Thomas Maurice McLoughlin is an American screenwriter, film/television director and former mime who is most notable for directing Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives and One Dark Night. His other credits include numerous television films such as Murder in Greenwich, At Risk, Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life, Date with an Angel and the 2010 Lifetime Movie Network film The Wronged Man.
In 1977, McLoughlin was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for his contributions to Van Dyke and Company, a special starring Dick Van Dyke. Two years later, he portrayed the robot S.T.A.R. (Special Troops/Arms Regiment) in the Disney film The Black Hole. He also played (along with Kevin Peter Hall) Katahdin, the mutated bear in the 1979 horror film Prophecy.
Filmography Film Year TitleDirectorWriterProducer Ref. 1983 One Dark Night 1986 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives 1987 Date with an Angel 1997 FairyTale: A True Story 2001 The Unsaid
Television Year TitleCreatorDirectorWriter 1986–87 Amazing Stories 1988 Freddy's Nightmares 1988–89 Friday the 13th: The Series 1990–91 They Came from Outer Space She-Wolf of London 1991 Sometimes They Come Back
TV movies Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center (1989) The Steven Banks Show (1991) In A Child's Name (Television Mini-series) (1991) Sometimes They Come Back (1991) Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992) Murder of Innocence (1993) The Yarn Princess (1994) Leave of Absence (1994) Take Me Home Again (1994) The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995) Journey (1995) A Different Kind of Christmas (1996) The Third Twin (1997) Behind the Mask (1999) Anya's Bell (1999) The Unsaid (2001) Murder in Greenwich (2002) Fiona (2002) D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003) She's Too Young (2004) A Very Married Christmas (2004) Odd Girl Out (2005) Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life (2005) Not Like Everyone Else (2006) The Staircase Murders (2007) Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal (2008) The Wronged Man (2010) At Risk (2010) The Front (2010)
Acting role Year Title Role 1979 The Black Hole Captain S.T.A.R. 1985 Alice in Wonderland The Jabberwocky 2009 His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th Himself 2013 Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th Himself
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