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Gordon Hessler Biography (1930-)

Born in 1930 in Berlin, Germany; son of an English father and Danish mother.Career: Producer and director. Fordel Films, Inc., director and vice-president, 1950-58; Universal TV, producer and director, 1964-66. Awards, Honors: Dr. Albert Lasker Award, March of Medicine Series, Edinburgh FilmFestival, for St. John's Story..

Nationality

German

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, director

Birth Details

1930

Berlin, Germany

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
• The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (also known as Catacombs), Warner Bros., 1965
• The Oblong Box (also known as Dance, Mephisto and EdgarAllan Poe's "The Oblong Box"), American International Pictures, 1969
• The Last Shot You Hear, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
• (Uncredited) De Sade (also known as Das Ausschweifende Leben des Marquis de Sade and Die Liebesabenteuer des Marquis S), AmericanInternational Pictures, 1969
• Scream and Scream Again (also known as Screamer), AmericanInternational Pictures, 1970
• Cry of the Banshee, American International Pictures, 1970
• Murders in the Rue Morgue, American International Pictures, 1971
• Embassy (also known as Target: Embassy), Hemdale, 1973
• Medusa (also known as The Rhodes Incident and Twisted), 1973
• House of Dracula's Daughter, 1973
• The Golden Voyage of Sindbad (also known as Sinbad's Golden Voyage), Columbia, 1973
• Tracco di Veleno in una Coppa di Champagne, Arden, 1975
• Atraco en la Jungla, 1976
• Escape from El Diablo, Cinema Presentations International, 1983
• Pray for Death, American Distribution Group, 1985
• Rage of Honor, Trans World, 1986
• Wheels of Terror, Panorama/Manley, 1987released in the United States as The Misfit Brigade, Panorama/Manley and Trans World, 1988
• The Girl in a Swing, Millimeter Films, 1988.Out on Bail, Trans World, 1989
• Shogun Mayeda (also known as Journey of Honor), Blue Ridge/Filmtrust, 1991
• Journey of Honor, MCA/Universal Home Video, 1992
• Second unit director, Viper (also known as Bad Blood), Third Coast Entertainment, 1994
• Also director of St. John's Story.
• Film Producer
• The Oblong Box (also known as Dance, Mephisto and EdgarAllan Poe's "The Oblong Box"), American International Pictures, 1969
• Cry of the Banshee, American International Pictures, 1970
• Television Director
• Movies
• Scream, Pretty Peggy, Universal TV, 1973
• Skyway to Death, Universal TV, 1974
• Hitchhike!, Universal TV, 1974
• A Cry in the Wilderness, Universal TV, 1974
• Betrayal, Metromedia Productions, 1974
• The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver, Shpetner Company, 1977
• Puzzle, Australian Broadcasting Commission/Trans-Atlantic Enterprises, 1978
• Secrets of Three Hungry Wives, Penthouse Productions, 1978
• KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (also known as Attack of thePhantoms and KISS in the Attack of the Phantoms), Hanna-Barbera Productions/KISS Productions, 1978
• Tales of the Unexpected, Prism Entertainment, 1979
• Beggarman, Thief, Universal TV, 1980
• Series
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS/NBC, 1960-62
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, CBS/NBC, 1962-65
• Run for Your Life, NBC, 1964-66
• Convoy, NBC, 1964-66
• The Bob Hope Chrysler Show, NBC, 1964-66
• Kung Fu, ABC, 1972
• ABC Suspense Movies of the Week, ABC, 1973
• ABC Movies of the Week, ABC, 1973
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker (also known as The Night Stalker), ABC, 1974
• Amy Prentiss, NBC, 1974
• The Blue Knight, CBS, 1975
• Spencer's Pilots, CBS, 1976
• Sara, NBC, 1976
• Wonder Woman (also known as The New Adventures of Wonder Woman and The New, Original Wonder Woman), ABC/CBS, 1977
• CHiPs, NBC, 1977
• Little Women, syndicated, 1979
• Shannon, CBS, 1981
• The Master, NBC, 1984
• The Equalizer, CBS, 1989
• Episodic
• "People Don't Do Such Things," Tales of the Unexpected (also knownas Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected), NBC, 1979
• Also directed episodes of Hawaii Five-0, Lucas Tanner, andSwitch.
• Pilots
• The Secret War of Jackie's Girls, NBC, 1980
• Also director of Tender Warriors.
• Specials
• Tales of the Haunted, 1981
• Television Producer, Unless Otherwise noted
• Story editor, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 1960-62
• Associate producer, then producer, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (series), 1962-65
• Television Series
• (Story editor) Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 1960-62
• Screenplays
• The Girl in a Swing (based on the novel by Richard Adams), Millimeter Films, 1988