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John Cosgrove(I)

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John Cosgrove is known for Unsolved Mysteries (1987), Missing... Have You Seen This Person? (1985) and Relative Evil (2001).
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    • Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys
      • 8 nominations total

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    Known for

    Robert Stack in Unsolved Mysteries (1987)
    Unsolved Mysteries
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Meredith Baxter and David Birney in Missing... Have You Seen This Person? (1985)
    Missing... Have You Seen This Person?
    TV Special
    • Producer
    • 1985
    Relative Evil (2001)
    Relative Evil
    5.8
    Movie
    • Producer
    • 2001
    Katherine Heigl, Mena Suvari, Breckin Meyer, and Marsha Thomason in Caffeine (2006)
    Caffeine
    5.4
    Movie
    • Producer
    • 2006

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    Producer

    • Unsolved Mysteries (2020)
      Unsolved Mysteries
      7.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Auction Packed
      8.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • Robert Stack in Unsolved Mysteries (1987)
      Unsolved Mysteries
      8.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 1987–2010
    • TV Diaries
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2009
    • Katherine Heigl, Mena Suvari, Breckin Meyer, and Marsha Thomason in Caffeine (2006)
      Caffeine
      5.4
      • producer
      • 2006
    • Buffalo Dreams (2005)
      Buffalo Dreams
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2005
    • Wallace Shawn and Tom Everett Scott in Karroll's Christmas (2004)
      Karroll's Christmas
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2004
    • Proof Positive: Evidence of the Paranormal (2004)
      Proof Positive: Evidence of the Paranormal
      6.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2004
    • Secret Lives
      7.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2003
    • Post Mortem
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2002
    • The Competition
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2001
    • Relative Evil (2001)
      Relative Evil
      5.8
      • producer
      • 2001
    • Cillian Caffrey in Yesterday's Children (2000)
      Yesterday's Children
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2000
    • Ann-Margret, Marg Helgenberger, and Henry Thomas in Happy Face Murders (1999)
      Happy Face Murders
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1999
    • Hilary Swank and Charles Esten in The Sleepwalker Killing (1997)
      The Sleepwalker Killing
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1997

    Director

    • Robert Stack in Unsolved Mysteries (1987)
      Unsolved Mysteries
      8.3
      TV Series
      • segment director
      • supervising director
      • update director
      • 1987–2010
    • Katherine Heigl, Mena Suvari, Breckin Meyer, and Marsha Thomason in Caffeine (2006)
      Caffeine
      5.4
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Hilary Swank and Charles Esten in The Sleepwalker Killing (1997)
      The Sleepwalker Killing
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1997
    • Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993)
      Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1993
    • Final Appeal: From the Files of Unsolved Mysteries
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1992
    • Sergio Gonzalez in Story Behind the Story (1991)
      Story Behind the Story
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1991
    • Meredith Baxter and David Birney in Missing... Have You Seen This Person? (1985)
      Missing... Have You Seen This Person?
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 1985
    • Five American Guns
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1983
    • Whatever Happened to Lori Jean Lloyd
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1980
    • Angel Death (1979)
      Angel Death
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 1979

    Writer

    • Robert Stack in Unsolved Mysteries (1987)
      Unsolved Mysteries
      8.3
      TV Series
      • written by
      • writer
      • created by
      • 1987–2010
    • The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper (1988)
      The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1988
    • Meredith Baxter and David Birney in Missing... Have You Seen This Person? (1985)
      Missing... Have You Seen This Person?
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 1985
    • Five American Guns
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 1983
    • Angel Death (1979)
      Angel Death
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 1979
    • Mrs. Peabody's Beach
      Video
      • Writer
      • 1972

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      • John 'Bob' Cosgrove

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      During the writers' strike of 2007/08, he chose financial core status with the Writers Guild of America and continued working.

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