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Tom Gries (1922–1977)

Director | Writer | Producer

Chicago-born, Georgetown University-educated Tom Gries returned from service with the US Marines in WW II and worked as a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Traveling to Hollywood in 1947, he took a job as a talent agent, and eventually went to work for producer/director Stanley Kramer as a publicist and story aide... See full bio »

Born:

Thomas Steven Gries
in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 54) in Pacific Palisades, California, USA
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1977 The Greatest
 
1976 Hunter (TV series)
– Hunter (1976)
 
1976 Helter Skelter (TV movie)
 
1975 Breakheart Pass
 
1975 Breakout
 
1974 The Healers (TV movie)
 
1974 QB VII (TV mini-series)
– Part Three (1974)
– Part One & Two (1974)
 
1974 The Migrants (TV movie)
 
1973 Lady Ice
 
1973 The Connection (TV movie)
 
1973 Call to Danger (TV movie)
 
1972 Journey Through Rosebud
 
1972 The Glass House (TV movie)
 
1971 Earth II (TV movie)
 
1970 Fools
 
1970 The Hawaiians
 
1969 Number One
 
1969 100 Rifles
 
1968 Will Penny
 
1967 Garrison's Gorillas (TV series)
 
1967 I Spy (TV series)
– Magic Mirror (1967)
– The Trouble with Temple (1967)
 
1966 The Rounders (TV series)
– Low Moon at Hi Lo (1966)
– Horse of a Different Cutter (1966)
 
1966 Felony Squad (TV series)
– The Terror Trap (1966)
 
1966 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
– Wheels (1966)
 
1966 The Monroes (TV series)
– The Hunter (1966)
– Night of the Wolf (1966)
 
1966 The Rat Patrol (TV series)
– The Chase of Fire Raid (1966)
 
1966 Batman (TV series)
– Batman Makes the Scenes (1966)
– Fine Finny Fiends (1966)
– When the Rat's Away, the Mice Will Play (1966)
– A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away (1966)
 
1966 A Man Called Shenandoah (TV series)
– An Unfamiliar Tune (1966)
– Run and Hide (1966)
 
1966 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
– The Menfish (1966)
 
1965 Honey West (TV series)
– Invitation to Limbo (1965)
 
1965 The Trials of O'Brien (TV series)
– Charlie Has All the Luck (1965)
 
1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The Discotheque Affair (1965)
 
1963-1965 Combat! (TV series)
– The Linesman (1965)
– Main Event (1965)
– Doughboy (1963)
 
1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
– The Safe House (1965)
– Kill No More (1965)
 
1965 For the People (TV series)
– Between Candor and Shame (1965)
 
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
– The War and Eric Kurtz (1965)
 
1964 The Reporter (TV series)
– Rachel's Mother (1964)
– Extension Seven (1964)
 
1963-1964 East Side/West Side (TV series)
– The Givers (1964)
– If Your Grandmother Had Wheels (1964)
– Who Do You Kill? (1963)
 
1964 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
– The Leopard Killer (1964)
 
1964 The Defenders (TV series)
– Survival (1964)
 
1963 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)
– The Day of the Pawnees: Part 1 (1963)
 
1962-1963 Stoney Burke (TV series)
– Tigress by the Tail (1963)
– Kelly's Place (1963)
– To Catch the Kaiser (1963)
– King of the Hill (1963)
– Death Rides a Pale Horse (1963)
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1962-1963 Route 66 (TV series)
– ...Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King (1963)
– A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis (1963)
– Give the Old Cat a Tender Mouse (1962)
– Only by Cunning Glimpses (1962)
 
1961-1962 The Detectives (TV series)
– Strangers in the House (1962)
– See No Evil (1961)
 
1961-1962 Checkmate (TV series)
– The Heart Is a Handout (1962)
– An Assassin Arrives, Andante (1962)
– Juan Moreno's Body (1961)
 
1961 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
– Dead Load: Dave Braddock (1961)
 
1961 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
– The Wonderful Nightingale (1961)
– Act of Piracy (1961)
 
1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
– Morning Incident (1960)
– The Black Wagon (1960)
 
1960 The Westerner (TV series)
– Line Camp (1960)
 
1959-1960 Johnny Ringo (TV series)
– The Killing Bug (1960)
– Bound Boy (1959)
 
1960 The Man and the Challenge (TV series)
– Rodeo (1960)
 
1959 Mustang!
 
1958 Target (TV series)
– Death Makes a Phone Call (1958)
 
1958 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
– Legacy of Death (1958)
– The Assassin (1958)
– The Outcasts (1958)
 
