Herbert Wise (31 August 1924 – 5 August 2015) was an Austrian-born film and television producer and director. He was born as Herbert Weisz in

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, Austria, and began his career as a director at Shrewsbury Repertory Company in 1950. He was at Hull Rep and then as Director of Productions at

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(1952–55). He directed ''So what about Love'' in the West End at the

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in a 1970 production with

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in the lead. Wise began his television career in 1956 and directed adaptations of ''

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'' (1976) and

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's play cycle ''

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'' (1977), the

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production of ''

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'' (1979), '' Tales of the Unexpected'', ''

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'', ''

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'' (1989), and episodes of ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also directed several episodes of the

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series ''

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''. He directed several made-for-TV films, including '' Skokie'' (1981) and ''

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'' (1996), the latter adapted from the

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play about

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. Wise directed two theatrically released films. One was an entry in the ''

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'' second feature series titled ''To Have and to Hold'' (1963) and the other was a film version of the 1970-1971 television sit-com ''

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'' titled '' The Lovers!'' (1973). He was married twice, firstly to the actress

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(1963–1972) and, after he and Redmond divorced, to actress

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in 1988. Wise and Fiona Walker had two children;

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and Charlie Walker-Wise.

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* 1924 births 2015 deaths British film directors Jewish emigrants from Austria to the United Kingdom after the Anschluss Mass media people from Vienna {{tv-director-stub