milestones

Year
Milestone
1925 
Moved to the USA
 
Worked for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation for four years
1945 
Began working as a production assistant at Republic Pictures
1951 
Worked as an assistant director on Budd Boetticher's "Bullfighter and the Lady"; produced by John Wayne
1952 
Assistant director to John Ford on "The Quiet Man"; starring Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Victor McLaglen
1954 
Served as assistant director to William A Wellman on "Track of the Cat", "The High and Mighty" and "Blood Alley"; the latter two starred John Wayne
1956 
With Wayne's brother Robert Morrison, co-produced Boetticher's "Seven Men From Now"
1956 
First feature films as director, "Gun the Man Down" and "Man in the Vault"
1957 
Directed his father in "The Abductors"
 
Signed long-term contract with CBS-TV, where he directed episodes of such series as "Gunsmoke", "Rawhide" and "Perry Mason"
1958 
Directed his father in "The O'Hare Story" episode of "Have Gun--Will Travel"
1959 
Helmed "Incident of the Shambling Man" episode of "Rawhide", starring his father
1963 
First time directing Wayne, "McLintock!"
1965 
Directed "Shenandoah", starring James Stewart
1967 
Helmed Disney movie, "Monkeys Go Home!"
1969 
Reteamed with Wayne for "The Undefeated"
1970 
Third film with Wayne, "Chisum"
1973 
Fourth and final film with Wayne, "Cahill, United States Marshall"
1975 
TV-movie debut, "Stowaway to the Moon" (CBS)
1978 
Helmed "The Wild Geese", a silly but entertaining action yarn starring Richards Burton and Harris, along with Roger Moore
1982 
Directed "Louis L'Amour's 'The Shadow Riders'", a CBS movie starring Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott
1982 
TV miniseries debut, "The Blue and the Gray" (CBS)
1984 
Executive produced and directed "Sahara", starring Brooke Shields
1985 
Helmed CBS movie sequel, "The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission", with Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Richard Jaeckel repeating their roles from the 1967 feature
1986 
Last TV project to date, the NBC miniseries "On Wings of Eagles"
1991 
Last feature to date, "L'oeil de la veuve/Eye of the Widow" (filmed in 1989 and 1990)
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