Directing

Herschel Daugherty

Born — Died

1910-10-27 — 1993-03-05

Place of birth

Lauramie, Indiana, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

19 titles

Herschel Daugherty was an American television and film director, as well as an occasional actor, recognized for his extensive work in television from the 1950s through the 1970s. After graduating from Whittier College in 1934, he attended the Pasadena Playhouse School of the Theater, where he later served as an associate director. Daugherty began his career as a dialogue director at Warner Brothers in 1942 before transitioning to television directing. He directed episodes for numerous series, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Star Trek, and The Six Million Dollar Man. Daugherty's ability to handle various genres and his collaborative approach with actors made him a respected figure in the…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Light in the Forest poster
6.7

A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live with his true family and must learn to fit in with the people he was taught to hate.

The Light in the Forest

1958

Winchester '73 poster
6.7

TV Remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same title has two brothers, one an ex-con the other a law officer, competing for possession of the famed repeating rifle.

Winchester '73

1967

The Raiders poster
4.8

Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad.

The Raiders

1963

The Victim poster
6.3

A woman is trapped during a storm in a house with no electricity or phone. A killer has murdered her sister, stuffed the body in the basement, and is now after her.

The Victim

1972

The Slowest Gun in the West poster
4.5

The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. Fletcher is so cowardly the townsfolk are sure that the local outlaws will be too proud to gun him down. This proves to be the case, and the outlaws hire their own cowardly gunfighter, Chicken Finsterwald, to go up against The Silver Dollar Kid.

The Slowest Gun in the West

1960

The Grim Reaper poster
2.0

Celebrity author Beatrice Graves purchases a cursed painting of the Grim Reaper; her nephew Paul warns her that most of its previous owners have died violently but she scoffs-until blood appears on the Reaper's blade.

The Grim Reaper

1961

Twice in a Lifetime poster
7.0

A tugboat operator and a waterfront cafe owner clash with a dock foreman who is trying to change the way things on the piers have been done.

Twice in a Lifetime

1974

The Magnificent Stranger poster
7.0

Rowdy Yates is accused of murder, and has to alert the Army to a bandit assault.

The Magnificent Stranger

1966

And One Was Loyal poster
NR

Joan now a prominent artist meets the man who rescued her from a brutal and traumatized existence with a savage husband in the jungle. In flashback we see what happened.

And One Was Loyal

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She Cried Murder poster
6.6

Fashion model Sarah Cornell, from the front car of a subway, witnesses a man pushing a woman onto the tracks to her death. Hoping to dispel the presumption that the woman committed suicide, Sarah contacts the police. But when they arrive to take her statement, she recognizes one of the detectives as the killer. Can she get anyone to believe her before she becomes his next victim?

She Cried Murder

1973

The Life You Save May Be Your Own poster
NR

A Southern Gothic parable (truncated on-screen as “The Life You Save”) that twists the typical story of chivalrous boy-meets-girl romance, it follows a seemingly aimless drifter who inserts himself into the isolated lives of an old spinster and her invalid daughter. Adaptation of the short story by Flannery O’Connor.

The Life You Save May Be Your Own

1957

Strange Witness poster
NR

Ruth and her lover David are caught having an affair by her husband John. When John refuses to give Ruth a divorce, David shoots him. Before Ruth and David can make plans to cover up the murder, John's blind friend Chris shows up.

Strange Witness

1958

The Storm poster
NR

A newlywed woman is alone in her home during a devastating storm. As she waits for her husband to return, she is besieged by menacing sounds throughout the house, power outages, a jumpy pet black cat, and a creepy cabbie. After much deliberation, she decides to investigate a strange disturbance in the storm cellar.

The Storm

1962