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Don Weis Net Worth

By Matthew Perez |


Don Weis net worth is
$15 Million

Don Weis Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Don Weis (May 13, 1922 - July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director.Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied film. During World War II, Weis served in the Air Force as a film technician. After the war, he began working at MGM directing such films as Bannerline (1951), Just This Once (1952), You for Me (1952) and The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953).Weis began directing for television in 1954 and worked on such series as M*A*S*H, Ironside, It Takes a Thief, Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Hawaii Five-O, The Andros Targets, and The San Pedro Beach Bums, among others.Weis won two Directors Guild of America Awards for television direction in 1956 and again in 1958.Weis died in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 78 years of age. 
Net Worth$15 Million
Date Of BirthMay 13, 1922
Died2000-07-26
Place Of BirthMilwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
OccupationFilm and television director
ProfessionDirector, Miscellaneous Crew, Producer
NationalityAmerican
SpouseRebecca Welles
NicknamesDon Weis, Weis, Don
Star SignTaurus
#Fact
1He is a graduate of the University of Southern California.
2He has two daughters with his first wife Dori: Deborah Weis Ellis of Granada Hills CA and Pamela Landrum of Honolulu HI. And two grandchildren.
3Brother-in-law of Gustave Tassell.

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
A Brand New Life1990TV Series 1 episode
Freddy's Nightmares1989TV Series 1 episode
The Highwayman1988TV Series 1 episode
Simon & Simon1988TV Series 1 episode
Hill Street Blues1986-1987TV Series 4 episodes
The New Mike Hammer1986TV Series 2 episodes
MacGyver1986TV Series 1 episode
Remington Steele1983-1986TV Series 17 episodes
Crazy Like a Fox1985TV Series 1 episode
Cover Up1985TV Series 1 episode
Partners in Crime1984TV Series 1 episode
The Love Boat1977-1984TV Series 7 episodes
Fantasy IslandTV Series 21 episodes, 1978 - 1984 co-director - 1 episode, 1984
Lottery!1983TV Series 1 episode
Cagney & Lacey1983TV Series 1 episode
Matt Houston1982TV Series 1 episode
Bring 'Em Back Alive1982TV Series 1 episode
T.J. Hooker1982TV Series 1 episode
Flamingo Road1981-1982TV Series 3 episodes
Code Red1981-1982TV Series 2 episodes
The Munsters' Revenge1981TV Movie
Back to the Planet of the Apes1981TV Movie
The Six O'Clock Follies1980TV Series
CHiPs1979-1980TV Series 9 episodes
Hawaii Five-O1977-1980TV Series 11 episodes
Beyond Westworld1980TV Series 1 episode
The Dooley Brothers1979TV Movie
Delta House1979TV Series 1 episode
Charlie's Angels1979TV Series 1 episode
The Millionaire1978TV Movie
Zero to Sixty1978
M*A*S*H1972-1978TV Series 16 episodes
The San Pedro Beach Bums1977TV Series 1 episode
Kingston: Confidential1977TV Series 3 episodes
The Andros Targets1977TV Series
Starsky and Hutch1975-1977TV Series 7 episodes
Spencer's Pilots1976TV Series 1 episode
Baretta1976TV Series 1 episode
Flo's Place1976TV Movie
Petrocelli1976TV Series 1 episode
Bronk1975TV Series 1 episode
S.W.A.T.1975TV Series 1 episode
Barbary Coast1975TV Series 2 episodes
Kolchak: The Night Stalker1974-1975TV Series 4 episodes
Mannix1975TV Series 1 episode
Ironside1967-1975TV Series 57 episodes
Planet of the Apes1974TV Series 2 episodes
Happy Days1974TV Series 1 episode
The Fess Parker Show1974TV Short
The Magician1974TV Series 1 episode
Firehouse1974TV Series 1 episode
Crackle of Death1974TV Movie
Roll Out1973TV Series 1 episode
Harry O1973TV Series
The Courtship of Eddie's Father1970-1971TV Series 3 episodes
The Immortal1970TV Series 2 episodes
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors1970TV Series 1 episode
It Takes a Thief1968-1969TV Series 13 episodes
Now You See It, Now You Don't1968TV Movie
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?1968
The Danny Thomas Hour1968TV Series 1 episode
The King's Pirate1967
The Longest Hundred Miles1967
The Virginian1966TV Series 1 episode
Batman1966TV Series 4 episodes
Vacation Playhouse1966TV Series 1 episode
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini1966
Mr. Terrific1966TV Series 1 episode
Billie1965
The Patty Duke Show1964-1965TV Series 9 episodes
Burke's Law1963-1965TV Series 13 episodes
Kraft Suspense Theatre1965TV Series 2 episodes
Pajama Party1964
Looking for Love1964
Perry Mason1963TV Series 1 episode
Channing1963TV Series 1 episode
The Twilight Zone1963TV Series 1 episode
Wide Country1962-1963TV Series 5 episodes
Critic's Choice1963
McKeever & the Colonel1963TV Series 1 episode
Alcoa Premiere1963TV Series 1 episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955-1962TV Series 5 episodes
Frontier Circus1961-1962TV Series 3 episodes
87th Precinct1961-1962TV Series 5 episodes
The Bob Cummings Show1961-1962TV Series 6 episodes
Checkmate1960-1961TV Series 6 episodes
The Aquanauts1961TV Series 1 episode
The Best of the Post1961TV Series 1 episode
The Detectives1961TV Series 1 episode
The Andy Griffith Show1960TV Series 9 episodes
The Comedy Spot1960TV Series 1 episode
The Dennis O'Keefe Show1959-1960TV Series 4 episodes
General Electric Theater1957-1960TV Series 8 episodes
Troubleshooters1959-1960TV Series 5 episodes
The Jack Benny Program1957-1960TV Series 10 episodes
Catch Me If You Can1959
The Gene Krupa Story1959
The Thin Man1958-1959TV Series 13 episodes
Markham1959TV Series 1 episode
Rendezvous1957-1958TV Series 2 episodes
Schlitz Playhouse1955-1958TV Series 19 episodes
Studio 571956-1958TV Series 6 episodes
M Squad1957TV Series 2 episodes
Wagon Train1957TV Series 1 episode
Alcoa Theatre1957TV Series episode "Lollipop Louie"
The 20th Century-Fox Hour1957TV Series 1 episode
Mr. Adams and Eve1957TV Series 3 episodes
Captain David Grief1957TV Series 1 episode
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre1955-1956TV Series 8 episodes
Ride the High Iron1956
West Point1956TV Series 2 episodes
General Electric Summer Originals1956TV Series 1 episode
Warner Brothers Presents1956TV Series 2 episodes
Casablanca1956TV Series 2 episodes
Four Star Playhouse1956TV Series 1 episode
Star Stage1956TV Series 1 episode
The Loretta Young Show1955TV Series 1 episode
Dear Phoebe1954TV Series 4 episodes
The Adventures of Hajji Baba1954
I Married Joan1954TV Series 1 episode
Half a Hero1953
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis1953
A Slight Case of Larceny1953
Remains to Be Seen1953
I Love Melvin1953
You for Me1952
Just This Once1952
A Letter from a Soldier1951Short
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology1951
Bannerline1951

