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Don Weis (1922–2000)

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Milwaukee-born Don Weis began as a director of light-hearted, often youth-oriented entertainment. After graduating in film studies from the University of Southern California in 1942, he got his first job as an errand boy at Warner Brothers. He saw wartime service as a technician with the 1st Motion Picture Unit of the U.S... See full bio »

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in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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(age 78) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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1990 A Brand New Life (TV series)
– Even Housekeepers Sing the Blues (1990)
 
1989 Freddy's Nightmares (TV series)
– Memory Overload (1989)
 
1988 The Highwayman (TV series)
– The Haunted Highway (1988)
 
1988 Simon & Simon (TV series)
– Baja, Humbug (1988)
 
1986-1987 Hill Street Blues (TV series)
– A Pound of Flesh (1987)
– City of Refuse (1987)
– Amazing Grace (1986)
– I Come on My Knees (1986)
 
1986 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
– Murder in the Cards (1986)
– To Kill a Friend (1986)
 
1986 MacGyver (TV series)
– Slow Death (1986)
 
1983-1986 Remington Steele (TV series)
– Sensitive Steele (1986)
– Steele Blue Yonder (1986)
– Steele, Inc. (1986)
– Corn Fed Steele (1985)
– Grappling Steele (1985)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1985 Crazy Like a Fox (TV series)
– Murder Is a Two Stroke Penalty (1985)
 
1984 Partners in Crime (TV series)
– Fashioned for Murder (1984)
 
1977-1984 The Love Boat (TV series)
– Only the Good Die Young/Honey Beats the Odds/The Light of Another Day (1984)
– Aunt Emma, I Love You/Hoopla/The First Romance (1984)
– Long Time No See/Bear Essence/Kisses and Makeup (1983)
– Rhino of the Year/One Last Time/For Love or Money (1983)
– The Groupies/The Audition/Doc's Nephew (1982)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1984 Cover Up (TV series)
 
1978-1984 Fantasy Island (TV series)
– Surrogate Mother/Ideal Woman (1984)
– Lady's Choice/Skin Deep (1984)
– Sweet Life/Games People Play (1984) (co-director)
– The Other Man - Mr. Roarke/Forbidden Love (1983)
– What's the Matter with Kids?/Island of Horrors (1983)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1983 Lottery! (TV series)
– Boston: False Illusion (1983)
 
1983 Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
– Burn Out (1983)
 
1982 Matt Houston (TV series)
– The Good Doctor (1982)
 
1982 Bring 'Em Back Alive (TV series)
– The Reel World of Frank Buck (1982)
 
1982 T.J. Hooker (TV series)
– Second Chance (1982)
 
1981-1982 Flamingo Road (TV series)
– The High and the Mighty (1982)
– Sins of the Father (1982)
– The Titus Tapes (1981)
 
1981 Code Red (TV series)
– Framed by Fire (1981)
 
1981 The Munsters' Revenge (TV movie)
 
1981 Back to the Planet of the Apes (TV movie)
 
1980 The Six O'Clock Follies (TV series)
 
1979-1980 CHiPs (TV series)
– Nightingale (1980)
– The Strippers (1980)
– The Watch Commander (1979)
– Drive, Lady, Drive: Part 1 (1979)
– Drive, Lady, Drive: Part 2 (1979)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1977-1980 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
– The Flight of the Jewels (1980)
– School for Assassins (1980)
– The Year of the Horse (1979)
– The Execution File (1979)
– The Bark and the Bite (1979)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1980 Beyond Westworld (TV series)
– Take-Over (1980)
 
1979 Delta House (TV series)
– The Shortest Yard (1979)
 
1979 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
– Angels on Vacation (1979)
 
1979 The Dooley Brothers (TV movie)
 
1978 The Millionaire (TV movie)
 
1978 Zero to Sixty
 
1972-1978 M*A*S*H (TV series)
– Tea and Empathy (1978)
– The M*A*S*H Olympics (1977)
– Change Day (1977)
– Last Laugh (1977)
– Big Mac (1975)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1977 The San Pedro Beach Bums (TV series)
– The Shortest Yard (1977)
 
1977 Kingston: Confidential (TV series)
– The Cult (1977)
– The Rage at Hannibal (1977)
– The Boston Shamrock (1977)
 
1977 The Andros Targets (TV series)
 
1975-1977 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
– The Psychic (1977)
– Iron Mike (1976)
– Bounty Hunter (1976)
– Running (1976)
– Omaha Tiger (1976)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1976 Baretta (TV series)
– The Ninja (1976)
 
