David Greene
Born: 1921-02-22 in Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now UK]
Died: 2003-04-07
Known For: Directing
Biography
L. David Syms-Greene (February 22, 1921 – April 7, 2003), born Lucius David Syms Brian Lederman, was a British television director from Manchester, England, who emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1953, where he trained in television production with the CBC, and then moved on to Hollywood, California. Greene's career began as a stage actor and director in England in 1948. In 1950 he appeared in the film, The Wooden Horse. In Hollywood, Greene became best known for his television series and television film productions. He died aged 82 on April 7, 2003 of pancreatic cancer, in Ojai, California.
Filmography
1998
- The Girl Next Door ... (Director)
1997
- Bella Mafia ... (Director)
- Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II ... (Director)
1996
- Princess in Love ... (Director)
- A Season in Purgatory ... (Director)
- A Season in Purgatory ... (Director)
1995
- Children of the Dust ... (Director)
1994
- Beyond Obsession ... (Director)
- Spoils of War ... (Director)
- Frostfire ... (Director)
1992
- Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story ... (Director)
- Honor Thy Mother ... (Director)
1991
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ... (Director)
- Night of the Hunter ... (Director)
- In a Stranger's Hand ... (Director)
1990
- In the Best Interest of the Child ... (Director)
1989
- Small Sacrifices ... (Director)
- The Penthouse ... (Director)
- Snake Treaty ... (Director)
- Small Sacrifices ... (Director)
1988
- Inherit the Wind ... (Director)
- Liberace: Behind the Music ... (Director)
1987
- After the Promise ... (Director)
- The Betty Ford Story ... (Director)
1986
- Miles to Go… ... (Director)
- Vanishing Act ... (Director)
- Circle of Violence: A Family Drama ... (Director)
- Triplecross ... (Director)
1985
- Guilty Conscience ... (Director)
- This Child Is Mine ... (Director)
1984
- The Guardian ... (Director)
- Sweet Revenge ... (Director)
- The Act ... (Producer)
- Fatal Vision ... (Director)
1983
- Prototype ... (Director)
- Ghost Dancing ... (Director)
- A Marriage ... (Producer)
1982
- Take Your Best Shot ... (Director)
- World War III ... (Director)
- Rehearsal for Murder ... (Director)
1981
- Hard Country ... (Director)
- The Choice ... (Executive Producer)
- Television: The Enchanted Mirror as Self
1980
- Friendly Fire ... (Director)
1979
- A Vacation in Hell ... (Director)
1978
- Gray Lady Down ... (Director)
- F.I.S.T. as Senator
1977
- Roots ... (Director)
- Lucan ... (Producer)
- The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald ... (Director)
1976
- Rich Man, Poor Man ... (Director)
1975
- The Count of Monte-Cristo ... (Director)
- Ellery Queen ... (Director)
- Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects ... (Director)
1974
- London Conspiracy ... (Director)
1973
1972
- Madame Sin ... (Director)
1971
- The Persuaders! ... (Director)
1970
- The People Next Door ... (Director)
- I Start Counting ... (Director)
1968
- Sebastian ... (Director)
- The Strange Affair ... (Director)
1967
- The Shuttered Room ... (Director)
- Coronet Blue ... (Director)
1966
- Shane ... (Director)
- CBS Playhouse ... (Director)
1965
- For the People ... (Director)
1963
- Espionage ... (Director)
1962
- The Saint ... (Director)
- Man of the World ... (Director)
1961
- The Defenders ... (Director)
- Sir Francis Drake ... (Director)
1960
- The Cupboard ... (Director)
1959
- The Twilight Zone ... (Director)
- Five Fingers ... (Director)
1958
- Shirley Temple's Storybook ... (Director)
- Pursuit ... (Director)
1957
- Twelfth Night ... (Director)
- Suspicion ... (Director)
1953
- General Electric Theater ... (Director)
1952
- Omnibus ... (Director)
1951
- The Dark Light as Johnny
- Hallmark Hall of Fame ... (Director)
1950
- The Wooden Horse as Nick Bennett
- Let's Have a Murder as Professor Ralph Witkoff
1949
- The Golden Madonna as Johnny Lester
1948
- Studio One ... (Director)
- Daughter of Darkness as David Price
- The Small Voice as Jim