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Tom Gries (1922-1977) was an American TV and film director, writer, and producer. He worked on many popular shows and movies, such as The Rat Patrol, Will Penny, and Helter Skelter, and won two Emmy Awards.
YearTitleDirectorWriter1952NoYes1953Boston BlackieNoYes1955-1956YesYes1955-1956YesNoTom Gries was a director, writer and producer of TV shows and movies, such as The Rat Patrol, Will Penny and Helter Skelter. He won two Emmys and died of a heart attack in 1977.
- January 1, 1
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- Pacific Palisades, California, USA
Tom Gries was a director, producer and writer of features and TV movies, best known for Will Penny (1967) and QB VII (1974). He died of a heart attack in 1977, leaving behind three children and a musical family.
- December 20, 1922
- January 3, 1977
Jan 5, 1977 · Tom Gries, a writer and film maker who directed the motion picture “Will Penny” and the television specials “QB VII” and “Helter Skelter,” died Monday, apparently of a heart attack ...
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.
The late Tom Gries is one of many directors plastered with the vaguely pejorative term of “journeyman”, denoting a filmmaker who moves shiftlessly from genre to genre, and from the big screen to the small screen, building up a body of work not distinguished by a definable authorial voice.
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