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...
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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Goode Behavior (TV Series)
1996 · Series · 25 min. · United States
Direction Jack Shea · Michael Zinberg · Leonard R. Garner Jr. · Gary Shimokawa
Cast Sherman Hemsley · Dorien Wilson · Alex Datcher · Scott Grimes
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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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Death Valley Days (TV Series)
1952 · Series · 25 min. · United States
Direction Stuart McGowan · Harmon Jones · Jack B. Hively · Tay Garnett
Cast Stanley Andrews · Robert Taylor · Ronald Reagan · Dale Robertson
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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
Direction George Beckerman · Andrew D. Weyman · John Tracy · Jack Shea
Cast Mayim Bialik · Kevin Scannell · Pamela Brull · Jennifer Aniston
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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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