Paul Wendkos

Career Overview

Paul Wendkos has 80 screen credits in a career dating back to 1957. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently The Gidget Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Guns of the Magnificent Seven, Bloodlines: Murder in the Family, Guilty Until Proven Innocent. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

80

Birth Date

1925-09-20

Birth Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Known For

• 

  Guns of the Magnificent Seven
• 

  Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
• 

  Guilty Until Proven Innocent
• 

  The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
• The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
• 

  Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

• The Gidget Collection (2 titles)
• The Great Escape Collection (1 titles)
• The Magnificent Seven Collection (1 titles)
• Dr. David Sorell Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• George Kennedy (1 collaborations)
• James Whitmore (1 collaborations)
• Monte Markham (1 collaborations)
• Reni Santoni (1 collaborations)
• Bernie Casey (1 collaborations)
• Scott Thomas (1 collaborations)
• Joe Don Baker (1 collaborations)
• Tony Davis (1 collaborations)
• Michael Ansara (1 collaborations)
• Frank Silvera (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (1 credits)

  • A Man of Potential: Visions of Paul Wendkos, the Godard of Gidget

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026

• directing (76 credits)

  • Different

    director

    directing
    1999
  • A Wing and a Prayer

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Nobody Lives Forever

    director

    directing
    1998
  • A Match Made in Heaven

    director

    directing
    1997
  • Message from Nam

    director

    directing
    1993
  • Bloodlines: Murder in the Family

    director

    directing
    1993
  • Trial: The Price of Passion

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Guilty Until Proven Innocent

    director

    directing
    1991
  • White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

    director

    directing
    1991
  • The Chase

    director

    directing
    1991
  • Good Cops, Bad Cops

    director

    directing
    1990
  • From the Dead of Night

    director

    directing
    1989
  • The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

    director

    directing
    1988
  • The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

    director

    directing
    1988
  • Right to Die

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Six Against the Rock

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

    director

    directing
    1986
  • Picking Up the Pieces

    director

    directing
    1985
  • The Bad Seed

    director

    directing
    1985
  • The Execution

    director

    directing
    1985
  • Scorned and Swindled

    director

    directing
    1984
  • The Awakening of Candra

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Intimate Agony

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Farrell: For the People

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Golden Gate

    director

    directing
    1981
  • The Five of Me

    director

    directing
    1981
  • A Cry for Love

    director

    directing
    1980
  • The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Act of Violence

    director

    directing
    1979
  • The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Betrayal

    director

    directing
    1978
  • A Little Game

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Good Against Evil

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Secrets

    director

    directing
    1977
  • The Death of Richie

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Special Delivery

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Death Among Friends

    director

    directing
    1975
  • The Legend of Lizzie Borden

    director

    directing
    1975
  • The Underground Man

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Terror on the Beach

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Honor Thy Father

    director

    directing
    1973
  • The Strangers in 7A

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Footsteps

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Haunts of the Very Rich

    director

    directing
    1972
  • The Family Rico

    director

    directing
    1972
  • The Woman I Love

    director

    directing
    1972
  • The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment

    director

    directing
    1972
  • A Death of Innocence

    director

    directing
    1971
  • A Tattered Web

    director

    directing
    1971
  • The Mephisto Waltz

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Travis Logan, D.A.

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Cannon for Cordoba

    director

    directing
    1970
  • The Brotherhood of the Bell

    director

    directing
    1970
  • Guns of the Magnificent Seven

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Fear No Evil

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Hawaii Five-O

    - Cocoon (2) (1968) ... director directing

    - Cocoon (1) (1968) ... director directing
    1969
  • Cocoon

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Attack on the Iron Coast

    director

    directing
    1968
  • The Invaders

    - The Life Seekers (1968) ... director directing

    - The Believers (1967) ... director directing

    - Moonshot (1967) ... director directing

    - Storm (1967) ... director directing

    - Doomsday Minus One (1967) ... director directing
    1967
  • Johnny Tiger

    director

    directing
    1966
  • The F.B.I.

    - The Scourge (1966) ... director directing
    1965
  • Recoil

    director

    directing
    1963
  • Gidget Goes to Rome

    director

    directing
    1963
  • Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Angel Baby

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Because They're Young

    director

    directing
    1960
  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Face of a Fugitive

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Gidget

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Tarawa Beachhead

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Bitter Heritage

    director

    directing
    1958
  • The Case Against Brooklyn

    director

    directing
    1958
  • The Burglar

    director

    directing
    1957

• production (2 credits)

  • The Chase

    producer

    production
    1991
  • Stalk the Wild Child

    producer

    production
    1976

• editing (1 credits)

  • The Burglar

    editor

    editing
    1957