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Prowler1951script supervisor
M1951script supervisor
Outrage1950script supervisor - uncredited
The Men1950dialogue director
Never Fear1949script supervisor
Mrs. Mike1949script supervisor - uncredited
Satan's Cradle1949script supervisor - uncredited
Home of the Brave1949script supervisor - uncredited
Champion1949dialogue director
The Red Pony1949script supervisor - uncredited
Force of Evil1948dialogue director
No Minor Vices1948dialogue director
So This Is New York1948dialogue director
Body and Soul1947dialogue coach - uncredited / script supervisor - uncredited

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Billie1965producer
Schlitz Playhouse1958TV Series producer - 2 episodes

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Jack Benny Program1958TV SeriesDon Weis

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion2002TV Movie documentary in memory of
Memories of M*A*S*H1991TV Movie documentary special thanks
M*A*S*H1978TV Series special thanks - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Here's Hollywood1962TV SeriesHimself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1958DGA AwardDirectors Guild of America, USAOutstanding Directorial Achievement in TelevisionSchlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
1956DGA AwardDirectors Guild of America, USAOutstanding Directorial Achievement in TelevisionJane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (1955)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1960DGA AwardDirectors Guild of America, USAOutstanding Directorial Achievement in TelevisionGeneral Electric Theater (1953)

Known for movies

Ironside (1967-1975)
as Director

M*A*S*H (1972-1978)
as Director

Fantasy Island (1978-1984)
as Director

The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
as Director