Tom Gries
Directing

Tom Gries

Born 20 December 1922 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Died 3 January 1977

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

Known for

Batman
Mission: Impossible
Breakheart Pass
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Will Penny
Combat!
Breakout
100 Rifles
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Helter Skelter
The Rifleman
Donovan's Brain
The Greatest
Helter Skelter
Breakheart Pass
Breakout
The Migrants
The Healers
The Connection
Lady Ice
Call to Danger
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
The Glass House
Journey Through Rosebud
Earth II
The Hawaiians
Fools
100 Rifles
Number One
Will Penny
Mustang!
Girl in the Woods
Hell's Horizon
King Dinosaur
Serpent Island
Donovan's Brain
The Bushwhackers
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