Will Cowan

For other people with similar names see William Cowan

Will Cowan (1912 – January 4, 1994) was a director and producer of films. ^[1] He was born in Scotland.

Filmography

• Pony Post (1940), producer
• Boss of Bullion City (1940), producer
• Man from Montana (1941), producer
• Fighting Bill Fargo (1941), producer
• Rawhide Rangers (1941), producer
• The Masked Rider (1941), producer
• Arizona Cyclone (1941), producer
• Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941), producer
• Keeping Fit (1942), producer
• Boss of Hangtown Mesa (1942), producer
• Stagecoach Buckaroo (1942), producer
• Get Going (1943), producer
• He's My Guy (1943), producer
• Gals, Incorporated (1943), producer
• Jungle Woman (1944), co-producer
• Dead Man's Eyes (1944), co-producer
• The Frozen Ghost (1945), producer
• Honeymoon Ahead (1945), producer
• The Dark Horse , producer
• Idea Girl (1946), producer
• Girl Time (1947), director
• Symphony in Swing (1948), director and producer ^[2]
• Lenny Hambro (1949), director
• Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra (1949), producer and director ^[2]
• The Pecos Pistol (1949), producer and director
• Sugar Chile Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1950), director
• Tales of the West: Cactus Caravan / South of Santa Fe (1950)
• Jimmy Dorsey's Varieties (1952) ^[3]
• House Party (1953) with Andy Russell and Della Russell
• Champ Butler Sings (1954) short, starring Champ Butler ^[4]
• Roundup of Rhythm (1954) with Bill Haley and the Comets
• Rhythms with Rusty (1956), director
• Golden Ladder (1957), director / producer, a musical featurette starring Gogi Grant ^[5]
• Riot in Rhythm (1957), director
• The Big Beat (1958), director and producer
• The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958), director

References

1. "Will Cowan". BFI. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021.
2. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (January 30, 1949). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series" – via Google Books.
3. Stockdale, Robert L. "The Dorsey Brothers - Filmdom's Favorites." IAJRC Journal 41.2 (2008): 46-56. ProQuest. Web. 18 Jan. 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
4. Webb, Graham (2020). Encyclopedia of American short films, 1926-1959. Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN   978-1-4766-3926-0. OCLC   1165386404.
5. Webb, Graham (July 10, 2020). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-3926-0 – via Google Books.