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name: "Virgil W. Vogel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/virgil-w-vogel"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "29 November 1919"
died: "1 January 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T18:10:03.945091+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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# Virgil W. Vogel

Director. Born 29 November 1919 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. Died 1 January 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 29 November 1919, Peoria, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 1 January 1996
- **Active:** 1966–1984
- **Works often with:** John Llewellyn Moxey, Lee H. Katzin, Michael O'Herlihy, Paul Krasny

## Biography

Virgil W. Vogel (29 November 1919 – 1 January 1996) was an American television and film director. Born in Peoria, Illinois, he began his career at Universal Pictures as an assistant editor in 1940 and worked as an editor on films including *Touch of Evil* (1958). He made his directorial debut with the science-fiction film *The Mole People* (1956) and directed a small number of other features before concentrating on television.

Vogel directed episodes of numerous series over nearly five decades, including *Wagon Train*, *Bonanza*, *The Big Valley*, *Mission: Impossible* (1966), *The Six Million Dollar Man*, *Knight Rider*, *Airwolf*, *Magnum, P.I.*, *Miami Vice*, *Quantum Leap* and *Walker, Texas Ranger*. He was the nephew of cinematographer Lee Garmes.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Director

## Also known for

- *Knight Rider* (1982), Director
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), Director
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), Director
- *Airwolf* (1984), Director
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), Director
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Director
- *Street Hawk* (1985), Director
- *Man from Atlantis* (1977), Director

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