1976 Flo's Place (TV movie)
 
1975 S.W.A.T. (TV series)
– Courthouse (1975)
 
1975 Barbary Coast (TV series)
– Crazy Cats (1975)
– Funny Money (1975)
 
1974-1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV series)
– Demon in Lace (1975)
– The Trevi Collection (1975)
– Firefall (1974)
– The Vampire (1974)
 
1975 Mannix (TV series)
– Chance Meeting (1975)
 
1967-1975 Ironside (TV series)
– The Return of Eleanor Rogers (1975)
– The Visiting Fireman (1974)
– Speak No Evil (1974)
– Cross Doublecross (1974)
– Riddle at 24,000 (1974)
See all 58 episodes »
 
1974 Planet of the Apes (TV series)
– The Good Seeds (1974)
– Escape from Tomorrow (1974)
 
1974 Petrocelli (TV series)
 
1974 Happy Days (TV series)
– In the Name of Love (1974)
 
1974 The Fess Parker Show (TV short)
 
1974 The Magician (TV series)
– The Illusion of the Queen's Gambit (1974)
 
1974 Firehouse (TV series)
– Burst of Flame (1974)
 
1974 Crackle of Death (TV movie)
 
1973 Roll Out (TV series)
– No Wages: All Fear (1973)
 
1973 Harry O (TV series)
 
1970-1971 The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV series)
– My Son, the Artist (1971)
– When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot, It Doesn't Fit (1970)
– Who Wants to Sail Down the Amazon, Anyway? (1970)
 
1970 The Immortal (TV series)
– Paradise Bay (1970)
– White Horse, Steel Horse (1970)
– Man on a Punched Card (1970)
 
1970 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
– If I Can't Sing, I'll Listen (1970)
 
1968-1969 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
– The Artist Is for Framing (1969)
– A Case of Red Turnips (1968)
– Hans Across the Border: Part 2 (1968)
– Hans Across the Border: Part 1 (1968)
– The Bill Is in Committee (1968)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1968 Now You See It, Now You Don't (TV movie)
 
1968 Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
 
1968 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV series)
– One for My Baby (1968)
 
1967 The King's Pirate
 
1967 The Longest Hundred Miles
 
1966 The Virginian (TV series)
– The Captive (1966)
 
1966 Batman (TV series)
– The Cat and the Fiddle (1966)
– Hot Off the Griddle (1966)
– Batman Is Riled (1966)
– The Joker Is Wild (1966)
 
1966 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
– Off We Go! (1966)
 
1966 The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
 
1965 Billie
 
1964-1965 The Patty Duke Show (TV series)
– Patty, the Chatterbox (1965)
– My Cousin the Heroine (1965)
– Patty the Folk Singer (1965)
– It Takes a Heap of Livin' (1965)
– Patty and the Newspaper Game (1965)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1963-1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
– Who Killed Hamlet? (1965)
– Who Killed the Tall One in the Middle? (1964)
– Who Killed Lenore Wingfield? (1964)
– Who Killed Mr. Cartwheel? (1964)
– Who Killed 1/2 of Glory Lee? (1964)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
– Nobody Will Ever Know (1965)
– Four into Zero (1965)
 
1964 Pajama Party
 
1964 Looking for Love
 
1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
– The Case of the Floating Stones (1963)
 
1963 Twilight Zone (TV series)
– Steel (1963)
 
1962-1963 The Wide Country (TV series)
– The Lucky Punch (1963)
– Yanqui, Go Home! (1963)
– Memory of a Filly (1963)
– Good Old Uncle Walt (1962)
– A Guy for Clementine (1962)
 
1963 Critic's Choice
 
1963 McKeever & the Colonel (TV series)
– The Big Charade (1963)
 
1963 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
– Lollipop Louie (1963)
 
1955-1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
– First Class Honeymoon (1962)
– A Secret Life (1961)
– The Pearl Necklace (1961)
– The Big Switch (1956)
– Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid (1955)
 
1961-1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
– Naomi Champagne (1962)
– Mr. Grady Regrets (1962)
– Journey from Hannibal (1961)
 
1961-1962 87th Precinct (TV series)
– Killer's Choice (1962)
– The Pigeon (1962)
– Give the Boys a Great Big Hand (1962)
– My Friend, My Enemy (1961)
– Line of Duty (1961)
 
1961 The Bob Cummings Show (TV series)
– Vive La Credit Card (1961)
– Executive Sweet (1961)
 
1960-1961 Checkmate (TV series)
– Hot Wind on a Cold Town (1961)
– Laugh Till I Die (1961)
– The Human Touch (1961)
– The Dark Divide (1960)
– Deadly Shadow (1960)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1961 The Aquanauts (TV series)
– The Frankie Adventure (1961)
 
