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Bernard McEveety

Director · Died February 2, 2004, aged 79 · New Rochelle, New York, USA

Bernard McEveety was an American film and television director celebrated for his extensive work across various genres. Born into a family deeply rooted in the entertainment industry, with brothers Vincent and Joseph McEveety also being directors and producers, Bernard began his career in the 1950s. He directed numerous episodes of popular television series, including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, and Combat!. McEveety's versatility allowed him to work on a wide range of projects, from Westerns to science fiction series like Knight Rider and Airwolf. His filmography includes directing The Brotherhood of Satan (1971) and Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966). McEveety's prolific career spanned several decades, leaving a lasting impact on American television and film.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 13, 1924
Died
February 2, 2004 (aged 79)
From
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Works as
Director
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 29% in 30 days

What are Bernard McEveety's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
25%
Morality
24%
Bonds
23%
Survival
13%
Power
6%
Society
6%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Hopeful
6
Warm
3
Melancholic
3
Dread
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Hopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bernard McEveety's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bernard McEveety's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

68 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page.

  • Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Misfits of Science (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Half Nelson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Cover Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Hot Pursuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Airwolf(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows

  • Blue Thunder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Yellow Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • For Love and Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The A-Team(1983)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Voyagers!(1982)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Knight Rider(1982)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Simon & Simon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • McClain's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Fall Guy(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director

  • Enos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Roughnecks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director

  • Big Shamus, Little Shamus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Trapper John, M.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 15 episodes · Director

  • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • B. J. and the Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Donovan's Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director

  • David Cassidy: Man Under Cover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Centennial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

  • Vega$ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Incredible Hulk(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • The Hostage Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director

  • Eight Is Enough(1977)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • How the West Was Won(1976)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Quest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Macahans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Director

  • The Quest: The Longest Drive(1976)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Three for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • S.W.A.T.(1975)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Planet of the Apes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • The Rockford Files(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Petrocelli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Manhunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Bears and I(1974)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • One Little Indian(1973)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Boy and the Bronc Buster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Director

  • The Waltons(1972)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Banacek(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Napoleon and Samantha(1972)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Killer by Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Director

  • The Brotherhood of Satan(1971)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • A Step Out of Line(1971)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Hawaii Five-O(1968)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Cimarron Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 23 episodes · Director · Producer

  • Ride Beyond Vengeance(1966)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The F.B.I. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Wild Wild West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Laredo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • The Big Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 11 episodes · Director

  • Broken Sabre(1965)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Branded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Combat!(1962)

    Show 31 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • The Rebel(1959)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 54 episodes · Director

  • Blades of the Musketeers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Assistant Director

  • Inspiration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • Back to Liberty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 68 titles from 1927 to 1986.

Highest rated

The Bears and I (1974)

Midcredits 48th

Most popular right now

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing67 of 68: 66 only directing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thProducing1 of 68: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 68: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1920s2 · crew1950s4 · crew1960s13 · crew1970s31 · crew1980s18 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Bernard McEveety's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th9

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · director

Broken Sabre (1965)

58th percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Combat! (1962)

Midcredits 96th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 62/100 and the pacing 41/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Bernard McEveety work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bernard McEveety's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Winston Hibler shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers