Gerd Oswald
| Gerd Oswald | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 9, 1919 Berlin, Germany |
| Died |
May 22, 1989 (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Film director |
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Gerd Oswald (June 9, 1919 – May 22, 1989) was a director of American films and television.
Biography
Born in Berlin, Oswald was the son of German film director Richard Oswald and actress Käthe Oswald. He worked as a child actor before emigrating to the United States in 1938. Early production jobs at low-budget studios like Monogram Pictures prepared Oswald for a directorial career.[1]
Oswald's film credits include A Kiss Before Dying (1956), Valerie (1957), Brainwashed (1960), and Bunny O'Hare (1971). His television credits include Perry Mason, Blue Light, Bonanza, The Outer Limits, The Fugitive, Star Trek, Gentle Ben, It Takes a Thief, and The Twilight Zone. Fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 know Oswald as the director of the 1966 film Agent for H.A.R.M.
He was formerly an assistant director for twenty years, including on his father's film The Captain from Köpenick (completed in 1941, but only released in 1945), aka Passport to Heaven and I Was a Criminal.
Oswald was the uncredited director of the parachute drop scenes into Sainte-Mère-Église, France on D-Day, during the Normandy landings of World War II for the film The Longest Day (1962).
Oswald died of cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 69.
References
- ↑ Langman, Larry (1999). Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking. McFarland & Company. p. 106. ISBN 978-0786406814.
External links
- Gerd Oswald at the Internet Movie Database
- Gerd Oswald at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Gerd Oswald at Find a Grave