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The Hawaiians (1970) -- Charlton Heston brings to the island a shipload of Chinese slaves to work the plantation fields.  With Asian Tina Chen at his side, Heston creates a thriving pineapple plantation.
"I Spy" (1965): Season 2: Episode 19 -- In Spain, a movie director (Jack Cassidy) accused of spying uses his girlfriend (Carol Wayne) as a hostage in a murder plot.   Guest starring: Jack Cassidy, Carol Wayne, Kurt Kaszner, Joan Huntington
"I Spy" (1965): Season 2: Episode 25 -- An agent (France Nuyen) Robinson loves is having an affair with a vicious dictator (Ricardo Montalban).   Guest starring: France Nuyen, Ricardo Montalban, Virginia Grey, Kenneth Tobey, Roy Jenson

Overview

Date of Death:
3 January 1977, Pacific Palisades, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Chicago-born, Georgetown University-educated Tom Gries returned from service... more
Trivia:
Father of actor Jon Gries more
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Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more
Alternate Names:
Thomas S. Gries

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Director, Writer, Producer, Thanks
Director:
  1. The Greatest (1977)
  2. Hunter (1976) (TV)
  3. Helter Skelter (1976) (TV)
    ... aka Massacre in Hollywood (USA: video title)
  4. Breakheart Pass (1975)
  5. Breakout (1975)
  6. The Healers (1974) (TV)
  7. "QB VII" (1974) TV mini-series (unknown episodes)
  8. The Migrants (1974) (TV)
  9. Lady Ice (1973)
  10. Call to Danger (1973) (TV)
  11. The Connection (1973) (TV)
  12. Journey Through Rosebud (1972)
  13. The Glass House (1972) (TV)
    ... aka Truman Capote's the Glass House
  14. Earth II (1971) (TV)
  15. Fools (1970)
  16. The Hawaiians (1970)
    ... aka Master of the Islands (UK)

