Background
Oswald, Gerd was born on June 9, 1919 in Berlin. Came to the United States, 1938. Son of Richard and Katharina W. M. (Paar) Oswald.
Oswald, Gerd was born on June 9, 1919 in Berlin. Came to the United States, 1938. Son of Richard and Katharina W. M. (Paar) Oswald.
Private studies, London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna, Austria.
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. Oswald"s film credits include A Kiss Before Dying (1956), 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, lieutenant 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 1941 film The Captain from Köpenick (1941), 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 Doctorate-Day, during the Normandy landings of World World War II for the film The Longest Day (1962).
Oswald died of cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 69.
Producer World World War II training films United States Department War, training films United States Air Force, United States Army. Member Directors Guild American, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American Film Institute, Smithsonian Institute.
Married Marjorie F. Feinberg (divorced 1973). Children: Tracy, Richard.