Herbert Wise
Directing
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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tvThe 10th Kingdom
2000
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tvNoah's Ark
1997
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tvWhere the Heart Is
1997
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movieBreaking the Code
1996
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tvCadfael
1994
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tvClass Act
1994
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tvA Touch of Frost
1992
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tvCovington Cross
1992
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movieLife After Life
1990
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Making News
1990
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movieThe Woman in Black
1989
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tvSaracen
1989
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tvStrange Interlude
1988
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tvThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
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tvInspector Morse
1987
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movieLadies' Night
1986
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tvUnnatural Causes
1986
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movieWelcome Home, Bobby
1986
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movieReunion at Fairborough
1985
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tvLytton's Diary
1985
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tvThe Bill
1984
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moviePope John Paul II
1984
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tvDalgliesh
1983
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tvDeath of an Expert Witness
1983
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tvNumber 10
1983
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tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
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movieSkokie
1981
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movieCaleb Williams
1980
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tvCaleb Williams
1980
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tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
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movieJulius Caesar
1979
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tvThe Norman Conquests
1977
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tvI, Claudius
1976
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tvRumpole of the Bailey
1975
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tvShades of Greene
1975
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tvChurchill's People
1974
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movieThe Gathering Storm
1974
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Masquerade
1974
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Vienna 1900
1973
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movieSong at Twilight
1973
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movieThe Lovers!
1973
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tvVan der Valk
1972
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tvWho's Afraid of Opera?
1972
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movieThe Villa Maroc
1972
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tvMan of Straw
1972
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tvUpstairs, Downstairs
1971
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Stage 2
1971
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tvBudgie
1971
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tvElizabeth R
1971
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tvPlay for Today
1970
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movieThe Italian Table
1970
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tvSoftly Softly: Task Force
1969
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movieThe Exiles
1969
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tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
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tvThe Company of Five
1968
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tvMan in a Suitcase
1967
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The Gamblers
1967
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tvITV Playhouse
1967
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movieThe Fastest Draw
1966
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tvNET Playhouse
1966
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tvThirteen Against Fate
1966
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movieThe Siege of Manchester
1965
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tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
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tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
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tvOut of the Unknown
1965
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tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
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movieA Fear of Strangers
1964
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tvTheatre 625
1964
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Festival
1963
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First Night
1963
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movieTo Have and to Hold
1963
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tvThe Plane Makers
1963
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tvZ-Cars
1962
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movieThe Big Pride
1961
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Drama 61-67
1961
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tvOn Trial
1960
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tvKnight Errant Limited
1959
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Skyport
1959
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tvEdgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
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tvShadow Squad
1957
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tvArmchair Theatre
1956
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tvITV Play of the Week
1955
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tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
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tvI, Claudius
1976
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