---
name: "William A. Graham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-a-graham"
fi1m_id: "william-a-graham"
imdb_id: "nm0334353"
tmdb_id: 83467
wikidata_id: "Q386024"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "15 May 1926"
died: "12 September 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:35:50.565834+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."
---

# William A. Graham

## Identity

William A. Graham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-a-graham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-a-graham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0334353
- **TMDB ID:** 83467
- **Wikidata ID:** Q386024
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Graham_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386024, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83467

Director. Born 15 May 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 12 September 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 15 May 1926, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 12 September 2013
- **Active:** 1963–1993
- **Also known as:** William Graham, Bill Graham
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Graham_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386024, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83467

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84)
- **Tubi:** [*The Fugitive*](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md) (84)

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## Biography

William A. Graham (1926–2013) was an American television and film director. Beginning in the late 1950s, he directed episodes of many series, including *The X-Files* (three episodes, 1993–1998), *The Fugitive*, *Batman*, *Ironside*, *The Big Valley* and *The F.B.I.*. He also directed the pilots for *The Big Valley* and *Police Story*.

Graham directed feature films such as *Change of Habit* (1969), Elvis Presley's final film, *Honky* (1971), *Where the Lilies Bloom* (1974) and *Return to the Blue Lagoon* (1991). He received a Primetime Emmy nomination for directing the television film *Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones* (1980).

Born in New York City, Graham studied at Yale University and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. He died in Malibu, California.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Complete filmography (110)

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

- *Blood Crime* (2002), Director
- *Acceptable Risk* (2001), Director
- *The Fugitive* (2000), series, Director
- *The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer* (1999), Director
- *The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer* (1999), series, Director
- *Sleeping with the Devil* (1997), Director
- *Dying to Belong* (1997), Director
- *The Man Who Captured Eichmann* (1996), Director
- *Terror in the Shadows* (1995), Director
- *Beauty's Revenge* (1995), Director
- *Betrayed: A Story of Three Women* (1995), Director
- *A Friend to Die For* (1994), Director
- *Beyond Suspicion* (1993), Director
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story* (1993), Director
- *Bed of Lies* (1992), Director
- *Return to the Blue Lagoon* (1991), Director, Producer
- *Montana* (1990), Director
- *Billy the Kid* (1989), Director
- *Street of Dreams* (1988), Director
- *Supercarrier* (1988), series, Director
- *Proud Men* (1987), Director
- *Police Story: The Freeway Killings* (1987), Director
- *George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation* (1986), series, Director
- *George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation* (1986), Director
- *The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James* (1986), Director
- *Mussolini: The Untold Story* (1985), series, Director
- *Otherworld* (1985), series, Director
- *Secrets of a Married Man* (1984), Director
- *Calendar Girl Murders* (1984), Director
- *Women of San Quentin* (1983), Director
- *The Last Ninja* (1983), Director
- *M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers* (1983), Director
- *Deadly Encounter* (1982), Director
- *Harry Tracy, Desperado* (1982), Director
- *Rage!* (1980), Director
- *Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones* (1980), series, Director
- *Orphan Train* (1979), Director
- *Transplant* (1979), Director
- *And I Alone Survived* (1978), Director
- *One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story* (1978), Director
- *Cindy* (1978), Director
- *Contract on Cherry Street* (1977), Director
- *The Amazing Howard Hughes* (1977), Director
- *The Amazing Howard Hughes* (1977), series, Director
- *Minstrel Man* (1977), Director
- *21 Hours at Munich* (1976), Director
- *Sounder, Part 2* (1976), Director
- *Perilous Voyage* (1976), Director
- *Shark Kill* (1976), Director
- *Beyond the Bermuda Triangle* (1975), Director
- *Trapped Beneath the Sea* (1974), Director
- *Together Brothers* (1974), Director
- *Larry* (1974), Director
- *Where the Lilies Bloom* (1974), Director
- *Get Christie Love!* (1974), Director
- *Shirts/Skins* (1973), Director
- *A Chant of Silence* (1973), Director
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Director
- *Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside* (1973), Director
- *Birds of Prey* (1973), Director
- *Magic Carpet* (1972), Director
- *Cry for Me, Billy* (1972), Director
- *Jigsaw* (1972), Director
- *Honky* (1971), Director
- *Marriage: Year One* (1971), Director
- *Thief* (1971), Director
- *Congratulations, It's a Boy!* (1971), Director
- *The Intruders* (1970), Director
- *Change of Habit* (1969), Director
- *Then Came Bronson* (1969), Director
- *Trial Run* (1969), Director
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, Director
- *Submarine X-1* (1968), Director
- *Waterhole #3* (1967), Director
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Director
- *The Doomsday Flight* (1966), Director
- *CBS Playhouse* (1966), series, Director
- *Batman* (1966), series, Director
- *Blue Light* (1966), series, Director
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, Director
- *The Big Valley* (1965), series, Director
- *12 O'Clock High* (1964), series, Director
- *Valentine's Day* (1964), series, Director
- *The Rogues* (1964), series, Director
- *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, Director
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Breaking Point* (1963), series, Director
- *The Eleventh Hour* (1962), series, Director
- *Stoney Burke* (1962), series, Director
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, Director
- *Saints and Sinners* (1962), series, Director
- *Sam Benedict* (1962), series, Director
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, Director
- *Great Ghost Tales* (1961), series, Director
- *Show Girl* (1961), Director
- *Special for Women* (1960), series, Director
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Director
- *Checkmate* (1960), series, Director
- *The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries* (1960), series, Director
- *The Creative Performer* (1960), Director
- *Summer of Decision* (1959), Director
- *The Detectives* (1959), series, Director
- *Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway* (1959), Director
- *Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly* (1958), Director
- *Swiss Family Robinson* (1958), Director
- *Naked City* (1958), series, Director
- *Suspicion* (1957), series, Director
- *DuPont Show of the Month* (1957), series, Director
- *Project XX* (1954), series, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director 1992: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director (nominated), for *Return to the Blue Lagoon*
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1992: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (nominated), for *Return to the Blue Lagoon*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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