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Sam Egan

Known for

Writing

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Sam Egan is a journalist, and a writer/producer for television.

His credits include writing and producing for such shows as: Quincy, M.E., The Incredible Hulk, The Fall Guy, Northern Exposure, The Outer Limits, Sanctuary and Jeremiah. He is the son of a holocaust survivor and based The Outer Limits episode "Tribunal" on his father's experience in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp where his father's first wife and daughter were killed by the Nazis.

As a journalist, Egan has written for Rolling Stone Magazine and was editor of the Arts Magazine The Every Other Weekly.

Best known work

Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1
1997
Continuum
Continuum
2012
V
V
2009
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
2008
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
1995
Northern Exposure
Northern Exposure
1990
Automan
Automan
1983
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy
1981
Manimal
Manimal
1983

Filmography

  1. 2018

    Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

    as Self

  2. 2012

    ContinuumTV

    Writer

  3. 2009

    VTV

    Writer

  4. 2009

  5. 2008

    SanctuaryTV

    Producer, Writer, Teleplay, Story

  6. 2007

  7. 2002

    JeremiahTV

    Writer

  8. 2001

    Criss Cross

    Screenplay

  9. 1997

  10. 1996

    Second NoahTV

    Writer

  11. 1995

  12. 1993

  13. 1991

    Tropical HeatTV

    Creator

  14. 1990

    The Kid Who Loved Christmas

    Teleplay, Producer

  15. 1990

    Northern ExposureTV

    Writer, Consulting Producer

  16. 1990

  17. 1989

    SnoopsTV

    Creator

  18. 1988

  19. 1988

  20. 1984

    Cover UpTV

    Writer

  21. 1983

    AutomanTV

    Writer

  22. 1983

    ManimalTV

    Writer

  23. 1981

    The Fall GuyTV

    Writer, Supervising Producer

  24. 1976

    Quincy, M.E.TV

    Writer, Producer

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