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Don Weis (1922-2000)

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Birthplace:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Born:
May 13, 1922

Died:
July 26, 2000

Biography from TheMovieDB

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  Don Weis (May 13, 1922 - July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director.  Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as Bannerline (1951), Just This Once (1952), You for Me (1952) and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953).  Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as M*A*S*H, Ironside, It Takes a Thief, Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and Hawaii Five-O among others.  Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958.  Weis died in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 78 years of age.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Weis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Film Production

Dialogue Coach:
1950  The Men

Dialogue Editor:
1948  No Minor Vices
1950  The Men

Director:
1948  No Minor Vices
1950  The Men
1951  Bannerline
1951  It's a Big Country
1952  Just This Once
1952  You for Me
1953  A Slight Case of Larceny
1953  Half a Hero
1953  I Love Melvin
1953  Remains to Be Seen
1953  Skip Taylor
1953  The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1954  The Adventures of Hajji Baba
1955  Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
1956  Ride The High Iron
1959  The Gene Krupa Story
1963  Critic's Choice
1964  Looking for Love
1964  Pajama Party
1965  Billie
1966  The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1967  The King's Pirate
1967  The Longest Hundred Miles
1968  Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
1968  Now You See It, Now You Don't
1976  Crackle of Death
1976  Demon and the Mummy
1978  The Millionaire
1978  Zero to Sixty
1980  Back to the Planet of the Apes
1981  The Munsters' Revenge

Producer:
1948  No Minor Vices
1950  The Men
1951  Bannerline
1951  It's a Big Country
1952  Just This Once
1952  You for Me
1953  A Slight Case of Larceny
1953  Half a Hero
1953  I Love Melvin
1953  Remains to Be Seen
1953  Skip Taylor
1953  The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1954  The Adventures of Hajji Baba
1955  Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
1956  Ride The High Iron
1959  The Gene Krupa Story
1963  Critic's Choice
1964  Looking for Love
1964  Pajama Party
1965  Billie
1966  The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1967  The King's Pirate
1967  The Longest Hundred Miles
1968  Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
1968  Now You See It, Now You Don't
1976  Crackle of Death
1976  Demon and the Mummy
1978  The Millionaire
1978  Zero to Sixty
1980  Back to the Planet of the Apes
1981  The Munsters' Revenge

Script Supervisor:
1948  No Minor Vices
1949  Mrs. Mike
1949  The Red Pony
1950  The Men
1951  Bannerline
1951  It's a Big Country
1951  M
1951  The Prowler
1952  Just This Once
1952  You for Me
1953  A Slight Case of Larceny
1953  Half a Hero
1953  I Love Melvin
1953  Remains to Be Seen
1953  Skip Taylor
1953  The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1954  The Adventures of Hajji Baba
1955  Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
1956  Ride The High Iron
1959  The Gene Krupa Story
1963  Critic's Choice
1964  Looking for Love
1964  Pajama Party
1965  Billie
1966  The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1967  The King's Pirate
1967  The Longest Hundred Miles
1968  Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
1968  Now You See It, Now You Don't
1976  Crackle of Death
1976  Demon and the Mummy
1978  The Millionaire
1978  Zero to Sixty
1980  Back to the Planet of the Apes
1981  The Munsters' Revenge

Writer:
1948  No Minor Vices
1949  Mrs. Mike
1949  The Red Pony
1950  The Men
1951  Bannerline
1951  It's a Big Country
1951  M
1951  The Prowler
1952  Just This Once
1952  You for Me
1953  A Slight Case of Larceny
1953  Half a Hero
1953  I Love Melvin
1953  Remains to Be Seen
1953  Skip Taylor
1953  The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1954  The Adventures of Hajji Baba
1955  Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
1956  Ride The High Iron
1959  The Gene Krupa Story
1963  Critic's Choice
1964  Looking for Love
1964  Pajama Party
1965  Billie
1966  The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1967  The King's Pirate
1967  The Longest Hundred Miles
1968  Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
1968  Now You See It, Now You Don't
1976  Crackle of Death
1976  Demon and the Mummy
1978  The Millionaire
1978  Zero to Sixty
1980  Back to the Planet of the Apes
1981  The Munsters' Revenge

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TV Production

Director:
1951  Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1953  General Electric Theater
1954  Dear Phoebe
1954  Studio 57
1955  Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955  The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955  The Jane Wyman Show
1956  General Electric Summer Originals
1957  M Squad
1957  Mr. Adams and Eve
1957  Perry Mason
1957  The Thin Man
1959  The Dennis O'Keefe Show
1959  The Detectives
1959  The Troubleshooters
1959  The Twilight Zone
1960  Checkmate
1960  The Andy Griffith Show
1961  87th Precinct
1961  Alcoa Premiere
1961  The New Bob Cummings Show
1962  The Virginian
1963  Burke's Law
1963  Channing
1963  Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963  The Patty Duke Show
1963  Vacation Playhouse
1966  Batman
1967  Ironside
1967  Mannix
1967  The Danny Thomas Hour
1968  Hawaii Five-O
1969  The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1970  The Immortal
1972  M*A*S*H
1973  The Magician
1974  Firehouse
1974  Happy Days
1974  Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974  Petrocelli
1974  Planet of the Apes
1975  Barbary Coast
1975  Baretta
1975  Bronk
1975  Matt Helm
1975  S.W.A.T.
1975  Starsky & Hutch
1976  Charlie's Angels
1976  Spencer's Pilots
1977  CHiPs
1977  The Love Boat
1977  The San Pedro Beach Bums
1978  Fantasy Island
1979  Delta House
1980  Beyond Westworld
1980  The Six O'Clock Follies
1981  Code Red
1981  Flamingo Road
1981  Hill Street Blues
1981  Simon & Simon
1982  Bring 'Em Back Alive
1982  Cagney & Lacey
1982  Matt Houston
1982  Remington Steele
1982  T. J. Hooker
1983  Lottery!
1984  Cover Up
1984  Crazy like a Fox
1984  Partners in Crime
1985  Eye to Eye
1985  MacGyver
1986  The Wizard
1988  Freddy's Nightmares
1988  Murphy's Law
1989  Brand New Life

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