Herbert Wise
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-08-31
Day of Death
2015-08-05 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Wien, Austria
Herbert Wise
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
Acting
(2002)
Crew
(1996)
Breaking the Code
Director
(1990)
Life After Life
Director
(1989)
The Woman in Black
Director
(1988)
Strange Interlude
Director
(1986)
Welcome Home, Bobby
Director
(1986)
Ladies' Night
Director
(1985)
Reunion at Fairborough
Director
(1984)
Pope John Paul II
Director
(1981)
Skokie
Director
(1980)
Caleb Williams
Director
(1979)
Julius Caesar
Director
(1979)
(1976)
A Story to Frighten the Children
Director
(1974)
The Gathering Storm
Director
(1973)
The Lovers!
Director
(1973)
Song at Twilight
Director
(1972)
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Director
(1972)
The Villa Maroc
Director
(1970)
The Italian Table
Director
(1968)
The Drummer and the Bloke
Director
(1965)
The Siege of Manchester
Director
(1964)
A Fear of Strangers
Director
(1963)
To Have and to Hold
Director
(1961)
The Day of the Fox
Producer, Director
(1961)
The Big Pride
Director