Herbert Wise
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.
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Movies (31)
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002 · Self
Breaking the Code
1996 · Director
Life After Life
1990 · Director
The Woman in Black
1989 · Director
The Christmas Tree
1986 · Director
Ladies' Night
1986 · Director
Welcome Home, Bobby
1986 · Director
Reunion at Fairborough
1985 · Director
Pope John Paul II
1984 · Director
Skokie
1981 · Director
Caleb Williams
1980 · Director
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady
1979 · Director
Julius Caesar
1979 · Director
A Story to Frighten the Children
1976 · Director
The Secret Agent
1975 · Director
The Gathering Storm
1974 · Director
Song at Twilight
1973 · Director
The Lovers!
1973 · Director
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972 · Director
The Villa Maroc
1972 · Director
The Salesman
1970 · Director, Producer
The Italian Table
1970 · Director
The Exiles
1969 · Director
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968 · Director
The Fastest Draw
1966 · Director
The Siege of Manchester
1965 · Director
A Fear of Strangers
1964 · Director
For King and Country: Out There
1963 · Director
To Have and to Hold
1963 · Director
The Day of the Fox
1961 · Producer, Director
The Big Pride
1961 · Director
TV shows (71)
The 10th Kingdom
2000 · Director
Noah's Ark
1997 · Director
Where the Heart Is
1997 · Director
Cadfael
1994 · Director
Class Act
1994 · Director
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Director
Covington Cross
1992 · Director
Making News
1990 · Director
Saracen
1989 · Director
Strange Interlude
1988 · Director
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Director
Inspector Morse
1987 · Director
Unnatural Causes
1986 · Director
Lytton's Diary
1985 · Director
The Bill
1984 · Director
Dalgliesh
1983 · Director
Death of an Expert Witness
1983 · Director
Number 10
1983 · Director
American Playhouse
1982 · Director
Caleb Williams
1980 · Director
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Director
So ’ne und so ’ne
1979 · Director
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Director
The Norman Conquests
1977 · Director
I, Claudius
1976 · Director, Creator
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Director
Shades of Greene
1975 · Director
Churchill's People
1974 · Director
Masquerade
1974 · Director
Vienna 1900
1973 · Director
Helen: A Woman of Today
1973 · Director
Between the Wars
1973 · Director
Van der Valk
1972 · Director
Who's Afraid of Opera?
1972 · Director
Man of Straw
1972 · Director
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971 · Director
Stage 2
1971 · Director
Budgie
1971 · Director
Elizabeth R
1971 · Director
Play for Today
1970 · Director
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · Director
Plays of Today
1969 · Director
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Director
The Company of Five
1968 · Director
Man in a Suitcase
1967 · Director
The Gamblers
1967 · Director
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Director
NET Playhouse
1966 · Director
Thirteen Against Fate
1966 · Director
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Director
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Director
Out of the Unknown
1965 · Director
Six Shades of Black
1965 · Director
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Director
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
1964 · Director
Theatre 625
1964 · Director
Festival
1963 · Director
First Night
1963 · Director
The Plane Makers
1963 · Director
Z-Cars
1962 · Director
Drama 61-67
1961 · Producer, Director
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · Director
On Trial
1960 · Director
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960 · Director
Knight Errant Limited
1959 · Director
Skyport
1959 · Director
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959 · Director
Shadow Squad
1957 · Director
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Director
ITV Play of the Week
1955 · Director
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Director