David Greene

DirectorProducerActorWriter Feb 22 (died age 82) Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now UK] 1948–1998 (50 year career)

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Biography

L. David Syms-Greene (February 22, 1921 – April 7, 2003), born Lucius David Syms Brian Lederman, was a British television director from Manchester, England, who emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1953, where he trained in television production with the CBC, and then moved on to Hollywood, California. Greene's career began as a stage actor and director in England in 1948. In 1950 he appeared in the film, The Wooden Horse. In Hollywood, Greene became best known for his television series and televisi…

Known For

Film

The Twilight Zone

Director

Film

Roots

Director

Film

The Persuaders!

Director

Film

The Saint

Director

Film

The Count of Monte-Cristo

Director

Film

F.I.S.T.

Senator

Film

Gray Lady Down

Director

Film

Ellery Queen

Director

Filmography

Acting (8)

Movies (8)

Television: The Enchanted Mirror

1981

as Self

F.I.S.T.

as Senator

The Dark Light

as Johnny

The Wooden Horse

as Nick Bennett

Let's Have a Murder

as Professor Ralph Witkoff

The Golden Madonna

as Johnny Lester

The Small Voice

as Jim

Daughter of Darkness

as David Price

Crew (93)

Movies (60)

The Girl Next Door

Director

Bella Mafia

Director

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

Director

Princess in Love

Director

A Season in Purgatory

Director

Frostfire

Director

Beyond Obsession

Director

Spoils of War

Director

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

Director

Honor Thy Mother

Director

Night of the Hunter

Director

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Director

In a Stranger's Hand

Director

In the Best Interest of the Child

Director

Small Sacrifices

Director

Snake Treaty

Director

The Penthouse

Director

Inherit the Wind

Director

Liberace: Behind the Music

Director

After the Promise

Director

The Betty Ford Story

Director

Vanishing Act

Director

Triplecross

Director

Miles to Go…

Director

Circle of Violence: A Family Drama

Director

Guilty Conscience

Director

This Child Is Mine

Director

Sweet Revenge

Director

The Act

Producer

The Guardian

Director

Prototype

Director

A Marriage

Producer

Ghost Dancing

Director

Rehearsal for Murder

Director

Take Your Best Shot

Director

Hard Country

Director

Hard Country

Producer

The Choice

Director

The Choice

1981

Executive Producer

Friendly Fire

Director

A Vacation in Hell

Director

A Vacation in Hell

Executive Producer

Gray Lady Down

Director

Lucan

Director

Lucan

1977

Producer

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975

Director

6.8

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

1975

Director

London Conspiracy

Director

Godspell

Director

Godspell

Screenplay

Madame Sin

Director

The People Next Door

Director

I Start Counting

Director

I Start Counting

Producer

The Strange Affair

Director

Sebastian

Director

The Shuttered Room

Director

The Cupboard

Director

Twelfth Night

1957

Director

Flight Into Danger

1956

Director

Television (33)

A Season in Purgatory

1996

Director

Children of the Dust

1995

Director

7.0

Small Sacrifices

1989

Director

Fatal Vision

Director

World War III

Director

Roots

Director

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

1977

Director

Rich Man, Poor Man

Director

Ellery Queen

Director

The Persuaders!

Director

Coronet Blue

Director

CBS Playhouse

Director

Shane

Director

For the People

Director

Espionage

Director

Espionage

1963

Writer

The Saint

Director

Man of the World

Director

The Defenders

Director

Sir Francis Drake

Director

Sir Francis Drake

Writer

Drama 61-67

Director

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

Director

The Twilight Zone

1959

Director

8.5

Five Fingers

1959

Director

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958

Director

6.2

Pursuit

1958

Director

Suspicion

Director

Armchair Theatre

Director

General Electric Theater

Director

Omnibus

Director

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Director

Studio One

Director