About

Known credits:
33
Birthday:
1924-08-31
Place of birth:
Wien, Austria
Website:
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Herbert Wise

Overview

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

Acting
2002 I, Claudius: A Television Epic Actor Self 59
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Directing
1996 Breaking the Code Directing Director 58
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1995 The Strawberry Tree Directing Director N/A
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1990 Life After Life Directing Director N/A
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1989 The Woman in Black Directing Director 60
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1988 Strange Interlude Directing Director 58
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1986 Ladies' Night Directing Director N/A
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1986 Welcome Home, Bobby Directing Director 58
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1985 Reunion at Fairborough Directing Director 59
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1984 Pope John Paul II Directing Director 59
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1983 Number 10 Directing Director 69
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1981 Skokie Directing Director 58
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1980 Caleb Williams Directing Director 58
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1980 Caleb Williams Directing Director N/A
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1979 Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady Directing Director N/A
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1979 The Landlady Directing Director 59
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1979 Julius Caesar Directing Director 59
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1979 So ’ne und so ’ne Directing Director N/A
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1977 The Norman Conquests Directing Director 69
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1976 A Story to Frighten the Children Directing Director N/A
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1974 The Gathering Storm Directing Director 58
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1973 Song at Twilight Directing Director N/A
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1973 The Lovers! Directing Director 58
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1972 Mrs. Warren's Profession Directing Director N/A
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1972 The Villa Maroc Directing Director N/A
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1970 The Italian Table Directing Director N/A
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1968 The Drummer and the Bloke Directing Director N/A
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1965 The Siege of Manchester Directing Director N/A
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1964 A Fear of Strangers Directing Director N/A
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1963 To Have and to Hold Directing Director 58
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1961 The Day of the Fox Directing Director N/A
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1961 The Big Pride Directing Director N/A
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Production
1961 The Day of the Fox Production Producer N/A
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