Aubrey Wisberg Biography (1909-1990)

Full name, Aubrey Lionel Wisberg; born October 20, 1909 (one source says 1912), in London, England; immigrated to United States, 1921, naturalized citizen; died of cancer, March 14, 1990, in New York, NY; son of Philip and Cynthia(Shuman) Wisberg; married Barbara Duberstein.

Nationality
British
Death Details
March 14, 1990
New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits; FILM WORK; PRODUCER
  • The Man From Planet X, Mid-Century/United Artists, 1951.
  • Captive Women, (also known as 1000 Years From Now and 3000 A.D.), RKO, 1952.
  • Captain John Smith and Pocahontas, United Artists, 1953.
  • Port Sinister, (also known as Beast of Paradise Island and Beast of Paradise Isle), RKO, 1953.
  • Problem Girls, Columbia, 1953.
  • Sword of Venus, (also known as Island of Monte Cristo), RKO, 1953.
  • Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl, Reliance/United Artists, 1954.
  • And director, Dragon's Gold, United Artists, 1954.
  • Return to Treasure Island, United Artists, 1954.
  • Murder Is My Beat, Allied Artists, 1955.
  • (With Jean Yarbrough) The Women of Pitcairn Island, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957.
  • Hercules in New York (also known as Hercules: The Movie), RAF-United, 1970.
  • Writings;SCREENPLAYS
  • Submarine Raider, Columbia, 1942.
  • Counter Espionage, Columbia, 1942.
  • They Came to Blow Up America, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943.
  • (With Kenneth Gamet) Bomber's Moon, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943.
  • U-Boat Prisoner (adapted from a novel by Archie Gibbs), Columbia, 1944.
  • Adventures of Rusty, Columbia, 1945.
  • (With Gamet) Betrayal From the East (adapted from a novel by Alan Hynd),RKO, 1945.
  • Escape in the Fog, Columbia, 1945.
  • (Author of idea) Sam Hellman and James V. Kern, The Horn Blows at Midnight, Warner Bros., 1945.
  • The Power of the Whistler, Columbia, 1945.
  • (With Robert E. Kent) The Falcon's Adventure, RKO, 1946.
  • (With Eric Taylor) Just Before Dawn (adapted from a radio program by MaxMarcin), Columbia, 1946.
  • (Author of story) Martin Berkeley and Ted Thomas, Out of Depths, Columbia, 1946.
  • Rendezvous 24, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946.
  • (Author of story) Martin Berkeley and Dwight Babcock, So Dark the Night,Columbia, 1946.
  • (With George Bricker) The Big Fix, Producers Releasing Corporation/Universal, 1947.
  • The Wreck of the Hesperus (adapted from the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), Columbia, 1947.
  • The Burning Cross, Screen Guild, 1947.
  • (Author of story) Art Arthur, Ernest Haycox, and Rowland Leigh, Heaven Only Knows (also known as Montana Mike), United Artists, 1947.
  • Road to the Big House, Somerset/Screen Guild, 1947.
  • (With Jack Pollexfen) Treasure of Monte Cristo, Lippert/Screen Guild, 1949.
  • (With Pollexfen and Gerard Drayson Adams) The Desert Hawk, Universal, 1950.
  • (With Elizabeth Reinhardt and Lawrence Kimble) Hit Parade of 1951, Republic, 1950.
  • (Author of story with Pollexfen) Walter Ferris and Joseph Hoffman, At Sword's Point (also known as Sons of the Musketeers), RKO, 1951.
  • (With Pollexfen) The Man From Planet X, Mid-Century/United Artists, 1951.
  • (With Pollexfen) Captive Women, RKO, 1952.
  • (With Pollexfen) Lady in the Iron Mask, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
  • (With Pollexfen) The Neanderthal Man, United Artists, 1953.
  • (With Pollexfen) Captain John Smith and Pocahontas, United Artists, 1953.
  • (With Pollexfen) Port Sinister, RKO, 1953.
  • (With Pollexfen) Problem Girls, Columbia, 1953.
  • (Author of story) Richard Schayer, The Steel Lady (also known as Treasureof Kalifa), United Artists, 1953.
  • (With Pollexfen) Sword of Venus (also known as Island of Monte Cristo), RKO, 1953.
  • (With Pollexfen) Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl, Reliance/United Artists, 1954.
  • (Author of story) Hal Kantor and Edmund Hartman, Casanova's Big Night, Paramount, 1954.
  • (With Pollexfen) Dragon's Gold, United Artists, 1954.
  • (With Pollexfen) Return to Treasure Island, United Artists, 1954.
  • Murder Is My Beat, Allied Artists, 1955.
  • (With Pollexfen) Son of Sinbad, RKO, 1955, re-released as A Night in a Harem, 1961.
  • The Women of Pitcairn Island, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957.
  • Hercules in New York (also known as Hercules: The Movie), RAF-United, 1970.
  • Also screenwriter for The Snow Devils, 1965; Target Minus Forty; MissionMars; Ride the Wild Wind; and Evil in the Blood.
  • Writings;OTHER
  • (With Harold Waters) Bushman at Large, Green Circle Books, 1937.
  • (With Waters) This Is the Life, Harrap, 1942.
  • (With Waters) Patrol Boat 999, Chilton, 1959.
  • Second Floor Front (play), first produced in Texas City, TX, 1979.
  • Also author of plays Thirsty Death, first produced at Biltmore Theatre, Los Angeles; Angels With Horns; Whip Hand; Royal Flush; Destiny Obscure; and Virtue, Inc. Contributor to New York Daily News, Skipper, and Chicago Tribune.

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES; PERIODICALS

  • New York Times, March 15, 1990.