1958 Girl in the Woods
 
1957-1958 The Court of Last Resort (TV series)
– The Todd-Loomis Case (1958)
– The Stephen Lowell Case (1958)
– The Jim Thompson Case (1957)
– The Karl Hooft Case (1957)
– The Gordon Wallace Case (1957)
 
1958 State Trooper (TV series)
– Full Circle (1958)
– Grudge Race (1958)
– Cable Car to Tombstone (1958)
 
1957-1958 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV series)
– Double Jeopardy (1958)
– The Payoff (1958)
– Escape from Oak Lane (1957)
– Custody (1957)
 
1957 The Adventures of McGraw (TV series)
– Barnaby (1957)
 
1957 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
– On Edge (1957)
 
1957 Wire Service (TV series)
– Forbidden Ground (1957)
 
1955-1956 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
– Death at My Fingertips (1956)
– Brain Unlimited (1956)
– The Green Bomb (1956)
– Project 44 (1956)
– Friend of a Raven (1955)
 
1955-1956 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
– Texas in New York (1956)
– A Bell for Okinawa (1956)
– Ordeal at Yuba Gap (1955)
 
1955 Hell's Horizon
 
1954 Serpent Island
 
Show ShowWriter (28 titles)
1972 Michael O'Hara the Fourth (TV movie)
 
1969 100 Rifles (screenplay)
 
1966-1968 The Rat Patrol (TV series)
– The Kill at Koorlea Raid (1968) (creator)
– The Never Say Die Raid (1968) (creator)
– The Tug of War Raid (1968) (creator)
– The Hickory Dickory Dock Raid (1968) (creator)
– The Double Jeopardy Raid (1968) (creator)
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1968 Will Penny (writer)
 
1964 The Reporter (TV series)
– Extension Seven (1964) (teleplay)
 
1962 The Third Man (TV series)
– Mischka (1962) (writer)
 
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV series)
– Yanqui Go Home (1961) (story)
 
1961 The Rifleman (TV series)
– Short Rope for a Tall Man (1961) (written by)
 
1961 Dante (TV series)
– Dante in the Dark (1961) (written by)
 
1960 The Westerner (TV series)
– The Painting (1960) (writer)
– Line Camp (1960) (writer)
 
1960 Assignment: Underwater (TV series)
– Charlie Noble's Pearl (1960) (writer)
 
1960 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
– Green Hell (1960) (story)
 
1959-1960 Johnny Ringo (TV series)
– The Killing Bug (1960) (written by)
– Bound Boy (1959) (written by)
 
1960 Lock Up (TV series)
– The Case of Frank Crotty (1960) (writer)
 
1960 The Man and the Challenge (TV series)
– Rodeo (1960) (written by)
 
1959-1960 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
– Angela (1960) (writer)
– The Tyrant (1959) (writer)
 
1959 Mustang! (screenplay)
 
1959 Bronco (TV series)
– The Silent Witness (1959) (writer)
 
1958 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
– The Outcasts (1958) (writer)
 
1955-1956 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
– Signals from the Moon (1956) (writer)
– The Green Bomb (1956) (screenplay)
– Postcard from Barcelona (1955) (story)
 
1956 Sky King (TV series)
– Land o' Cotton (1956) (screenplay)
 
1955 Hell's Horizon (written by)
 
1955 King Dinosaur (screenplay)
 
1954 Hunters of the Deep (documentary)
 
1954 Serpent Island
 
1953 Boston Blackie (TV series)
– Grab Bag (1953) (writer)
 
1952 The Unexpected (TV series)
– Some Day They'll Give Us Guns (1952) (teleplay)
– The Numbers Game (1952) (writer)
 
1951 The Bushwhackers (screenplay / as Thomas S. Gries)
 
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1976 Hunter (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Hunter (1976) (producer)
 
1976 Helter Skelter (TV movie) (producer)
 
1974 The Migrants (TV movie) (producer)
 
1973 Lady Ice (producer)
 
1972 Michael O'Hara the Fourth (TV movie) (producer)
 
1966 The Rat Patrol (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– The Chase of Fire Raid (1966) (executive producer)
 
1954 Hunters of the Deep (documentary) (producer)
 
1953 Donovan's Brain (producer)
 
1952 The Lusty Men (associate producer - as Thomas S. Gries)
 
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1953 The Cisco Kid (TV series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)
– Smuggled Silver (1953) (production supervisor - as Thomas Gries)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1977 The Greatest (dedicatee: The Director of 'The Greatest' passed away on January 3, 1977. This Motion Picture is Dedicated to His Memory)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1970 Krieg auf allen Kanälen (TV documentary)
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Thomas S. Gries | Thomas Gries
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Trivia:

His brother was the famous Chicago blues pianist "Buddy Charles" aka Charles Stephen Gries. See more »

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Star Sign:

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