  17. Number One (1969)
  18. 100 Rifles (1969)
  19. Will Penny (1968)
  20. "Garrison's Gorillas" (1967) TV series (unknown episodes)
  21. "I Spy" (2 episodes, 1967)
        - Magic Mirror (1967) TV episode
        - The Trouble with Temple (1967) TV episode
  22. "The Rounders" (2 episodes, 1966)
        - Low Moon at Hi Lo (1966) TV episode
        - Horse of a Different Cutter (1966) TV episode
  23. "Felony Squad" (1 episode, 1966)
        - The Terror Trap (1966) TV episode
  24. "Mission: Impossible" (1 episode, 1966)
        - Wheels (1966) TV episode
  25. "The Monroes" (1 episode, 1966)
        - The Hunter (1966) TV episode
  26. "The Rat Patrol" (1 episode, 1966)
        - The Chase of Fire Raid (1966) TV episode
  27. "Batman" (4 episodes, 1966)
        - Batman Makes the Scenes (1966) TV episode
        - Fine Finny Fiends (1966) TV episode
        - When the Rat's Away, the Mice Will Play (1966) TV episode
        - A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away (1966) TV episode
  28. "A Man Called Shenandoah" (2 episodes, 1966)
        - An Unfamiliar Tune (1966) TV episode
        - Run and Hide (1966) TV episode
  29. "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1 episode, 1966)
        - The Menfish (1966) TV episode
  30. "Honey West" (1 episode, 1965)
        - Invitation to Limbo (1965) TV episode
  31. "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1 episode, 1965)
        - The Discotheque Affair (1965) TV episode
  32. "Combat!" (3 episodes, 1963-1965)
        - The Linesman (1965) TV episode
        - Main Event (1965) TV episode
        - Doughboy (1963) TV episode
  33. "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (2 episodes, 1965)
    ... aka "Crisis" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Suspense Theatre" (USA: syndication title)
        - The Safe House (1965) TV episode
        - Kill No More (1965) TV episode
  34. "For the People" (1 episode, 1965)
        - Between Candor and Shame (1965) TV episode
  35. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1 episode, 1965)
    ... aka "The Chrysler Theater"
    ... aka "Universal Star Time" (syndication title)
        - The War and Eric Kurtz (1965) TV episode
  36. "The Reporter" (2 episodes, 1964)
        - Rachel's Mother (1964) TV episode
        - Extension Seven (1964) TV episode
  37. "The Nurses" (1 episode, 1964)
    ... aka "The Doctors and the Nurses" (USA: new title)
        - The Leopard Killer (1964) TV episode
  38. "The Defenders" (1 episode, 1964)
        - Survival (1964) TV episode
  39. "East Side/West Side" (1 episode, 1963)
        - Who Do You Kill? (1963) TV episode
  40. "Stoney Burke" (6 episodes, 1962-1963)
        - Tigress by the Tail (1963) TV episode
        - Kelly's Place (1963) TV episode
        - To Catch the Kaiser (1963) TV episode
        - King of the Hill (1963) TV episode
        - Death Rides a Pale Horse (1963) TV episode
          (1 more)
  41. "Route 66" (4 episodes, 1962-1963)
        - Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King (1963) TV episode
        - A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis (1963) TV episode
        - Give the Old Cat a Tender Mouse (1962) TV episode
        - Only by Cunning Glimpses (1962) TV episode
  42. "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor" (1 episode, 1962)
    ... aka "Robert Taylor's Detectives" (new title)
    ... aka "The Detectives"
    ... aka "The Detectives, Starring Robert Taylor"
        - Strangers in the House (1962) TV episode
  43. "Checkmate" (3 episodes, 1961-1962)
        - The Heart Is a Handout (1962) TV episode
        - An Assassin Arrives, Andante (1962) TV episode
        - Juan Moreno's Body (1961) TV episode
  44. "Cain's Hundred" (1 episode, 1961)
        - Dead Load (1961) TV episode
  45. "Adventures in Paradise" (2 episodes, 1961)
        - The Wonderful Nightingale (1961) TV episode
        - Act of Piracy (1961) TV episode
  46. "Zane Grey Theater" (2 episodes, 1960)
    ... aka "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater" (USA: complete title)
    ... aka "The Westerners" (USA: rerun title)
        - Morning Incident (1960) TV episode
        - The Black Wagon (1960) TV episode
  47. "The Westerner" (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka "The Westerners" (USA: syndication title)
        - Line Camp (1960) TV episode
  48. "Johnny Ringo" (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
    ... aka "The Westerners" (USA: syndication title)
        - The Killing Bug (1960) TV episode
        - Bound Boy (1959) TV episode
  49. "The Man and the Challenge" (1 episode, 1960)
        - Rodeo (1960) TV episode

  50. Mustang! (1959)
  51. "Tombstone Territory" (3 episodes, 1958)
        - Legacy of Death (1958) TV episode
        - The Assassin (1958) TV episode
        - The Outcasts (1958) TV episode
  52. Girl in the Woods (1958)
  53. "The Court of Last Resort" (5 episodes, 1957-1958)
        - The Todd-Loomis Case (1958) TV episode
        - The Stephen Lowell Case (1958) TV episode
        - The Jim Thompson Case (1957) TV episode
        - The Karl Hooft Case (1957) TV episode
        - The Gordon Wallace Case (1957) TV episode
  54. "State Trooper" (2 episodes, 1958)
        - Grudge Race (1958) TV episode
        - Cable Car to Tombstone (1958) TV episode
  55. "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
    ... aka "Call Mr. 'D'" (USA: syndication title)
        - Double Jeopardy (1958) TV episode
        - The Payoff (1958) TV episode
        - Escape from Oak Lane (1957) TV episode
        - Custody (1957) TV episode
  56. "Target" (1 episode, 1958)
        - Death Makes a Phone Call (1958) TV episode
  57. "Meet McGraw" (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka "The Adventures of McGraw" (USA: new title)
        - Barnaby (1957) TV episode
  58. "Alcoa Theatre" (1 episode, 1957)
        - On Edge (1957) TV episode
  59. "Wire Service" (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka "Deadline for Action" (USA: rerun title)
        - Forbidden Ground (1957) TV episode
  60. "Science Fiction Theatre" (5 episodes, 1955-1956)
        - Death at My Fingertips (1956) TV episode
        - Brain Unlimited (1956) TV episode
        - The Green Bomb (1956) TV episode
        - Project 44 (1956) TV episode
        - Friend of a Raven (1955) TV episode
  61. "TV Reader's Digest" (2 episodes, 1955-1956)
        - A Bell for Okinawa (1956) TV episode
        - Ordeal at Yuba Gap (1955) TV episode
  62. Hell's Horizon (1955)
  63. Serpent Island (1954)
Writer:
  1. Michael O'Hara the Fourth (1972) (TV) (writer)

