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Frank Wisbar (1899–1967)

Director | Producer | Writer

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Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1960 See more trivia »

Born:

Franz Wysbar
in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany [now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia]

Died:

(age 67) in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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1967 Flucht über die Ostsee (TV movie)
 
1966 S.O.S. - Morro Castle (TV movie)
 
1965 Onkel Phils Nachlaß (TV movie)
 
1965 Das Feuerzeichen (TV movie)
 
1963 The Breakthrough
 
1962 Commando
 
1961 Barbara - Wild wie das Meer
 
1960 Fabrik der Offiziere
 
1960 Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
 
1959 Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
 
1958 Wet Asphalt
 
1957 Sharks and Little Fish
 
1950-1955 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– An Argument with Death (1955)
– A Ring for Nell (1955)
– The Man Who Liked to Kill (1955)
– Murderer's Wife (1955)
– The 99th Day (1955)
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1954 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– Too Old for the Girl (1954)
– Pretending Makes It So (1954)
– The Crime of Daphne Rutledge (1954)
– You Are Young Only Once (1954)
 
1948 The Mozart Story (new scenes)
 
1947 The Prairie
 
1947 Lighthouse
 
1946 Devil Bat's Daughter
 
1946 Strangler of the Swamp
 
1945 Secrets of a Sorority Girl
 
1939 The Tell-Tale Heart (TV movie)
 
1938 Petermann ist dagegen (as Frank Wysbar)
 
1937 Ball im Metropol (as Frank Wysbar)
 
1936 The Unknown
 
1936 Fährmann Maria
 
1935 Die Werft zum Grauen Hecht (as Frank Wysbar)
 
1935 Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten (as Frank Wysbar)
 
1934 Rivalen der Luft - Ein Segelfliegerfilm
 
1933 Anna and Elizabeth (as Frank Wysbar)
 
1932 Spell of the Looking Glass (as Frank Wysbar)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
Fireside Theatre (TV series) (producer - 194 episodes, 1949-1955) (executive producer - 1 episode, 1951)
– An Argument with Death (1955) (producer)
– A Ring for Nell (1955) (producer)
– The Man Who Liked to Kill (1955) (producer)
– Murderer's Wife (1955) (producer)
– The 99th Day (1955) (producer)
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1946 Devil Bat's Daughter (producer)
 
1933 Anna and Elizabeth (producer - as Frank Wysbar)
 
Show ShowWriter (18 titles)
1968 Johannes durch den Wald (TV movie)
 
1967 Flucht über die Ostsee (TV movie)
 
1962 Commando
 
1960 Fabrik der Offiziere
 
1960 Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
 
1959 Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (writer)
 
1953 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– Man of the Comstock (1953) (story and teleplay)
 
1949 Rimfire (writer)
 
1948 Madonna of the Desert (story)
 
1946 Strangler of the Swamp (original story / screenplay)
 
1943 Women in Bondage (original story / as Frank Bentick Wisbar)
 
1938 Petermann ist dagegen (book / as Frank Wysbar)
 
1937 Ball im Metropol (screenplay / as Frank Wysbar)
 
1936 The Unknown (book)
 
1936 Fährmann Maria (screenplay / story)
 
1935 Die Werft zum Grauen Hecht (as Frank Wysbar)
 
1935 Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten (as F. Wysbar)
 
1933 Anna and Elizabeth (as Frank Wysbar)
 
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1931 Maedchen in Uniform (production supervisor)
 
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1949-1953 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Safety Island (1953) … Himself - Host
– Man Without a Country (1950) … Himself - Host
– No Strings Attached (1950) … Himself - Host
– Judas (1950) … Himself - Host
– Ghost Story (1949) … Himself - Host
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Strangler of the Swamp -- A number of swamp land men have died by strangulation and the inhabitants believe that an innocent man they hanged is seeking revenge on all of the male descendants of those responsible for his death. Devil Bat's Daughter -- Wishing to dispose of his wife, psychiatrist Doctor Elliott makes his patient Nina think that she suffers from a compulsion to kill.
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Alternate Names:

Frank Bentick Wisbar | F. Wysbar | Frank Wysbar
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Trivia:

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