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Don Weis

Highest Rated: 94% Champion (1949)

Lowest Rated: 33% Pajama Party (1964)

Birthday: May 13, 1922

Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Award-winning TV director Don Weis studied film at the University of Southern California before he served as a film technician in the Air Force during World War II. Shortly after the war ended, he became a director at MGM Studios, working on projects, including the crime comedy "A Slight Case of Larceny" and Debbie Reynolds musical " The Affairs of Dobie Gillis." He moved on to television, where his work on "Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre" earned him his first Directors Guild of America award in 1956. He'd score the honor again two years later for helming "Schlitz Playhouse." These accolades led to work on the popular family comedy "The Patty Duke Show" and the detective drama "Ironside." Weis went on to helm such classics as the war-set comedy "MASH," the action-packed cop drama "Hawaii Five-O," and the acclaimed cruise ship comedy "The Love Boat." After serving as director on more than 110 productions, Weis retired in 1990. He died ten years later and was survived by his wife, actress Rebecca Welles, and their three children. He was 78 years old.

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Highest-Rated Movies

94% 73% Champion
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33% 33% Pajama Party
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The Millionaire
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Crackle of Death
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The Longest Hundred Miles
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Remains to Be Seen
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You for Me
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The Demon and the Mummy
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25% It's a Big Country
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17% The Adventures of Hajji Baba
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Filmography

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The Munsters' Revenge 71% 1981 Director Back to the Planet of the Apes 50% 1981 Director Zero to Sixty 17% 1978 Director The Millionaire 1978 Director The Demon and the Mummy 1975 Director Crackle of Death 1974 Director Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? 1968 Director The Longest Hundred Miles 1967 Director Now You See It, Now You Don't 1967 Director The King's Pirate 1967 Director The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini 48% 1966 Director Billie 46% 1965 Director, Producer Looking for Love 1964 Director Pajama Party 33% 33% 1964 Director Critic's Choice 37% 1963 Director The Gene Krupa Story 64% 1959 Director Ride the High Iron 1957 Director The Adventures of Hajji Baba 17% 1954 Director Half a Hero 1953 Director I Love Melvin 55% 1953 Director The Affairs of Dobie Gillis 53% 1953 Director Remains to Be Seen 1953 Director A Slight Case of Larceny 1953 Director Just This Once 71% 1952 Director You for Me 1952 Director
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