---
name: "Chuck Bowman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chuck-bowman"
fi1m_id: "chuck-bowman"
imdb_id: "nm0101304"
tmdb_id: 41270
wikidata_id: "Q5115368"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "2 June 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:03:32.752500+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."
---

# Chuck Bowman

## Identity

Chuck Bowman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chuck-bowman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chuck-bowman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0101304
- **TMDB ID:** 41270
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5115368
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Bowman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5115368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101304/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41270

Director. Born 2 June 1937 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 2 June 1937, Coffeyville, Kansas, USA
- **Also known as:** Charles Wayne Bowman 
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 56 (1), 2000s 73 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Bowman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5115368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101304/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41270

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Castle*](https://film.one/tv/castle.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Chuck Bowman (born Charles Wayne Bowman) is an American television director, producer, writer and occasional actor. He directed the Castle episode 'The Blue Butterfly' in 2012 and has worked on numerous other series including The A-Team (1983), MacGyver (1985), Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), Murder, She Wrote (1984), The Pretender (1996), Alien Nation (1989), The Greatest American Hero (1981) and Nash Bridges (1996).

Born on 2 June 1937 in Coffeyville, Kansas, Bowman began his career in the late 1960s. He is the father of director Rob Bowman. His credits also include producing and writing for television, as well as acting roles in series such as Dragnet and Adam-12.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, castle.fandom.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Castle* (2009), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Airport* (1970), Fi1m 56, as New York Dispatcher (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *Castle* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Day Break* (2006), series, as Traffic Reporter
- *The Tooth Fairy* (2006), Director
- *Threshold* (2003), Director
- *Tremors* (2003), series, Director
- *Dead Above Ground* (2002), Director, Producer
- *She Spies* (2002), series, Director
- *Christy: Return to Cutter Gap* (2000), Director
- *Sheena* (2000), series, Director
- *Quarantine* (2000), Director
- *Martial Law* (1998), series, Director
- *V.I.P.* (1998), series, Director
- *Someone to Love Me* (1998), Director
- *I Know What You Did* (1998), Co-Executive Producer, Director
- *The Accident: A Moment of Truth Movie* (1997), Director, Co-Executive Producer
- *Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger* (1997), Director
- *A Kiss So Deadly* (1996), Producer, Director
- *The Pretender* (1996), series, Director
- *Abducted: A Father's Love* (1996), Director
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, Director
- *Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie* (1995), Supervising Producer, Director
- *Spring Fling!* (1995), Director
- *A Mother's Deception* (1994), Director
- *Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire* (1994), Director
- *Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter?* (1993), Director
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, Director
- *Key West* (1993), series, Director
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, Director
- *Shades of L.A.* (1990), series, Director
- *They Came from Outer Space* (1990), series, Director
- *Swamp Thing* (1990), series, Director
- *Alien Nation* (1989), series, Director
- *In the Heat of the Night* (1988), series, Director
- *Supercarrier* (1988), series, Producer
- *Jake and the Fatman* (1987), series, Director
- *Shadow Chasers* (1985), series, Director
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, Director, Writer
- *Stingray* (1985), series, Director
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, Director
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, Director
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Greatest American Hero* (1981), series, as Keith Asherman · Director
- *Tenspeed and Brown Shoe* (1980), series, Producer
- *Baa Baa Black Sheep* (1976), series, Associate Producer
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Commissioner Tremayne — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Guard
- *Emergency!* (1972), series, as Reporter (uncredited)
- *Airport* (1970), as New York Dispatcher (uncredited) — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb* (1969), as Narrator
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Lt. Andrews, Officer Miller, Juvenile Officer Rogers, Harold Thompson, Sgt. McCall, Detective Sgt. Edwards, Det. Cole Edwards, Range Commander
- *It Takes a Thief* (1968), series, as Co-Pilot
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Officer

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