Tom Gries

About

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thomas S. "Tom" Gries (20 December 1922; Chicago, Illinois – 3 January 1977; Pacific Palisades, California) was an American TV and film director, writer and producer. Educated at the Loyola Academy and Georgetown University, Gries began working in TV in the 1950s as a writer and director, on such programmes as Bronco,"Rat Patrol", Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Westerner, The Rifleman, East Side/West Side, Mission: Impossible, Route 66, Batman and I Spy. He won Emmy Awards for his direction on East Side/West Side in 1964 and The Glass House in 1972. In the cinema, Gries directed some low-budget movies in the 1950s before concentrating his efforts more on TV. In the late 1960s, he wrote and directed what is generally acknowledged to be his greatest work in either medium, the western Will Penny, which starred Charlton Heston and was released in 1968....

Known for

Mission: ImpossibleSeries • 1966Combat!Series • 1962BatmanSeries • 1966The RiflemanSeries • 1958Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958Route 66Series • 1960The DefendersSeries • 1961Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries • 1963Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaSeries • 1964The DetectivesSeries • 1959Adventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959State TrooperSeries • 1956The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series • 1964Felony SquadSeries • 1966BroncoSeries • 1958Tombstone TerritorySeries • 1957Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveSeries • 1957CheckmateSeries • 1960Honey WestSeries • 1965I SpySeries • 1965Stoney BurkeSeries • 1962The Rat PatrolSeries • 1966Alcoa TheatreSeries • 1957