Herbert Wise

Known For

Directing

Born

Aug 31, 1924

Died

Aug 05, 2015

Place of Birth

Wien, Austria

Credits

102 titles

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

Filmography

2002

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

Self

Movie
2000

The 10th Kingdom

Director

Tv
1997

Noah's Ark

Director

Tv
1997

Where the Heart Is

Director

Tv
1996

Breaking the Code

Director

Movie
1994

Cadfael

Director

Tv
1994

Class Act

Director

Tv
1992

A Touch of Frost

Director

Tv
1992

Covington Cross

Director

Tv
1990

Life After Life

Director

Movie
1990

Making News

Director

Tv
1989

The Woman in Black

Director

Movie
1989

Saracen

Director

Tv
1988

Strange Interlude

Director

Tv
1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Director

Tv
1987

Inspector Morse

Director

Tv
1986

The Christmas Tree

Director

Movie
1986

Ladies' Night

Director

Movie
1986

Unnatural Causes

Director

Tv
1986

Welcome Home, Bobby

Director

Movie
1985

Reunion at Fairborough

Director

Movie
1985

Lytton's Diary

Director

Tv
1984

The Bill

Director

Tv
1984

Pope John Paul II

Director

Movie
1983

Dalgliesh

Director

Tv
1983

Death of an Expert Witness

Director

Tv
1983

Number 10

Director

Tv
1982

American Playhouse

Director

Tv
1981

Skokie

Director

Movie
1980

Caleb Williams

Director

Tv
1980

Caleb Williams

Director

Movie
1979

Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady

Director

Movie
1979

Tales of the Unexpected

Director

Tv
1979

Julius Caesar

Director

Movie
1979

So ’ne und so ’ne

Director

Tv
1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Director

Tv
1977

The Norman Conquests

Director

Tv
1976

I, Claudius

Director

Tv
1976

A Story to Frighten the Children

Director

Movie
1975

Rumpole of the Bailey

Director

Tv
1975

The Secret Agent

Director

Movie
1975

Shades of Greene

Director

Tv
1974

Churchill's People

Director

Tv
1974

The Gathering Storm

Director

Movie
1974

Masquerade

Director

Tv
1973

Vienna 1900

Director

Tv
1973

Helen: A Woman of Today

Director

Tv
1973

Between the Wars

Director

Tv
1973

Song at Twilight

Director

Movie
1973

The Lovers!

Director

Movie