Walter Grauman

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Walter E. Grauman (born March 17, 1922 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , † March 20, 2015 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American director and film producer who became internationally known in the 1960s through cinema productions such as Kampfgeschwader 633 or Nymphomania .

life and career

Walter Grauman was born in 1922 to the German immigrant family Jakob and Irene Grauman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father, Jacob Grauman, worked as the president of a film distribution company. In his early years, Grauman lived in Shorewood, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, and later studied at the University of Arizona . During the Second World War he did his military service as a pilot in the US Army Air Force . He flew 56 combat missions over Europe on type B-25 aircraft in the Twelfth Air Force and received the Distinguished Flying Cross award . After the war ended, he moved to California, where his mother lived.

After working as a freelance entrepreneur for a number of years, Grauman eventually accepted a position as a director at NBC Studios in Los Angeles . During his time there, he developed a talent show program that was very well received. The film producer Walter Mirisch ran the Allied Artists Studios during the 1950s and guided his friend to film in 1957.

Between 1957 and 1996, Grauman directed half a dozen feature films and numerous television films and episodes from well-known television series. Including episodes of the hit series such as Los Angeles , The Incorruptible , Route 66 , The Hour of Decision , On the Run , Dangerous Everyday Life , FBI , The Streets of San Francisco , Barnaby Jones , V - The Extraterrestrial Visitors Are Coming , Trapper John, MD or Murder is her hobby .

From 1976 to 1980 Grauman was married to actress Joan Taylor . He died on March 20, 2015 at the age of 93 at his home in Los Angeles of complications from cardiovascular diseases.

Awards

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

watch TV

  • 1963: Boston Terrier
  • 1970: Death of a Citizen (The Old Man Who Cried Wolf)
  • 1978: Night after Night (Are You in the House Alone?)
  • 1979: Danger above the clouds (Crisis in Mid-air)
  • 1979: The Golden Gate Murders
  • 1980: Reaching for the Stars (Top of the Hill)
  • 1980: All or Nothing (Pleasure Palace)
  • 1980: The Secret of Queen Anne (The Memory of Eva Ryker)
  • 1980: My dreams are colorful (To Race the Wind)
  • 1981: Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
  • 1982: Perfume - Magnet of the Senses (Bare Essence)
  • 1983: Who Was Larry Dobbins? (Illusions)
  • 1986: Cry for Justice (Outrage!)
  • 1986: Who Is My Wife (Who Is Julia?)
  • 1988: Sunset Strip (Shakedown on the Sunset Strip)
  • 1990: Nightmare - Hotel des Grauens (Nightmare on the 13th Floor)

literature

  • Walter Grauman In: Vincent Terrace: Encyclopedia of Television: 1974-1984. VNR AG, 1985, p. 310

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike Barnes: Walter E. Grauman, Director on 'Murder, She Wrote,' Dies at 93 . Obituary for Walter Grauman in: The Hollywood Reporter , March 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Walter Grauman. In: Christopher Wicking , Tise Vahimagi: The American vein: directors and directions in television. , Dutton, 1979, p. 15
  3. ↑ David Colker: Walter Grauman dies at 93; 'Murder, She Wrote,' 'Columbo' TV director . In: Los Angeles Times of March 29, 2015 (accessed March 29, 2015).
personal data
SURNAME Grauman's, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grauman, Walter E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 2015
Place of death los Angeles