Background
Vogel was born Peoria, Illinois.
Vogel was born Peoria, Illinois.
His career spanned nearly sixty years directing episodes of Wagon Train, Bonanza, The Big Valley, and Mission: Impossible, among other series. He began his career working for Universal Pictures, editing a number of films namely Mystery Submarine (1950), Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Manitoba (1951), The Manitoba from the Alamo (1953) and Touch of Evil (1958) directed by Orson Welles. In 1956, Vogel made his directorial debut with the film The Mole People.
He also directed the films The Kettles on Old MacDonald"s Farm and The Land Unknown, both released in 1957.
Foreign the remainder of his career, he focused primarily on television, directing episodes of Wagon Train (also a writer), Bonanza, The Big Valley, M Squad, Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Manitoba, The Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Streets of San Francisco, Most Wanted, Police Story, The White Shadow, Centennial, Knight Rider, Airwolf, Magnum, Philippine Islands, Miami Vice, among other series. Vogel is the nephew of cinematographer Lee Garmes.
On January 1, 1996, he died of unspecified causes in Tarzana, Los Angeles, at the age of 76.