Don Weis | |
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| Born | (1922-05-13)May 13, 1922 |
| Died | July 26, 2000(2000-07-26) (aged 78) Los Angeles,California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Santa Fe National Cemetery |
| Other names | Donald Weis |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television director |
| Years active | 1942–1990 |
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| Children | 2 |
Don Weis (May 13, 1922 – July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director.
Weis was born inMilwaukee, Wisconsin to Emma (née Wiener; 1889–1971) and Meyer Weis (1886-1942). He graduated from theUniversity of Southern California where he studied film. DuringWorld War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working atMGM directing such films asBannerline (1951),Just This Once (1952),You for Me (1952) andThe Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953).
Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series asM*A*S*H,Ironside,It Takes a Thief,Twilight Zone,Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955),The Jane Wyman Show,The Andy Griffith Show,Happy Days,Starsky and Hutch,CHiPs,The Courtship of Eddie's Father,Hawaii Five-O,The Andros Targets, andThe San Pedro Beach Bums, among others.
Weis won twoDirectors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958.
Weis married Dori in 1950. They had two daughters together, Deborah and Pamela, before they divorced in 1955. Weis married actressRebecca Welles on August 25, 1961, in Los Angeles.[1] Welles had two daughters from a previous marriage, Elizabeth and actressGwen Welles.
Weis died in Los Angeles in 2000, at 78 years of age. He was interred inSanta Fe, New Mexico at theSanta Fe National Cemetery. Rebecca was interred beside him after her death in 2017.
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