About
Herbert Wise (31 August 1924 – 5 August 2015) was an Austrian-born film and television producer and director. Herbert Wise was born as Herbert Weisz in Vienna, 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 Dundee Rep (1952–55). He directed So what about Love in the West End at the Criterion Theatre in a 1970 production with Sheila Hancock in the lead. Wise began his television career in 1956 and directed adaptations of I, Claudius (1976) and Alan Ayckbourn's play cycle The Norman Conquests (1977), the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Julius Caesar (1979), Tales of the Unexpected, The 10th Kingdom, The Woman in Black (1989), and episodes of Cadfael and Inspector Morse. He also directed several episodes of the Thames Television series Rumpole of the Bailey. He directed several...
Known for
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
Play for TodaySeries • 1970
A Touch of FrostSeries • 1992
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
The BillSeries • 1984
Z-CarsSeries • 1962
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries • 1979
ITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967
Inspector MorseSeries • 1987
Theatre 625Series • 1964
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969
Rumpole of the BaileySeries • 1975
Upstairs, DownstairsSeries • 1971
The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries • 1978
The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSeries • 1987
CadfaelSeries • 1994
Van der ValkSeries • 1972
NET PlayhouseSeries • 1966
Out of the UnknownSeries • 1965
ITV Play of the WeekSeries • 1955
Where the Heart IsSeries • 1997
DalglieshSeries • 1983