1961 The Detectives (TV series)
– Kinfolk (1961)
 
1960 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
– Stranger in Town (1960)
– A Feud Is a Feud (1960)
– Opie's Charity (1960)
– Andy the Matchmaker (1960)
– Runaway Kid (1960)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1960 The Comedy Spot (TV series)
– Head of the Family (1960)
 
1959-1960 The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV series)
– June Thursday (1960)
– Dimples (1960)
– The Regency Club (1960)
– Teacher's Pest (1959)
 
1959-1960 Troubleshooters (TV series)
– Incident at Rain Mountain (1960)
– High Steel (1960)
– The Chain (1959)
– Downrange (1959)
 
1957-1960 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
– Jack Arrested for Disturbing the Peace (1960)
– Pasadena Fan Club (1959)
– The Bergen Show (1959)
– Jack Goes to Nightclub (1959)
– Jack Goes to Doctor (1958)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1959 The Gene Krupa Story
 
1959 Markham (TV series)
– The Human Factor (1959)
 
1959 The Thin Man (TV series)
– Dear Dead Days (1959)
– That's Gratitude (1959)
– Anonymity Anyone? (1959)
– Mayhem to Music (1959)
– Black Wind and Lightning (1959)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1959 Catch Me If You Can
 
1957-1958 Rendezvous (TV series)
– A Very Fine Deal (1958)
– Too Early Spring (1957)
 
1956-1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Secrets of the Old Bailey (1958)
– Rich Man, Poor Man (1957)
– The Lonely Wizard (1957)
– Easy Going Man (1957)
– Carriage from Britain (1957)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1956-1958 Studio 57 (TV series)
– A Source of Irritation (1958)
– Perfect Likeness (1956)
– My Friends, the Birds (1956)
 
1957 M Squad (TV series)
– Street of Fear (1957)
– Face of Evil (1957)
 
1957 Wagon Train (TV series)
– The Nels Stack Story (1957)
 
1957 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
 
1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
– The Great American Hoax (1957)
 
1957 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– Cab Driver (1957)
– The Big Shooter (1957)
– The Doctors of Pawnee Kill (1957)
 
1957 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV series)
– They're Off and Running (1957)
– Typical (1957)
– The Young Actress (1957)
 
1957 Captain David Grief (TV series)
– Lady on the Run (1957)
 
1956 Ride the High Iron (TV movie)
 
1956 General Electric Summer Originals (TV series)
– It's Sunny Again (1956)
 
1956 Warner Brothers Presents (TV series)
– The Deadly Riddle (1956)
– Explosion (1956)
 
1956 Casablanca (TV series)
– Deadlock! (1956)
– The Alley (1956)
 
1955 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– Little Guy (1955)
 
1954 Dear Phoebe (TV series)
– The Christmas Show (1954)
– The Monster (1954)
 
1954 The Adventures of Hajji Baba
 
1953 Half a Hero
 
1953 The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
 
1953 A Slight Case of Larceny
 
1953 Remains to Be Seen
 
1953 I Love Melvin
 
1952 You for Me
 
1952 Just This Once
 
1951 It's a Big Country
 
1951 Bannerline
 
1951 A Letter from a Soldier (short)
 
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1951 The Prowler (script supervisor)
 
1951 M (script supervisor)
 
1950 Outrage (script supervisor - uncredited)
 
1950 The Men (dialogue director)
 
1949 Never Fear (script supervisor)
 
1949 Mrs. Mike (script supervisor - uncredited)
 
1949 Satan's Cradle (script supervisor - uncredited)
 
1949 Home of the Brave (script supervisor - uncredited)
 
1949 Champion (dialogue director)
 
1949 The Red Pony (script supervisor - uncredited)
 
1948 Force of Evil (dialogue director)
 
1948 No Minor Vices (dialogue director)
 
1948 So This Is New York (dialogue director)
 
1947 Body and Soul (dialogue coach - uncredited, script supervisor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1965 Billie (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2002 'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion (TV documentary) (in memory of)
 
1991 Memories of M*A*S*H (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
1978 M*A*S*H (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Our Finest Hour (1978) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1958 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
– Jack Goes to Doctor (1958) … Himself
 

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(1966) Unsold pilot: Produced a pilot for a proposed CBS comedy sitcom called "Green for Danger", aka "Green for Action". The show starred Larry Blyden as a bumbling investigator who, despite his ineptitude, always managed to solve the case. See more »
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Star Sign:

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