Tom Gries

Reżyseria, Scenariusz, Produkcja

20 grudnia 1922 — 3 stycznia 1977 (54 years)
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Thomas S. "Tom" Gries (20 December 1922; Chicago, Illinois – 3 January 1977; Pacific Palisades, California) was an American TV and film director, writer and producer.

Educated at the Loyola Academy and Georgetown University, Gries began working in TV in the 1950s as a writer and director, on such programmes as Bronco,"Rat Patrol", Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Westerner, The Rifleman, East Side/West Side, Mission: Impossible, Route 66, Batman and I Spy. He won Emmy Awards for his direction on East Side/West Side in 1964 and The Glass House in 1972.

In the cinema, Gries directed some low-budget movies in the 1950s before concentrating his efforts more on TV. In the late 1960s, he wrote and directed what is generally acknowledged to be his greatest work in either medium, the western Will Penny, which starred Charlton Heston and was released in 1968. It was based on an episode of the TV series The Westerner that Gries wrote and directed in 1960, entitled "Line Camp". Gries subsequently made two other films with Heston, the much less successful Number One, and The Hawaiians, and directed several other films with other high profile actors such as Burt Reynolds and Charles Bronson into the 1970s, though they failed to reach the critical approval that Will Penny received. The most successful of his later works was Helter Skelter, made in 1976, which was a TV film based on the notorious Charles Manson Family.

During post-production on his final film, The Greatest (1977), a biography on boxer Muhammed Ali (in which Ali also played himself), Tom Gries collapsed and died of a heart attack while playing tennis. He was 54 years old.

He is the father of actor/director Jon Gries (who appeared under the name Jon Francis in Will Penny as a child actor).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Przełęcz złamanych serc
    Przełęcz złamanych serc1975
  • The Rifleman
    The Rifleman5 seasons
  • Brawurowe porwanie
    Brawurowe porwanie1975
  • Poszukiwany: żywy lub martwy
    Poszukiwany: żywy lub martwy3 seasons
  • Route 66
    Route 664 seasons
  • Death Valley Days
    Death Valley Days18 seasons
  • Jej hobby to brylanty
    Jej hobby to brylanty1973
  • The Bushwhackers
    The Bushwhackers1951
  • The Westerner
    The Westerner1 season

Known For

  • Przełęcz złamanych serc
    Przełęcz złamanych serc1975
  • Will Penny
    Will Penny1967
  • Brawurowe porwanie
    Brawurowe porwanie1975
  • Nieokiełznani
    Nieokiełznani1952
  • Batman zbawia świat
    Batman zbawia świat3 seasons
  • Donovan's Brain
    Donovan's Brain1953
  • Największy
    Największy1977
  • Hawajczycy
    Hawajczycy1970
  • Kryształowy dom
    Kryształowy dom1972
  • QB VII
    QB VII2 episodes
  • Król murawy
    Król murawy1969
  • Jej hobby to brylanty
    Jej hobby to brylanty1973
  • King Dinosaur
    King Dinosaur1955
  • Poszukiwany: żywy lub martwy
    Poszukiwany: żywy lub martwy3 seasons
  • Mission: Impossible
    Mission: Impossible7 seasons
  • Ziemia II
    Ziemia II1971
  • The Rifleman
    The Rifleman5 seasons
  • The Rat Patrol
    The Rat Patrol2 seasons
  • Combat!
    Combat!5 seasons
  • The Bushwhackers
    The Bushwhackers1951

Filmografia