Tom Gries

Career Overview

Tom Gries has 41 screen credits in a career dating back to 1951. Signature works include 100 Rifles, Breakheart Pass, Breakout. 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

41

Birth Date

1922-12-20

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known For

• 

  100 Rifles
• 

  Breakheart Pass
• 

  Breakout
• 

  The Glass House
• 

  Will Penny
• 

  The Greatest

Frequent Collaborators

• Roy Jenson (4 collaborations)
• Ben Johnson (3 collaborations)
• Charles Bronson (2 collaborations)
• Jill Ireland (2 collaborations)
• David Huddleston (2 collaborations)
• Robert Duvall (2 collaborations)
• Paul Mantee (2 collaborations)
• Alan Vint (2 collaborations)
• Luke Askew (2 collaborations)
• Jim Brown (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (27 credits)

  • The Greatest

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Helter Skelter

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Breakheart Pass

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Breakout

    director

    directing
    1975
  • The Healers

    director

    directing
    1974
  • The Migrants

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Lady Ice

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Call to Danger

    director

    directing
    1973
  • The Connection

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Journey Through Rosebud

    director

    directing
    1972
  • The Glass House

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Earth II

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Fools

    director

    directing
    1970
  • The Hawaiians

    director

    directing
    1970
  • Number One

    director

    directing
    1969
  • 100 Rifles

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Will Penny

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Batman

    - Batman Makes the Scenes (1966) ... director directing

    - Fine Finny Fiends (1966) ... director directing

    - When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play (1966) ... director directing

    - A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away (1966) ... director directing
    1966
  • Mission: Impossible

    - Wheels (1966) ... director directing
    1966
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    - The Discotheque Affair (1965) ... director directing
    1964
  • Combat!

    - The Linesman (1965) ... director directing

    - Main Event (1965) ... director directing

    - Doughboy (1963) ... director directing
    1962
  • Route 66

    - Shall Forfeit His Dog and Ten Shillings to the King (1963) ... director directing

    - A Bunch of Lonely Pagliaccis (1963) ... director directing

    - Give an Old Cat a Tender Mouse (1962) ... director directing

    - Only by Cunning Glimpses (1962) ... director directing
    1960
  • Girl in the Woods

    director

    directing
    1958
  • The Last Stop

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    - Morning Incident (1960) ... director directing
    1956
  • Hell's Horizon

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Serpent Island

    director

    directing
    1954

• production (4 credits)

  • The Migrants

    producer

    production
    1974
  • Michael O'Hara the Fourth

    producer

    production
    1972
  • Donovan's Brain

    producer

    production
    1953
  • The Lusty Men

    associate producer

    production
    1952

• writing (10 credits)

  • Michael O'Hara the Fourth

    writer

    writing
    1972
  • 100 Rifles

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • Will Penny

    writer

    writing
    1967
  • Mustang!

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • The Rifleman

    - Short Rope for a Tall Man (1961) ... writer writing
    1958
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    - Angela (1960) ... writer writing

    - The Tyrant (1959) ... writer writing
    1958
  • Hell's Horizon

    writer

    writing
    1955
  • King Dinosaur

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • Serpent Island

    writer

    writing
    1954
  • The Bushwhackers

    screenplay

    writing
    1951