Motion picture, television, and stage director. After leaving school he joined the Merchant Navy for four years. Afterwards he became, briefly, an actor, before moving into London theatrical management, first for Raymond Massey and later for famed impresario Gilbert Miller, where he was appointed executive in charge of West End and Broadway stage productions. He also directed some of the productions (including the celebrated "Victoria Regina," with Helen Hayes and Vincent Price), before he was lured to Hollywood by Paramount studio head Buddy DeSylva. There he did all kinds of jobs, including dialogue director and assistant to DeSylva. After two years at Paramount he was given his first directorial assignment in 1943 and turned out an exciting suspense thriller, "The Uninvited", with Ray Milland and Gail Russell. His subsequent output has been of variable quality but consistently entertaining and effective. Credits include "The Unseen" (1945, with Joel McCrea), "Desert Fury" (1947, with John Hodiak), "So Evil My Love" (1948, with Milland), "Chicago Deadline" (1949, with Alan Ladd), "Appointment with Danger" (1950, with Ladd), "A Bullet for Joey" (1955, with Peter van Eyck) and "Whirlpool" (1959). From the mid-1950s he moved increasingly into television and worked on a number of the most popular shows of the time in the U.S, among them "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1955-57), "Perry Mason" (1958-61), "The Detectives (1961-62)", "The Rogues" (1964-65), "The Fugitive" (1967), "Mission: Impossible" (1967-73) and 42 episodes of "Bonanza" (1960-73). He retired in 1978.
Motion picture, television, and stage director. After leaving school he joined the Merchant Navy for four years. Afterwards he became, briefly, an actor, before moving into London theatrical management, first for Raymond Massey and later for famed impresario Gilbert Miller, where he was appointed executive in charge of West End and Broadway stage productions. He also directed some of the productions (including the celebrated "Victoria Regina," with Helen Hayes and Vincent Price), before he was lured to Hollywood by Paramount studio head Buddy DeSylva. There he did all kinds of jobs, including dialogue director and assistant to DeSylva. After two years at Paramount he was given his first directorial assignment in 1943 and turned out an exciting suspense thriller, "The Uninvited", with Ray Milland and Gail Russell. His subsequent output has been of variable quality but consistently entertaining and effective. Credits include "The Unseen" (1945, with Joel McCrea), "Desert Fury" (1947, with John Hodiak), "So Evil My Love" (1948, with Milland), "Chicago Deadline" (1949, with Alan Ladd), "Appointment with Danger" (1950, with Ladd), "A Bullet for Joey" (1955, with Peter van Eyck) and "Whirlpool" (1959). From the mid-1950s he moved increasingly into television and worked on a number of the most popular shows of the time in the U.S, among them "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1955-57), "Perry Mason" (1958-61), "The Detectives (1961-62)", "The Rogues" (1964-65), "The Fugitive" (1967), "Mission: Impossible" (1967-73) and 42 episodes of "Bonanza" (1960-73). He retired in 1978.
Bio by: Fritz Tauber
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Cremated through Pierce Bros. Westwood.
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