Paul Wendkos
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Birth Place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Born
September 20, 1922
Died
November 12, 2009
Cause of Death
Lung Infection
Biography
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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 som...
Biography
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
Director (Feature Film)
Different
(1999)
Director
Crimes of Passion: Edna Buchanan's "Nobody Lives Forever"
(1998)
Director
A Wing and a Prayer
(1998)
Director
A Match Made in Heaven
(1997)
Director
The Chase
(1991)
Director
The White Hot: Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
(1991)
Director
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
(1991)
Director
Good Cops, Bad Cops: The Biggest Heist in History
(1990)
Director
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
(1988)
Director
Right to Die
(1987)
Director
Six Against the Rock
(1987)
Director
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
(1987)
Director
Blood Vows:Story Of A Mafia Wife
(1987)
Director
The Bad Seed
(1985)
Director
Picking Up the Pieces
(1985)
Director
The Execution
(1985)
Director
Scorned And Swindled
(1984)
Director
The Awakening of Candra
(1983)
Director
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
(1983)
Director
Intimate Agony
(1983)
Director
Farrell for the People
(1982)
Director
Golden Gate
(1981)
Director
The Five Of Me
(1981)
Director
A Cry for Love
(1980)
Director
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
(1980)
Director
Act of Violence
(1979)
Director
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
(1979)
Director
Betrayal
(1978)
Director
The Death of Richie
(1977)
Director
Good Against Evil
(1977)
Director
Secrets
(1977)
Director
Special Delivery
(1976)
Director
Death Among Friends
(1975)
Director
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
(1975)
Director
The Underground Man
(1974)
Director
Honor Thy Father
(1973)
Director
Terror on the Beach
(1973)
Director
Footsteps
(1972)
Director
Family Rico
(1972)
Director
Haunts of the Very Rich
(1972)
Director
The Strangers in 7A
(1972)
Director
The Delphi Bureau
(1972)
Director
The Mephisto Waltz
(1971)
Director
A Death of Innocence
(1971)
Director
Travis Logan, D.A.
(1971)
Director
A Tattered Web
(1971)
Director
A Little Game
(1971)
Director
Hell Boats
(1970)
Director
Cannon for Cordoba
(1970)
Director
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
(1969)
Director
Attack on the Iron Coast
(1968)
Director
Johnny Tiger
(1966)
Director
Gidget Goes to Rome
(1963)
Director
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
(1961)
Director
Angel Baby
(1961)
Director
Because They're Young
(1960)
Director
Gidget
(1959)
Director
Battle of the Coral Sea
(1959)
Director
Face of a Fugitive
(1959)
Director
The Case Against Brooklyn
(1958)
Director
Tarawa Beachhead
(1958)
Director
The Burglar
(1957)
Director
Producer (Feature Film)
The Chase
(1991)
Producer
Stalk the Wild Child
(1976)
Producer
Editing (Feature Film)
The Burglar
(1957)
Editing
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Heavy Petting
(1988)
Other
Director (Special)
Big John
(1983)
Director
333 Montgomery
(1960)
Director
Cast (Special)
Sandra Dee
(2000)
Interviewee
Producer (TV Mini-Series)
Harold Robbins' "79 Park Avenue"
(1977)
Producer
Life Events
1957
Film directing debut, "The Burglar"
Videos
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