Directing

Peter Tewksbury

Born — Died

1923-03-21 — 2003-02-20

Place of birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

6 titles

Peter Tewksbury (March 21, 1923 – February 20, 2003) was an American film and television director who directed Sunday in New York with Jane Fonda in 1963 and a pair of Elvis Presley movies. He directed the entire first season of the television situation comedy My Three Sons and also frequently served as a producer and writer for the series.

Known for

Emil and the Detectives poster
6.2

When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his family, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. While following the thief, Emil runs into Gustav, a young boy who gathers up all his friends to help Emil find the money. However, they get into more trouble than they bargained for when Emil's pickpocket turns out to be mixed up with a couple of notorious bank robbers.

Emil and the Detectives

1964

The Trouble with Girls poster
4.9

Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.

The Trouble with Girls

1969

Stay Away, Joe poster
5.5

Joe Lightcloud persuades his Congressman to give him 20 heifers and a prize bull so he and his father, Charlie, can prove that the Navajos can successfully raise cattle on the reservation. If their experiment is successful, then the government will help all the Navajo people. But Joe's friend, Bronc Hoverty, accidentally barbecues the prize bull, while Joe sells the heifers to buy plumbing and other home improvements for his stepmother.

Stay Away, Joe

1968

Sunday in New York poster
6.8

An innocent upstarter visits her airline pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce.

Sunday in New York

1963

Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! poster
6.5

Heather is the lead singer for a band that is on its way to fame and fortune. Things get complicated when she becomes pregnant and has three men willing to be both husband and father. But her boss isn't one of them.

Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!

1967

Second Chance poster
7.0

A rich stockbroker buys a Nevada ghost town as a community for people who need a second chance in life.

Second Chance

1972

Behind the camera

Emil and the Detectives poster
6.2

When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his family, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. While following the thief, Emil runs into Gustav, a young boy who gathers up all his friends to help Emil find the money. However, they get into more trouble than they bargained for when Emil's pickpocket turns out to be mixed up with a couple of notorious bank robbers.

Emil and the Detectives

1964

The Trouble with Girls poster
4.9

Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.

The Trouble with Girls

1969

Stay Away, Joe poster
5.5

Joe Lightcloud persuades his Congressman to give him 20 heifers and a prize bull so he and his father, Charlie, can prove that the Navajos can successfully raise cattle on the reservation. If their experiment is successful, then the government will help all the Navajo people. But Joe's friend, Bronc Hoverty, accidentally barbecues the prize bull, while Joe sells the heifers to buy plumbing and other home improvements for his stepmother.

Stay Away, Joe

1968

Sunday in New York poster
6.8

An innocent upstarter visits her airline pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce.

Sunday in New York

1963

Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! poster
6.5

Heather is the lead singer for a band that is on its way to fame and fortune. Things get complicated when she becomes pregnant and has three men willing to be both husband and father. But her boss isn't one of them.

Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!

1967

Second Chance poster
7.0

A rich stockbroker buys a Nevada ghost town as a community for people who need a second chance in life.

Second Chance

1972