Gerd Oswald (June 9, 1919 – May 22, 1989) was a German director of American films and television.

Biography

Born in Berlin, Oswald was the son of German film director Richard Oswald and actress Käthe Oswald. He worked as a child actor before emigrating to the United States in 1938. Early production jobs at low-budget studios like Monogram Pictures prepared Oswald for a directorial career. Oswald's film credits include '' A Kiss Before Dying'' (1956), ''

Valerie Valerie may refer to: People *Saint Valerie (disambiguation), a number of saints went by the name Valerie *Valerie (given name), a feminine given name Songs *"Valerie", a 1981 song by Quarterflash, from ''Quarterflash'' *"Valerie", a 1982 son ...

'' (1957), ''

Crime of Passion A crime of passion (French: ''crime passionnel''), in popular usage, refers to a violent crime, especially homicide, in which the perpetrator commits the act against someone because of sudden strong impulse such as anger rather than as a premed ...

'' (1957), '' Brainwashed'' (1960), and ''

Bunny O'Hare ''Bunny O'Hare'' is a 1971 American comedy film directed by Gerd Oswald, starring Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine. The screenplay by Coslough Johnson and Stanley Z. Cherry focuses on a pair of senior citizens who, disguised as hippies, engage in ...

'' (1971). His television credits include ''

Perry Mason Perry Mason is a fictional character, an American criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason features in 82 novels and 4 short stories, all of which involve a c ...

'', ''

Blue Light Blue Light or Blue light may refer to: Science and technology * Portion of the visible spectrum related to the blue color ** Blue laser ** Blue LED * Cherenkov radiation, the physical phenomenon responsible for the characteristic blue glow in nucl ...

'', '' Bonanza'', '' The Outer Limits'', '' The Fugitive'', '' Star Trek'', ''

Gentle Ben Gentle Ben is a bear character created by author Walt Morey and first introduced in a 1965 children's novel, ''Gentle Ben''. The original novel told the story of the friendship between a large male bear named Ben and a boy named Mark. The story pr ...

'', '' It Takes a Thief'', '' Rawhide'', and ''

The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series) ''The Twilight Zone'' is an anthology television series which was constructed from September 27, 1985 to April 15, 1989. It is the first of three revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1959–64 television series, and like the original it featur ...

''. Fans of '' Mystery Science Theater 3000'' know Oswald as the director of the 1966 film '' Agent for H.A.R.M.'' He was an assistant director for 20 years, including on his father's film '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (completed in 1941, but only released in 1945), aka ''Passport to Heaven'' and ''I Was a Criminal''. Oswald was the uncredited second-unit director of '' The Longest Day'' (1962) responsible for staging the parachute drop scenes into

Sainte-Mère-Église Sainte-Mère-Église () is a commune in the northwestern French department of Manche, in Normandy. On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Beuzeville-au-Plain, Chef-du-Pont, Écoquenéauville and Foucarville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Ég ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

on D-Day, during the

Normandy landings The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allies of World War II, Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and ...

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. Oswald died of cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 69.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oswald, Gerd 1919 births 1989 deaths American film directors American television directors American people of Austrian-Jewish descent Male actors from Berlin German emigrants to the United States

Biography

References

Further reading

External links