Herbert Wise

Directing·Aug 31, 1924·Wien, Austria

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Herbert Wise (31 August 1924 – 5 August 2015) was an Austrian-born film and television producer and director. Herbert Wise was born as Herbert Weisz in Vienna, Austria, and began his career as a director at Shrewsbury Repertory Company in 1950. He was at Hull Rep and then as Director of Productions at Dundee Rep (1952–55). He directed So what about Love in the West End at the Criterion Theatre in a 1970 production with Sheila Hancock in the lead. Wise began his television career in 1956 and directed adaptations of I, Claudius (1976) and Alan Ayckbourn's play cycle The Norman Conquests (1977), the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Julius Caesar (1979), Tales of the Unexpected, The 10th Kingdom, The Woman in Black (1989), and episodes of Cadfael and Inspector Morse. He also directed several episodes of the Thames Television series Rumpole of the Bailey. He directed several made-for-TV films, including Skokie (1981) and Breaking the Code (1996), the latter adapted from the Hugh Whitemore play about Alan Turing. Wise directed two theatrically released films: an entry in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries second feature series titled To Have and to Hold (1963), and the film version of the 1970–1971 television sit-com The Lovers titled The Lovers! (1973). He was married twice, firstly to the actress Moira Redmond (1963–1972) and, after he and Redmond divorced, to actress Fiona Walker in 1988.[1] Wise and Fiona Walker had two children; Susannah Wise and Charlie Walker-Wise.

Film	Credit
Breaking the Code1996 · Director	Director
Life After Life1990 · Director	Director
The Woman in Black1989 · Director	Director
TThe Christmas Tree1986 · Director	Director
Ladies' Night1986 · Director	Director
Welcome Home, Bobby1986 · Director	Director
Reunion at Fairborough1985 · Director	Director
Pope John Paul II1984 · Director	Director
Skokie1981 · Director	Director
Caleb Williams1980 · Director	Director
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady1979 · Director	Director
Julius Caesar1979 · Director	Director
A Story to Frighten the Children1976 · Director	Director
TThe Secret Agent1975 · Director	Director
The Gathering Storm1974 · Director	Director
Song at Twilight1973 · Director	Director
The Lovers!1973 · Director	Director
Mrs. Warren's Profession1972 · Director	Director
The Villa Maroc1972 · Director	Director
TThe Salesman1970 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Italian Table1970 · Director	Director
The Exiles1969 · Director	Director
The Drummer and the Bloke1968 · Director	Director
The Fastest Draw1966 · Director	Director
The Siege of Manchester1965 · Director	Director
A Fear of Strangers1964 · Director	Director
FFor King and Country: Out There1963 · Director	Director
To Have and to Hold1963 · Director	Director
TThe Day of the Fox1961 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
The Big Pride1961 · Director	Director