Herbert Wise

ActorDirectorProducer Aug 31 (died age 90) Wien, Austria 1951–2002 (51 year career)

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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 di…

Known For

Film

The 10th Kingdom

Director

Film

Inspector Morse

Director

Film

I, Claudius

Director

Film

The Woman in Black

Director

Film

A Touch of Frost

Director

Film

Upstairs, Downstairs

Director

Film

Cadfael

Director

Film

Tales of the Unexpected

Director

Filmography

Acting (1)

Movies (1)

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

2002

as Self

7.0

Crew (85)

Movies (29)

Breaking the Code

1996

Director

5.1

Life After Life

1990

Director

The Woman in Black

Director

Strange Interlude

Director

The Christmas Tree

Director

Welcome Home, Bobby

1986

Director

4.8

Ladies' Night

1986

Director

Reunion at Fairborough

Director

Pope John Paul II

Director

Skokie

Director

Caleb Williams

Director

Julius Caesar

Director

Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady

1979

Director

A Story to Frighten the Children

1976

Director

The Secret Agent

1975

Director

The Gathering Storm

Director

The Lovers!

Director

Song at Twilight

Director

The Villa Maroc

1972

Director

Mrs. Warren's Profession

1972

Director

The Italian Table

1970

Director

The Salesman

1970

Director

The Drummer and the Bloke

1968

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

5.3

The Day of the Fox

1961

Producer

The Big Pride

1961

Director

Television (56)

The 10th Kingdom

Director

Where the Heart Is

Director

Noah's Ark

Director

Cadfael

Director

Class Act

Director

A Touch of Frost

Director

Making News

Director

Strange Interlude

Director

Inspector Morse

Director

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Director

Unnatural Causes

Director

Lytton's Diary

Director

The Bill

Director

Dalgliesh

Director

Number 10

Director

Death of an Expert Witness

1983

Director

6.5

Caleb Williams

1980

Director

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Director

6.7

So ’ne und so ’ne

1979

Director

The Norman Conquests

Director

I, Claudius

Director

Rumpole of the Bailey

Director

Shades of Greene

Director

Churchill's People

Director

Masquerade

Director

Helen: A Woman of Today

1973

Director

Vienna 1900

Director

Between the Wars

Director

Van der Valk

Director

Man of Straw

Director

Upstairs, Downstairs

Director

Budgie

Director

Elizabeth R

Director

Stage 2

Director

Play for Today

1970

Director

6.6

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969

Director

7.0

Plays of Today

1969

Director

The Company of Five

Director

ITV Playhouse

Director

Man in a Suitcase

Director

NET Playhouse

Director

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Director

5.3

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Director

Out of the Unknown

Director

Six Shades of Black

Director

Theatre 625

1964

Director

7.2

Thursday Theatre

1964

Director

Festival

1963

Director

8.0

First Night

1963

Director

Z-Cars

1962

Director

7.3

Drama 61-67

1961

Director

Drama 61-67

1961

Producer

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

Director

On Trial

1960

Director

Armchair Theatre

1956

Director

6.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Director

8.8