Paul Wendkos
Capable technician who directed episodes of TV's "Naked City" and "Mr. Novak" and made several documentaries before moving on to feature work in 1957. Wendkos' first film was "The Burglar," an off-beat film noir which has generated some cult interest, partly thanks to an atypically restrained performance by Jayne Mansfield. Other early features, such as "Angel Baby" (1960), displayed some visual flair but later work was increasingly routine. Since the early 1970s, Wendkos has done the bulk of his directing for TV: among his well-received dramas are "Honor Thy Father" (1973), "79 Park Avenue" (1978) and "The Ordeal of Patty Hearst" (1979).
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Different | Director | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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A Wing and a Prayer | Director | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crimes of Passion: Nobody Lives Forever | Director | - | 1997 |
78% |
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A Match Made in Heaven | Director | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Message From Nam | Director | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Director | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chase |
Director, Producer |
- | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent | Director | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd | Director | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Cops, Bad Cops | Director | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Cross of Fire | Director | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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From the Dead of Night | Director | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Director | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story | Director | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife | Director | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Six Against the Rock | Director | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Right to Die | Director | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rage of Angels: The Story Continues | Director | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies | Director | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Execution | Director | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Picking Up the Pieces | Director | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bad Seed | Director | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity | Director | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scorned and Swindled | Director | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Intimate Agony | Director | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Cocaine: One Man's Seduction | Director | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Awakening of Candra | Director | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Farrell for the People | Director | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Five of Me | Director | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Golden Gate | Director | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Cry for Love | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Act of Violence | Director | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ordeal of Patty Hearst | Director | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Betrayal | Director | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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A Woman Called Moses | Director | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Death of Richie | Director | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Good Against Evil | Director | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secrets | Director | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Us Against the World | Director | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Richie | Director | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 79 Park Avenue |
Director, Producer |
- | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Special Delivery | Director | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stalk the Wild Child | Producer | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden | Director | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mrs. R | Director | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Underground Man | Director | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Honor Thy Father | Director | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terror on the Beach | Director | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Strangers in 7A | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Family Rico | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Delphi Bureau | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Haunts of the Very Rich | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Footsteps | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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A Tattered Web | Director | - | 1971 |
63% |
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The Mephisto Waltz | Director | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Little Game | Director | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Death of Innocence | Director | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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Cannon for Cordoba | Director | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Hell Boats | Director | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Travis Logan D.A. | Director | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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The Brotherhood of the Bell | Director | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Director | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fear No Evil | Director | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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Attack on the Iron Coast | Director | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hawaii Five-0 | Director | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Tiger | Director | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Gidget Goes to Rome | Director | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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Angel Baby | Director | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet |
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Gidget Goes Hawaiian | Director | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Because They're Young | Director | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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Battle of the Coral Sea | Director | - | 1959 |
55% |
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Gidget | Director | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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Face of a Fugitive | Director | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarawa Beachhead | Director | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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The Case Against Brooklyn | Director | - | 1958 |
100% |
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The Burglar | Director | - | 1957 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blind Faith | Director | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Woman Called Moses | Director | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Director | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Director | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Spy | Director | 1965-1966 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Wild, Wild West | Director | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Director | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Director | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Novak | Director | 1964-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Director | 1963-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Director | 1962-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Director | 1961-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Director | 1961-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Detectives | Director | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Director | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Behind Closed Doors | Director | 1958 |