Herbert Wise
Known for: Directing
Born: August 31, 1924
Died: August 5, 2015
Place of birth: Wien, Austria
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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Filmography
31 movies · 71 TV shows, newest first
7.0
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
7.6
The 10th Kingdom
2000
8.0
Noah's Ark
1997
7.7
Where the Heart Is
1997
5.6
Breaking the Code
1996
7.6
Cadfael
1994
NR
Class Act
1994
7.6
A Touch of Frost
1992
7.0
Covington Cross
1992
NR
Life After Life
19906.2
Making News
1990
6.9
The Woman in Black
1989
5.0
Saracen
1989
7.0
Strange Interlude
1988
6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
7.9
Inspector Morse
19879.0
The Christmas Tree
1986
NR
Ladies' Night
1986
6.3
Unnatural Causes
1986
4.8
Welcome Home, Bobby
1986
5.8
Reunion at Fairborough
1985
7.3
Lytton's Diary
1985
6.8
The Bill
1984
7.5
Pope John Paul II
1984
6.9
Dalgliesh
1983
6.5
Death of an Expert Witness
1983
7.0
Number 10
1983
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
6.0
Skokie
1981
7.1
Caleb Williams
1980
NR
Caleb Williams
1980
NR
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
8.7
Julius Caesar
1979NR
So ’ne und so ’ne
1979
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
6.3
The Norman Conquests
1977
7.8
I, Claudius
1976
10.0
A Story to Frighten the Children
1976
7.1
Rumpole of the Bailey
197510.0
The Secret Agent
1975
8.5
Shades of Greene
1975
5.0
Churchill's People
1974
8.2
The Gathering Storm
1974NR
Masquerade
19747.0
Vienna 1900
1973NR
Helen: A Woman of Today
19739.0
Between the Wars
1973
8.0
Song at Twilight
1973
6.0
The Lovers!
1973
9.0
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972
6.2
Van der Valk
1972
NR
Who's Afraid of Opera?
1972
NR
The Villa Maroc
1972
NR
Man of Straw
1972
7.8
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971NR
Stage 2
1971
7.2
Budgie
1971
7.5
Elizabeth R
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970NR
The Salesman
1970
7.0
The Italian Table
1970
6.0
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969NR
Plays of Today
1969
NR
The Exiles
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
7.0
The Company of Five
196810.0
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968
7.2
Man in a Suitcase
196710.0
The Gamblers
1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
NR
The Fastest Draw
1966
7.3
NET Playhouse
1966
10.0
Thirteen Against Fate
1966
9.0
The Siege of Manchester
1965
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
7.1
Out of the Unknown
1965NR
Six Shades of Black
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964NR
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
1964
10.0
A Fear of Strangers
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
19648.0
Festival
1963NR
First Night
1963NR
For King and Country: Out There
1963
5.3
To Have and to Hold
1963
6.3
The Plane Makers
1963
7.3
Z-Cars
1962NR
The Day of the Fox
1961
8.0
The Big Pride
1961NR
Drama 61-67
1961NR
Sunday-Night Play
1960
NR
On Trial
19609.0
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
NR
Knight Errant Limited
1959NR
Skyport
1959
7.5
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
NR
Shadow Squad
1957
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
4.0
ITV Play of the Week
1955
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951