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Douglas Heyes

 
Director: Douglas Heyes
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  • Born: May 22, 1919
  • Died: Feb 08, 1993
  • Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor
  • Active: '50s-'70s
  • Major Genres: Western, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Ice Station Zebra, North and South, The Barbary Coast
  • First Major Screen Credit: Battle of Rogue River (1954)

Biography

Writer/director Douglas Heyes has worked in both feature films and in television, but is best known for the latter. In film, he is best known as the director of the 1964 Ann-Margret vehicle Kitten with a Whip, and for the 1966 version of Beau Geste. In television, Heyes has directed some of the first Twilight Zone episodes, and has worked on such mini-series as The Captains and the Kings (1976), The French Atlantic Affair (1979) and helped develop the entire North & South miniseries in 1985. Heyes has also worked on television movies such as Drive Hard, Drive Fast (1969). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Douglas Heyes (May 22, 1919 – February 8, 1993) was an American film and television writer, director, producer, actor, and composer with a long list of accomplishments.

He was the father of actor Douglas Heyes, Jr..

He died in Beverly Hills, California.

He was sometimes credited under the pseudonym Matthew Howard.

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Filmography (selected)

As writer

As director

As producer

  • Barbary Coast – 1975 TV series
  • Barbary Coast – 1975 TV film
  • Honky Tonk – 1974 TV film (executive producer)
  • Bearcats! – 1971 TV series (executive producer)
  • Powderkeg – 1971 TV film
  • The Bravo Duke – 1965 TV film

As actor

  • Aspen – 1977 TV miniseries (uncredited)
    • also known as The Innocent and the Damned – USA rerun title
  • The Twilight Zone - 1959 series
    • The Invaders - Invader (only speaking character in whole episode)

As composer

  • Colt .45 – 1957 TV series theme music

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