Direction: Jack Shea

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jack Shea. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Golden Girls (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Susan Harris · Terry Hughes · Lex Passaris · Matthew Diamond

Cast Bea Arthur · Betty White · Rue McClanahan · Estelle Getty

Plot TV Series (1985-1992). 7 Seasons. 180 Episodes. Four previously married women live together in Miami, sharing their various experiences together and enjoying themselves despite hard times.

6.2

14K votes

6.2

14K votes

Growing Pains (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction Neal Marlens · John Tracy · John Pasquin · Jack Shea

Cast Kirk Cameron · Alan Thicke · Joanna Kerns · Tracey Gold

Plot TV Series (1985-1992). 7 Seasons. 166 Episodes. This ABC family sitcom revolved around the Seaver family, who lived on Long Island in New York. When the series debuted in 1985,...

5.8

16K votes

5.8

16K votes

The Waltons (TV Series)

1972 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Earl Hamner Jr. · Harry Harris · Philip Leacock · Ralph Waite

Cast Jon Walmsley · Eric Scott · Kami Cotler · Earl Hamner Jr.

Plot TV Series (1971-1981). 9 seasons. 213 episodes. In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, during the Great Depression, the Walton family makes its small income from its saw mill on...

5.7

87 votes

5.7

87 votes

Full House (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Franklin · Joel Zwick · John Tracy · Bill Foster

Cast John Stamos · Dave Coulier · Candace Cameron Bure · Jodie Sweetin

Plot TV Series (1987-1995). 8 Seasons. 192 Episodes. Family sitcom. Set in San Francisco, this is a show about a very loving family headed by Danny Tanner, who became a single...

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5.6

42K votes

5.6

42K votes

Punky Brewster (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction David W. Duclon · Art Dielhenn · Gary Menteer · Deveney Kelly

Cast Soleil Moon Frye · Sandy · George Gaynes · Cherie Johnson

Plot TV Series (1984-1988). 4 Seasons. 88 Episodes. Punky Brewster is a show about a girl named Penelope "punky" Brewster. She is abandoned with her dog, Brandon in a supermarket by...

5.3

13K votes

5.3

13K votes

Sister, Sister (TV Series)

1994 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Kim Bass · Gary Gilbert · Fred Shafferman · Asaad Kelada

Cast Tia Mowry-Hardrict · Tamera Mowry-Housley · Jackée Harry · RonReaco Lee

Plot TV Series (1994-1999). 6 seasons. Tia and Tamera Mowry play twins who were separated at birth and by chance meet each other in a shopping mall. Ray Campbell, Tamera's adopted...

3.6

3K votes

3.6

3K votes

What's Happening!! (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 24 min. · United States

Direction Mark Warren · Lee Bernhardi · Dick Harwood · Hal Alexander

Cast Ernest Thomas · Haywood Nelson · Danielle Spencer · Fred Berry

Plot TV Series (1976-1979). 3 Seasons. 65 Episodes. A trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in...

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The Ropers (TV Series)

1979 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Jack Shea · Dave Powers

Cast Norman Fell · Audra Lindley · Jeffrey Tambor · Patty McCormack

Plot Stanley and Helen Roper have sold their apartment complex and moved into a new one. Their trademark quirks are intact as they deal with new neighbors and frequent visits from...

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The Jeffersons (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Don Nicholl · Michael Ross · Bernard West · Jack Shea

Cast Isabel Sanford · Sherman Hemsley · Marla Gibbs · Roxie Roker

Plot (1975-1985). 11 seasons. "The Jeffersons" was perhaps the most-successful spinoff series to "All in the Family." George Jefferson was the black version of Archie Bunker in many respects, both were...

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The Royal Family (TV Series)

1991 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Greg Antonacci · Eddie Murphy · Shelley Jensen · Jack Shea

Cast Della Reese · Mariann Aalda · Sylver Gregory · Larenz Tate

Plot 15 episodes. Al Royal and his wife Victoria had just settled down to retire when their daughter Elizabeth, newly divorced from a man that Al had always hated, moved back...

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Kate McShane (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Corey Allen · Bill Bixby · David Friedkin · John Peyser

Cast Anne Meara · Ed Lauter · John Aprea · Sandy Ward

Plot Kate McShane was a brash but successful criminal attorney from a blue-collar Irish background who often took on cases that seemed hopeless for her clients.

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Second Chance (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction David W. Duclon · Gary Menteer · Jim Drake · Jim Cox

Cast Matthew Perry · Billy Gallo · Randee Heller · Demian Slade

Plot TV Series (1987–1988). 21 episodes. Charles Russell dies, but since he is too good for hell and too bad for heaven, he is given the opportunity to go back to...

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Designing Women (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Linda Bloodworth-Thomason · David Trainer · David Steinberg · Jack Shea

Cast Delta Burke · Dixie Carter · Annie Potts · Alice Ghostley

Plot (1986-1993). 7 seasons. 164 episodes. Outspoken feminist Julia Sugarbaker runs a design firm out of her Atlanta home, along with her shallow ex-beauty queen sister, Suzanne, divorced mother Mary Jo,...

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It's About Time (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Sherwood Schwartz · Jerry Hopper · Leslie Goodwins · George Cahan

Cast Frank Aletter · Jack Mullaney · Imogene Coca · Joe E. Ross

Plot Two astronauts, after breaking the speed of light, accidently travel back in time to prehistoric Earth. Unable to return, they make friends with the natives.

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The Monitors

1969 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Jack Shea

Cast Guy Stockwell · Susan Oliver · Larry Storch · Avery Schreiber

Plot The Earth is taken over by The Monitors, aliens who run it like hall monitors in a 1950's high school, with overtones of Big Brother. The film follows the progress...

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The Littlest Hobo (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 30 min. · Canada

Direction Dick Darley · Stuart McGowan · Jack Shea

Cast Monty McFarlane · Gregg Palmer · Chick Chandler · Joyce Taylor

Plot A German Shepherd dog wanders endlessly, only stopping to do a good deed or help a person in need, before returning to his road without end.

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Molloy (TV Series)

1989 · Series · 30 min. · United States

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Sanford and Son (TV Series)

1972 · Series · 22 min. · United States

Direction Norman Lear · Bud Yorkin · Peter Baldwin · Alan Rafkin

Cast Redd Foxx · Demond Wilson · LaWanda Page · Don Bexley

Plot TV Series (1972-1977). 6 Seasons. 136 Episodes. American sitcom based on the BBC's 'Steptoe and Son' about the misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

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