Douglas Heyes

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Douglas Howard Heyes (born October 27, 1919 in Los Angeles , California , United States , † February 8, 1993 in Beverly Hills , California) was an American screenwriter and director .

Life

Douglas Heyes was the son of the actor couple Herbert Heyes and Mildred von Hollen .

He made his television debut in 1953 in episode 1x15 of the series Your Jewelers Showcase for which he wrote the script and which he also directed. In the series Rin Tin Tin he was involved in the script in 44 episodes in various functions and directed 12 episodes. In episode 1x22 he was seen for the only time in his career as an actor in 1955 (in his other role - in 1961 in the series Twilight Zone - he was only heard). He's been on series like Maverick (written and directed), 77 Sunset Strip (B / R), Twilight Zone (R), The People at Shiloh Ranch (B / R), A Sheriff in New York (B / R), Alias ​​Smith and Jones (B / R) or Magnum (R) involved; the series Without Fear and Saddle and The Coast of the Crooks were based on his ideas. The first two seasons of Torches in the Storm were developed by him for television. He wrote the screenplay for the miniseries The Price of Power , Aspen and Victor Charlie calls Lima Sierra .

From 1954 wrote the screenplay for several feature films such as Battle of Rogue River , Gangster, Gamer and a Sheriff or later Ice Station Zebra . He also directed the films The Girl with the Whip and Three Foreign Legionaries . The 1969 television film The Lonely Profession , which he wrote and directed the book, is said to be a film adaptation of his novel The 12th of Never .

Douglas Heyes published three novels.

He was married to actress Joanna Heyes until his death . Together they have two sons, Mark and Doug Heyes Jr. , an actor and screenwriter.

Filmography (selection)

Screenwriter

Director

Awards

Douglas Heyes was nominated twice for the WGA Award : 1957 for Rin Tin Tin and 1958 for Maverick .

In 1986 he was nominated for the Shamus Award in the Best Original PI Paperback category for his novel The Kill .

Novels

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of birth according to the California Birth Index
  2. ↑ Date of birth according to DeathFigures.com
  3. ^ Herbert Harrison Heyes in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  4. ^ Mildred Gertrude Von Hollen Heyes in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  5. ^ The Lonely Profession. In: jrank. Retrieved January 3, 2017 . Or Lee Gordon. In: Thrilling Detective. Retrieved January 3, 2017 . The Internet Movie Database also mentions this in the Writer section of Douglas Heyes' filmography.
  6. ^ J. Kingston Pierce: The Rap Sheet: 'The Kill' by Douglas Heyes (Rediscovered Reads). In: Kirkus Reviews. May 10, 2011, accessed January 3, 2017 .
  7. ^ Alan Warren: This Is a Thriller: An Episode Guide, History and Analysis of the Classic 1960s Television Series . McFarland & Company, Jefferson 2004, ISBN 978-0-7864-1969-2 , pp. 61 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 3, 2017]).
  8. ↑ Joanna Heyes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  9. ↑ DL: Douglas Heyes. In: The Caucus. 1993, accessed on January 3, 2017 (English, if the page does not open you can also open [1] and select the article Douglas Heyes by DL under Summer 1993 ).
  10. ↑ Doug Heyes Jr. in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  11. ^ The Shamus Awards. In: Thrilling Detective. Retrieved January 3, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Heyes, Douglas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heyes, Douglas Howard (full name); Howard, Matthew (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1993
Place of death Beverly Hills , California