  2. 100 Rifles (1969) (screenplay)
  3. "The Rat Patrol" (58 episodes, 1966-1968)
        - The Kill at Koorlea Raid (1968) TV episode (creator)
        - The Never-Say-Die Raid (1968) TV episode (creator)
        - The Tug of War Raid (1968) TV episode (creator)
        - The Hickory Dickory Dock Raid (1968) TV episode (creator)
        - The Double Jeopardy Raid (1968) TV episode (creator)
          (53 more)
  4. Will Penny (1968) (writer)
  5. "The Reporter" (1 episode, 1964)
        - Extension Seven (1964) TV episode (teleplay)
  6. "The Third Man" (1 episode, 1962)
        - Mischka (1962) TV episode (writer)
  7. "The Rifleman" (1 episode, 1961)
        - Short Rope for a Tall Man (1961) TV episode (written by)
  8. "Dante" (1 episode, 1961)
        - Dante in the Dark (1961) TV episode (written by)
  9. "The Westerner" (2 episodes, 1960)
    ... aka "The Westerners" (USA: syndication title)
        - The Painting (1960) TV episode (writer)
        - Line Camp (1960) TV episode (writer)
  10. "Assignment: Underwater" (1 episode, 1960)
        - Charlie Noble's Pearl (1960) TV episode (writer)
  11. "Bourbon Street Beat" (1 episode, 1960)
        - Green Hell (1960) TV episode (story)
  12. "Lock Up" (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Case of Frank Corry (1960) TV episode (writer)
  13. "The Man and the Challenge" (1 episode, 1960)
        - Rodeo (1960) TV episode (written by)
  14. "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
        - Angela (1960) TV episode (writer)
        - The Tyrant (1959) TV episode (writer)

  15. "Johnny Ringo" (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka "The Westerners" (USA: syndication title)
        - Bound Boy (1959) TV episode (writer)
  16. Mustang! (1959) (screenplay)
  17. "Bronco" (1 episode, 1959)
        - The Silent Witness (1959) TV episode (writer)
  18. "Tombstone Territory" (1 episode, 1958)
        - The Outcasts (1958) TV episode (writer)
  19. "Science Fiction Theatre" (3 episodes, 1955-1956)
        - Signals from the Moon (1956) TV episode (writer)
        - The Green Bomb (1956) TV episode (screenplay)
        - Postcard from Barcelona (1955) TV episode (story)
  20. "Sky King" (1 episode, 1956)
        - Land o' Cotton (1956) TV episode (screenplay)
  21. Hell's Horizon (1955) (writer)
  22. King Dinosaur (1955) (writer)
  23. Hunters of the Deep (1954) (writer)
  24. "Boston Blackie" (1 episode, 1953)
        - Grab Bag (1953) TV episode (writer)
  25. "The Unexpected" (2 episodes, 1952)
    ... aka "Times Square Playhouse"
        - Some Day They'll Give Us Guns (1952) TV episode (teleplay)
        - The Numbers Game (1952) TV episode (writer)
  26. The Bushwhackers (1952) (writer) (as Thomas S. Gries)
    ... aka The Rebel (UK) (USA: working title)
Producer:
  1. Helter Skelter (1976) (TV) (producer)
    ... aka Massacre in Hollywood (USA: video title)
  2. The Migrants (1974) (TV) (producer)
  3. Lady Ice (1973) (producer)
  4. Michael O'Hara the Fourth (1972) (TV) (producer)

  5. "The Rat Patrol" (executive producer) (3 episodes, 1966)
        - The Kill or Be Killed Raid (1966) TV episode (executive producer)
        - The Life Against Death Raid (1966) TV episode (executive producer)
        - The Chase of Fire Raid (1966) TV episode (executive producer)

  6. Hunters of the Deep (1954) (producer)
  7. Donovan's Brain (1953) (producer)
  8. The Lusty Men (1952) (associate producer) (as Thomas S. Gries)
Thanks:
  1. The Greatest (1977) (dedicatee)

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