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name: "Jack Shea"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 August 1928"
died: "28 April 2013"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:03.504539+00:00"
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# Jack Shea

Director. Born 1 August 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 28 April 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 August 1928, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 28 April 2013
- **Also known as:** John Francis Shea Jr.

## Biography

Jack Shea was an American television director. Born John Francis Shea Jr. on 1 August 1928 in New York City, he died on 28 April 2013 in Tarzana, California. He graduated from Fordham University with a degree in history and began his career in television as a stage manager in the early 1950s. After service in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, where he made instructional films, he worked as an associate director before directing from 1958 onwards.

Shea directed episodes of numerous series, including *The Jeffersons* (for which he directed 110 episodes), *Silver Spoons* (91 episodes), *Sanford and Son*, *The Waltons*, *Growing Pains*, *Designing Women* and *The Golden Girls* (1985). He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on *The Bob Hope Show* in 1961 and *Designing Women* in 1987.

From 1997 to 2002 Shea served as president of the Directors Guild of America. He was active in the guild for over five decades, including roles in its formation through the 1960 merger of earlier directors' organisations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, interviews.televisionacademy.com, latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Golden Girls* (1985), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)

## Also known for

- *Full House* (1987), Director
- *Growing Pains* (1985), Director
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), Director
- *Sister, Sister* (1994), Director
- *The Jeffersons* (1975), Director
- *The Waltons* (1972), Director
- *Sanford and Son* (1972), Director
- *Silver Spoons* (1982), Director

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