Tom Gries

Tom Gries

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1922-12-20
Deathday: 1977-01-03 (54 years old)

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Thomas S. "Tom" Gries (20 December 1922; Chicago, Illinois – 3 January 1977; Pacific Palisades, California) was an American TV and film director, writer and producer.


Educated at the Loyola Academy and Georgetown University, Gries began working in TV in the 1950s as a writer and director, on such programmes as Bronco,"Rat Patrol", Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Westerner, The Rifleman, East Side/West Side, Mission: Impossible, Route 66, Batman and I Spy. He won Emmy Awards for his direction on East Side/West Side in 1964 and The Glass House in 1972.


In the cinema, Gries directed some low-budget movies in the 1950s before concentrating his efforts more on TV. In the late 1960s, he wrote and directed what is generally acknowledged to be his greatest work in either medium, the western Will Penny, which starred Charlton Heston and was released in 1968. It was based on an episode of the TV series The Westerner that Gries wrote and directed in 1960, entitled "Line Camp". Gries subsequently made two other films with Heston, the much less successful Number One, and The Hawaiians, and directed several other films with other high profile actors such as Burt Reynolds and Charles Bronson into the 1970s, though they failed to reach the critical approval that Will Penny received. The most successful of his later works was Helter Skelter, made in 1976, which was a TV film based on the notorious Charles Manson Family.


During post-production on his final film, The Greatest (1977), a biography on boxer Muhammed Ali (in which Ali also played himself), Tom Gries collapsed and died of a heart attack while playing tennis. He was 54 years old.


He is the father of actor/director Jon Gries (who appeared under the name Jon Francis in Will Penny as a child actor).


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Filmography

all 69

Director 55

TV Shows 42

Movies 27

Writer 10

Producer 3

Director
The Greatest

The Greatest (1977)

Movie
Director
Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter (1976)

Movie
Director
Breakheart Pass

Breakheart Pass (1975)

Movie
Director
Breakout

Breakout (1975)

Movie
Director
The Healers

The Healers (1974)

Movie
Director
QB VII

QB VII (1974)

TV
Director
The Migrants

The Migrants (1974)

Movie
Director
Lady Ice

Lady Ice (1973)

Movie
5.33
Director
The Connection

The Connection (1973)

Movie
Director
Call to Danger

Call to Danger (1973)

Movie
Producer
Michael O'Hara the Fourth

Michael O'Hara the Fourth (1972)

Movie
Director
Journey Through Rosebud

Journey Through Rosebud (1972)

Movie
Director
The Glass House

The Glass House (1972)

Movie
Director
Earth II

Earth II (1971)

Movie
Director
Fools

Fools (1970)

Movie
Director
The Hawaiians

The Hawaiians (1970)

Movie
Director
Number One

Number One (1969)

Movie
Director
100 Rifles

100 Rifles (1969)

Movie
Director
Will Penny

Will Penny (1967)

Movie
Director
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible (1966)

TV
6.33
Writer
The Rat Patrol

The Rat Patrol (1966)

TV
7.75
Director
Felony Squad

Felony Squad (1966)

TV
Director
The Monroes

The Monroes (1966)

TV
Director
The Rounders

The Rounders (1966)

TV
Director
Batman

Batman (1966)

TV
5
Director
Honey West

Honey West (1965)

TV
6
Director
I Spy

I Spy (1965)

TV
6.5
Director
For the People

For the People (1965)

TV
Director / Writer
Reporter

Reporter (1964)

TV
Director
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)

TV
6
Director
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)

TV
6
Director
Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)

TV
Director
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)

TV
Director
East Side/West Side

East Side/West Side (1963)

TV
Director
Combat!

Combat! (1962)

TV
6
Director
Stoney Burke

Stoney Burke (1962)

TV
Director
Cain's Hundred

Cain's Hundred (1961)

TV
Director
The Defenders

The Defenders (1961)

TV
Director
Route 66

Route 66 (1960)

TV
Director / Writer
The Westerner

The Westerner (1960)

TV
Story
The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)

TV
Director
Checkmate

Checkmate (1960)

TV
Writer
Assignment: Underwater

Assignment: Underwater (1960)

TV
Director
The Detectives

The Detectives (1959)

TV
Director
Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise (1959)

TV
Director / Writer
Johnny Ringo

Johnny Ringo (1959)

TV
Writer
Lock Up

Lock Up (1959)

TV
Director
The Man and the Challenge

The Man and the Challenge (1959)

TV
Director
Mustang!

Mustang! (1959)

Movie
Writer
The Rifleman

The Rifleman (1958)

TV
6.67
Writer
Bronco

Bronco (1958)

TV
Writer
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)

TV
Director
Girl in the Woods

Girl in the Woods (1958)

Movie
Director
Tombstone Territory

Tombstone Territory (1957)

TV
Director
The Court of Last Resort

The Court of Last Resort (1957)

TV
Director
Alcoa Theatre

Alcoa Theatre (1957)

TV
Director
Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)

TV
Director
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)

TV
Director
State Trooper

State Trooper (1956)

TV
Director
Hell's Horizon

Hell's Horizon (1955)

Movie
Writer
King Dinosaur

King Dinosaur (1955)

Movie
Writer
Hunters of the Deep

Hunters of the Deep (1955)

Movie
Director / Writer
Science Fiction Theatre

Science Fiction Theatre (1955)

TV
Director
TV Reader's Digest

TV Reader's Digest (1955)

TV
Director
Serpent Island

Serpent Island (1954)

Movie
Producer
Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain (1953)

Movie
6
Associate Producer
The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men (1952)

Movie
6
Writer
The Unexpected

The Unexpected (1952)

TV
Writer
The Bushwhackers

The Bushwhackers (1951)

Movie

Ratings

Average 5.87
Based on 115 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1922-12-20

Deathday
1977-01-03 (54 years old)

Birth Name
Thomas Steven Gries

Birth Place
Chicago, United States of America

Relationships
Anne Yvonne Gilbert (1964-01-01 - 1975-01-01), Marla English (1958-01-01 - 1960-01-01)

Children
Jon Gries

Citizenships
United States of America

Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special, Golden Shell, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series


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