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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1922; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 12, 2009; Malibu, California) was an American television and film director. Following wartime service in the US Navy and attending Columbia University on the GI Bill Wendkos made his first feature, a documentary on a school for the blind called Dark Interlude in 1953. Wendkos's first feature film was The Burglar . Wendkos's fluid camera technique caught the attention of the head of Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn who not only wished to distribute the film, but put Wendkos on a contract. A variety of films followed for Columbia beginning with the hard-hitting crime drama The Case Against Brooklyn, two suspenseful war dramas Tarawa Beachhead and Battle of the Coral Sea, the youth-oriented Gidget and two sequels Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Gidget Goes to Rome as well as Because They're Young. Wendkos also directed many episodes of Playhouse 90, Alcoa Theatre, Ben Casey, Dr. Kildare, Route 66, The Rifleman, Mr. Novak, Honey West, The Big Valley, I Spy, The Invaders and Hawaii Five-O. With I Spy, Wendkos filmed several interesting episodes but was deemed too "arty" by the producers and let go. In 1968 Wendkos signed a five picture contract with Mirisch Productions beginning with the war films Attack on the Iron Coast and Hell Boats followed by Westerns set in Mexico but filmed in SpainGuns of the Magnificent Seven and Cannon for Cordoba. He also made the first feature film for Quinn Martin, The Mephisto Waltz. From 1970 until his retirement in 1999, Wendkos specialized in made-for-television movies. One of these was The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988), based on a TWA hijacking in 1985, picked up five Emmy nominations, including one for Wendkos. Wendkos was cited by film critic Andrew Sarris in his book The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968. He is also cited, along with many other directors, in The American Vein: Directors and Directions in Television by Christopher Wicking and Tise Vahimagi, Talisman Books (England), 1979, and E.P. Dutton (United States), 1979; Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 79-52675. Wendkos married Ruth Bernat on March 1, 1953 and had one son, Jordan Elkan Wendkos. Ruth died in June, 1978. Wendkos married Lin Bolen, Former NBC VP & Producer in 1983 and they lived together happily in Malibu, California until his death. He is survived by his son, Jordan, granddaughter, Justine Wendkos, and his wife Lin Bolen Wendkos. Wendkos was ill for several years following a stroke. He died on November 12, 2009 in Malibu, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Wendkos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- calendar_month Birth Date: 1925-09-20
- event Death Date 2009-11-12
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The Burglar
1957-06-01
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The Burglar
1957-06-01
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969-07-14
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The Mephisto Waltz
1971-04-09
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Gidget Goes Hawaiian
1961-06-02
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Gidget
1959-04-09
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Gidget Goes to Rome
1963-08-07
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The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970-09-17
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The Case Against Brooklyn
1958-06-01
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Face of a Fugitive
1959-05-01
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Battle of the Coral Sea
1959-11-01
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Good Against Evil
1977-05-22
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Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
1983-02-27
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Stalk the Wild Child
1976-11-03
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Honor Thy Father
1973-03-01
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Cannon for Cordoba
1970-10-01
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Attack on the Iron Coast
1968-06-05
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Special Delivery
1976-07-16
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The Bad Seed
1985-02-07
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Because They're Young
1960-04-01
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Angel Baby
1961-05-14
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Haunts of the Very Rich
1972-09-20
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975-02-10
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Message from Nam
1993-10-17
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Six Against the Rock
1987-05-18
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The Death of Richie
1977-01-10
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Tarawa Beachhead
1958-11-02
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The Chase
1991-02-10
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Act of Violence
1979-11-10
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The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
1988-01-01
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988-11-05
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Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986-11-02
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A Little Game
1971-10-31
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Intimate Agony
1983-03-21
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A Match Made in Heaven
1997-04-27
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Fear No Evil
1969-03-03
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The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1980-03-25
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The Strangers in 7A
1972-11-24
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Right to Die
1987-08-12
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The Delphi Bureau
1972-03-06
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Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll
1961-12-01
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The Chase
1991-02-10
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Johnny Tiger
1966-06-15
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A Death of Innocence
1971-11-26
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The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
1979-03-04
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From the Dead of Night
1989-02-27
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Picking Up the Pieces
1985-10-22
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The Execution
1985-01-14
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Death Among Friends
1975-05-20
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Nobody Lives Forever
1998-03-26
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Hell Boats
1970-03-20
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Terror on the Beach
1973-09-18
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A Cry for Love
1980-10-20
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The Awakening of Candra
1983-12-16
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Secrets
1977-02-20
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Different
1999-01-01
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent
1991-09-22
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Bitter Heritage
1958-08-07
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White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
1991-05-05
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The Cops Are Robbers
1990-12-09
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Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993-03-01
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The Five of Me
1981-05-12
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Footsteps
1972-10-03
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The Woman I Love
1972-09-09
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Travis Logan, D.A.
1971-03-11
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Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987-01-17
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Scorned and Swindled
1984-10-09
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Betrayal
1978-11-13
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The Family Rico
1972-09-13
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The Underground Man
1974-05-06
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A Tattered Web
1971-09-24
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Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
1987-01-18
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Trial: The Price of Passion
1992-05-03
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A Wing and a Prayer
1998-04-22
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Cocoon
1968-09-20
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Golden Gate
1981-09-25
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Farrell: For the People
1982-10-18
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79 Park Avenue
1977-10-16
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Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986-11-02
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Celebrity
1984-02-12
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Blind Faith
1990-02-11
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A Woman Called Moses
1978-12-11
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988-11-06
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The Invaders
1967-01-10
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Cross of Fire
1989-11-05
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79 Park Avenue
1977-10-16
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Hawkins
1973-03-13
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Honey West
1965-09-17
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The Eleventh Hour
1962-10-03
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Law of the Plainsman
1959-10-01
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Behind Closed Doors
1958-10-02
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Blind Faith
1990-02-11