Herbert Wise
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 31, 1924
- Died
- August 5, 2015 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Wien, Austria
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The 10th Kingdom
TV · Director · 5 eps
Where the Heart Is
TV · Director · 3 eps
Noah's Ark
TV · Director · 1 ep
Breaking the Code
Movie · Director
Cadfael
TV · Director · 2 eps
Class Act
TV · Director · 5 eps
A Touch of Frost
TV · Director · 1 ep
Covington Cross
TV · Director · 2 eps
Life After Life
Movie · Director
Making News
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Woman in Black
Movie · Director
Saracen
TV · Director · 1 ep
Strange Interlude
TV · Director · 3 eps
Inspector Morse
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV · Director · 11 eps
Welcome Home, Bobby
Movie · Director
Ladies' Night
Movie · Director
The Christmas Tree
Movie · Director
Unnatural Causes
TV · Director · 1 ep
Reunion at Fairborough
Movie · Director
Lytton's Diary
TV · Director · 3 eps
Pope John Paul II
Movie · Director
The Bill
TV · Director · 3 eps
Dalgliesh
TV · Director · 1 ep
Number 10
TV · Director · 2 eps
Death of an Expert Witness
TV · Director · 7 eps
American Playhouse
TV · Director · 3 eps
Skokie
Movie · Director
Caleb Williams
Movie · Director
Caleb Williams
TV · Director · 4 eps
Julius Caesar
Movie · Director
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady
Movie · Director
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · Director · 9 eps
So ’ne und so ’ne
TV · Director · 9 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Norman Conquests
TV · Director · 3 eps
A Story to Frighten the Children
Movie · Director
I, Claudius
TV · Director · 12 eps
The Secret Agent
Movie · Director
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV · Director · 4 eps
Shades of Greene
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Gathering Storm
Movie · Director
Churchill's People
TV · Director · 2 eps
Masquerade
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Lovers!
Movie · Director
Song at Twilight
Movie · Director
Vienna 1900
TV · Director · 6 eps
Between the Wars
TV · Director · 1 ep
Helen: A Woman of Today
TV · Director · 2 eps
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Movie · Director
The Villa Maroc
Movie · Director
Van der Valk
TV · Director · 2 eps
Who's Afraid of Opera?
TV · Director · 3 eps
Man of Straw
TV · Director · 6 eps
Upstairs, Downstairs
TV · Director · 1 ep
Elizabeth R
TV · Director · 1 ep
Budgie
TV · Director · 1 ep
Stage 2
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Italian Table
Movie · Director
The Salesman
Movie · Director
Play for Today
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Exiles
Movie · Director
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · Director · 4 eps
Plays of Today
TV · Director · 1 ep
Softly Softly: Task Force
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Drummer and the Bloke
Movie · Director
The Company of Five
TV · Director · 1 ep
Man in a Suitcase
TV · Director · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Gamblers
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Fastest Draw
Movie · Director
NET Playhouse
TV · Director · 2 eps
Thirteen Against Fate
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Siege of Manchester
Movie · Director
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · Director · 5 eps
BBC Play of the Month
TV · Director · 3 eps
Out of the Unknown
TV · Director · 1 ep
Six Shades of Black
TV · Director · 2 eps
A Fear of Strangers
Movie · Director
Theatre 625
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Wednesday Play
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
TV · Director · 1 ep
To Have and to Hold
Movie · Director
For King and Country: Out There
Movie · Director
The Plane Makers
TV · Director · 1 ep
First Night
TV · Director · 1 ep
Festival
TV · Director · 1 ep
Z-Cars
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Big Pride
Movie · Director
The Day of the Fox
Movie · Director
Drama 61-67
TV · Director · 5 eps
Armchair Mystery Theatre
TV · Director · 1 ep
On Trial
TV · Director · 1 ep
Sunday-Night Play
TV · Director · 1 ep
Skyport
TV · Director · 1 ep
Knight Errant Limited
TV · Director · 3 eps
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
TV · Director · 1 ep
Shadow Squad
TV · Director · 3 eps
Armchair Theatre
TV · Director · 1 ep
ITV Play of the Week
TV · Director · 4 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · Director · 1 ep