Nationality American Role Film director Name Don Weis | Years active 1942-1990 Other names Donald Weis | |
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Children Deborah Weis, Pamela Landrum Movies The Adventures of Hajji B, The Ghost in the Invisible, I Love Melvin, Pajama Party, The Gene Krupa Story Similar People Elaine Stewart, Tommy Kirk, Rebecca Welles, Susan Kohner, Jesse White | ||
"Les aventures d'Hadji Baba" (1954) de Don Weis, prologue et générique
Don Weis (May 13, 1922 – July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director.
Contents
- Les aventures dHadji Baba 1954 de Don Weis prologue et gnrique
- The Munsters Revenge Trailer 1981
- Biography
- Selected filmography
- References
The Munsters' Revenge Trailer 1981
Biography
Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Emma (née Wiener; 1889-1971) and Meyer Weis (1886-1942). He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as Bannerline (1951), Just This Once (1952), You for Me (1952) and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953).
Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as M*A*S*M*A*S*H, Ironside, It Takes a Thief, Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), The Andy Griffith Show, Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Hawaii Five-O, The Andros Targets, and The San Pedro Beach Bums, among others.
Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958. He married actress Rebecca Welles on August 25, 1961, in Los Angeles..
Weis died in Los Angeles, California at 78 years of age. He was interred in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Santa Fe National Cemetery. His wife was interred beside him upon her passing in 2017.