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John Berry Biography (1917-)

Born in 1917 in New York, NY.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

film, television, theatre director

Birth Details

1917

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Director
• Miss Susie Slagle's, Paramount, 1945.
• Cross My Heart, Paramount, 1946.
• From This Day Forward, RKO Radio Pictures, 1946.
• Casbah, Universal, 1948.
• Tension, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1949.
• He Ran All the Way, United Artists, 1951.
• (With Leo Joannon) Utopia (also known as Robinson Crusoe-Land), Exploitation, 1952.
• Pantaloons Don Juan, United Motion Picture Organizations, 1956.
• Tamango (also see below), Hal Roach, 1959.
• Maya, MGM, 1966.
• Claudine, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974.
• Thieves, Paramount, 1977.
• The Bad News Bears Go to Japan, Paramount, 1978.
• Le voyage a Paimpol (also see below), Jomy Productions, 1985.
• Maldonne (also see below), Cannon France, 1985.
• A Captive in the Land, Gloria Productions, 1990.
• Also director of C'est arrive a Paris, 1952, Ca va barder,1954, Je suis un sentimental, 1955, Oh, que Mambo, 1958, A tout casser, 1967, Sparrow, 1978, and The Hollywood 10 (documentary).
• Credits; Film Appearances
• Eli, Golden Eighties, Paradise, 1986.
• Ben, Round Midnight, Warner Bros., 1986.
• Also appeared in Seeds of Freedom, 1943; played Harry Steiner in Un Homme amoureux, 1987.
• Credits; Television Director; Movies
• Angel on My Shoulder, ABC, 1980.
• Honeyboy (also see below), NBC, 1982.
• Sister, Sister (also see below), NBC, 1982.
• Also director of One Drink at a Time, Farewell Party, and Mr. Broadway.
• Credits; Television Producer; Movies
• Honeyboy (also see below), NBC, 1982.
• Sister, Sister, NBC, 1982.
• Credits; Stage Work; Director, Except Where Indicated
• Les Blancs, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1970.
• Boesman and Lena, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1970-71.
• Othello, Center Theatre Group, 1970-71.
• People Are Living There, Forum Theatre, 1971.
• The Crucible, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1972.
• The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks (also see below), Anta Theatre, New York City, 1972.
• Alpha Beta, Eastside Playhouse, New York City, 1973.
• Production supervisor, Doctor Jazz, Wintergarden Theatre, New YorkCity, 1975.
• The Baker's Wife, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, then Kennedy Center Opera House, New York City, 1976.
• Credits; Stage Appearances
• Lieutenant General Evans, The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks,Anta Theatre, New York City, 1972.
• Also appeared in All You Need Is One Good Break, 1950.
• Credits; Screenplays
• (With Lee Gold, Tamara Hovey, and Georges Neveaux) Tamango (basedon the novelette by Prosper Merimee), Hal Roach, 1959.
• (With Lee Gold) Honeyboy (television movie), NBC, 1982.
• (With Josiane Leveque) La voyage a Paimpol, Jomy Productions, 1985.
• Maldonne, Cannon France, 1985.

Further Reference

Periodicals

• Variety, May 6, 1991, pp. C2, C184.