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Don Weis Biography (1922-2000)

Born May 13, 1922, in Milwaukee, WI.

Nationality

American

Birth Details

May 13, 1922

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Death Details

July 26, 2000

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Famous Works

• Credits
• PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; ALL AS DIRECTOR,UNLESS INDICATED Dialogue director,Body and Soul (also known as An Affair of the Heart), United Artists, 1947.
• (with Abraham Polonsky) Force of Evil, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1948.
• dialogue director, The Red Pony, Republic, 1949.
• dialogue director, Champion, United Artists, 1949.
• dialogue director, Home of the Brave, United Artists, 1949.
• dialogue director, The Men (also known as Battle Stripe), United Artists,1950.
• Bannerline, MGM, 1951.
• It's a Big Country, MGM, 1951.
• Just This Once, MGM, 1952.
• You for Me, MGM, 1952.
• The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, MGM, 1953.
• Half a Hero, MGM, 1953.
• I Love Melvin, MGM, 1953.
• Remains to Be Seen, MGM, 1953.
• A Slight Case of Larceny, MGM, 1953.
• Adventures of Hajji Baba, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954.
• Ride the High Iron, Columbia, 1956.
• The Gene Krupa Story (also known as Drum Crazy), Columbia, 1959.
• Critic's Choice, Warner Brothers, 1963.
• Looking for Love, MGM, 1964.
• Pajama Party, American International, 1964.
• Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, American International, 1966.
• King's Pirate, Universal, 1967.
• Did You Hear the One about the Traveling Saleslady?, Universal, 1968.
• Zero to Sixty (also known as Repo), First Artists, 1978.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; ALL AS DIRECTOR SERIES
• Dear Phoebe, NBC, 1954-55.
• (with Stanley Z. Cherry) McKeever and the Colonel, NBC, 1962-63.
• Credits; PILOTS
• Skip Taylor, syndicated, 1953.
• Papa Said No, CBS, 1958.
• Secrets of the Old Bailey, CBS, 1958.
• Head of the Family (broadcast as an episode of Comedy Spot), CBS, 1960.
• Lollipop Louie, ABC, 1963.
• Off We Go, CBS, 1966.
• Riddle at 24,000, NBC, 1974.
• Flo's Place, NBC, 1976.
• The Millionaire, CBS, 1978.
• The Dooley Brothers, CBS, 1979.
• Quick and Quiet, CBS, 1981.
• Hard Knocks, ABC, 1981.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• "The Joker Is Wild" and "Batman Gets Riled," Batman, ABC, 1966.
• "Hot off the Griddle" and "The Cat and the Fiddle," Batman, ABC, 1967.
• Paris 7000, ABC, 1970.
• M*A*S*H, CBS, 1972-78.
• "The Vampire," "The Werewolf," "Fire-Fall," and "The Trevi Collection," Kolchak: The Night Stalker, ABC, 1974.
• Planet of the Apes, CBS, 1974.
• Matt Helm, ABC, 1975.
• Spencer's Pilots, CBS, 1976.
• The Andros Targets, CBS, 1977.
• The San Pedro Beach Bums, ABC, 1977.
• Kingston: Confidential, NBC, 1977.
• Delta House, ABC, 1979.
• The Six O'Clock Follies, NBC, 1980.
• Lottery!, ABC, 1983.
• Eye to Eye, ABC, 1985.
• MacGyver, ABC, 1985.
• Crazy Like a Fox, CBS, 1985.
• The New Mike Hammer (two episodes), CBS, 1986.
• Remington Steele, NBC, 1986.
• Buck James, ABC, 1987.
• Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1987.
• The Wizard, CBS, 1987.
• Simon and Simon, CBS, 1988.
• Murphy's Law, ABC, 1988 and 1989.
• Also Starsky and Hutch, ABC; T.J. Hooker, ABC; The Bob Hope Chrysler Theater, NBC; Burke's Law, ABC; Casablanca, ABC; Checkmate, CBS; It Takes a Thief, ABC; The Patty Duke Show, ABC; Roll Out!, CBS; The Survivors (also known asHarold Robbins' "The Survivors"), ABC; The Virginian, NBC; The Barbary Coast, ABC; Baretta, ABC; Bring 'em Back Alive, CBS; Cagney and Lacey, CBS; Charlie's Angels, ABC; CHiPs,NBC; Code Red, ABC; (also producer) Fantasy Island, ABC; Flamingo Road, NBC; Happy Days, ABC; Harry O, ABC; Hawaii Five-O, CBS; Ironside, NBC; The Love Boat, ABC; Mannix, CBS; Bronk, CBS; Petrocelli,NBC; TheMagician, NBC; The Courtship of Eddie's Father, ABC; Wagon Train; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; The Jack Benny Program; Command Performance.
• Credits; MOVIES
• The Longest Hundred Miles, NBC, 1967.
• Now You See It, Now You Don't, NBC, 1968.
• The Munsters' Revenge, NBC, 1981.