Don Weis (May 13, 1922 - July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director.
Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Southern California, where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as Bannerline (1951), Just This Once (1952), You for Me (1952) and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953).
Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as M*A*S*H, Ironside, It Takes a Thief, Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and Hawaii Five-O among others.
Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958.
Personal life/Death[]
Weis married Dori in 1950. They had two daughters together, Deborah and Pamela, before they divorced in 1955. Weis married actress Rebecca Welles on August 25, 1961, in Los Angeles.[1]Welles had two daughters from a previous marriage, Elizabeth and actress Gwen Welles.
Weis died in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 78 years of age.
Selected filmography[]
- Just This Once (1952)
- I Love Melvin (1953)
- Ride the High Iron (1956)
- Catch Me If You Can (1959)
- The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
- Critic's Choice (1963)
- Pajama Party (1964)
- Billie (1965)
- The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
References[]
- ↑ California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
- "Don Weis; Film, Television Director", Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2000.
- "Don Weis, 78, Film and Television Director", The New York Times, August 4, 2000.
- "Obituary: Don Weis", The Independent (London), August 16, 2000.
External links[]
- Don Weis article at Wikipedia
Don Weis at the Internet Movie Database
