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Herbert Wise
Director, Actor, Producer
Born August 31, 1924Died August 5, 2015 (90 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2000 | The 10th Kingdom (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Where the Heart Is (TV Series) |
| 1996 | |
| 1994 | Cadfael (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Class Act (TV Series) |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Covington Cross (TV Series) |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Saracen (TV Series) |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | Lytton's Diary (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | Death of an Expert Witness (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Number 10 (TV Series) |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | Caleb Williams (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Love Again (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) |
| 1979 | |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) |
| 1977 | The Norman Conquests (TV Series) |
| 1976 | I, Claudius (TV Series) |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 | Van der Valk (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Budgie (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase (TV Series) |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown (TV Series) |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) |
| 1963 | First Night (TV Series) |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Edgar Wallace Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The Sky At Night (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) |