), *America America* (1963) and *Fail Safe* (1964), and production manager or associate producer on *The Parallax View* (1974) and *Shampoo* (1975). He was producer on *Dead Again* (1991) and executive producer on *Patriot Games* (1992). He died in 2001.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se, theglobeandmail.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Produced (5) — the average rests on these

- *Patriot Games* (1992), Fi1m 61, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/patriot-games.md)
- *Dead Again* (1991), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md)
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1978), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait.md)
- *The Sand Pebbles* (1966), Fi1m 66, Associate Producer, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sand-pebbles.md)
- *America America* (1963), Fi1m 84, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)

### Crew (2)

- *The Hustler* (1961), Fi1m 88, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)
- *On the Waterfront* (1954), Fi1m 89, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-waterfront.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Patriot Games* (1992), Executive Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/patriot-games.md)
- *Dead Again* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md)
- *Downtown* (1990), Producer
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1978), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait.md)
- *Mother, Jugs & Speed* (1976), Associate Producer
- *Shampoo* (1975), Production Manager, Associate Producer
- *The Parallax View* (1974), Production Manager, Associate Producer
- *The Friends of Eddie Coyle* (1973), Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Fuzz* (1972), Associate Producer
- *Monty Nash* (1971), series, Associate Producer
- *I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!* (1968), Producer
- *Bye Bye Braverman* (1968), Associate Producer
- *The Sand Pebbles* (1966), Second Unit Director, Associate Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sand-pebbles.md)
- *Fail Safe* (1964), Producer
- *America America* (1963), Associate Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/america-america.md)
- *Splendor in the Grass* (1961), Associate Producer
- *The Hustler* (1961), Assistant Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)
- *Wild River* (1960), Assistant Director
- *The Fugitive Kind* (1960), Assistant Director
- *Gangster Story* (1959), Assistant Director
- *Odds Against Tomorrow* (1959), Assistant Director
- *Middle of the Night* (1959), Assistant Director
- *Wind Across the Everglades* (1958), Assistant Director
- *The Goddess* (1958), Assistant Director
- *Stage Struck* (1958), Assistant Director
- *Baby Doll* (1956), Assistant Director
- *Patterns* (1956), Assistant Director
- *Roogie's Bump* (1954), Assistant Director
- *On the Waterfront* (1954), Assistant Director — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-waterfront.md)

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