Philip Leacock
Philip David Charles Leacock (8 October 1917 – 14 July 1990) was an English television and film director and producer. His brother was documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock.
Born in London, England, Leacock spent his childhood in the Canary Islands. He began his career directing documentaries and later turned to fiction films.
He was known for his films about children, particularly The Kidnappers (US: The Little Kidnappers, 1953), which gained Honorary Juvenile Acting Oscars for two of its performers, and The Spanish Gardener (1956) starring Dirk Bogarde. He also directed Innocent Sinners (1958) with Flora Robson, The Rabbit Trap (1959) with Ernest Borgnine, and The War Lover (1962) with Steve McQueen, based on John Hersey's novel about a World War II pilot.
He began to work mainly in Hollywood, where he made Take a Giant Step (1959) about a black youth's encounter with racism and Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) about an aspiring young pianist whose mother is a drug addict. Around this time, he began to work in television, directing episodes of Gunsmoke, Route 66, The Waltons, The Defenders, and The New Land. He also directed many segments of the American series Eight Is Enough (1977–1981).
He retired in 1987 after directing a three-part television drama about the Salem witch hunts titled Three Sovereigns for Sister Sarah, which starred Vanessa Redgrave.
Leacock died while on vacation with his family in London on 14 July 1990.
Fotos
Películas (41)
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985 · Director
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
1982 · Director
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981 · Director
Angel City
1980 · Director
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
1980 · Director
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980 · Director
Wild and Wooly
1978 · Director
Killer on Board
1977 · Director
Key West
1973 · Director
The Birdmen
1973 · Director
Dying Room Only
1973 · Director
Baffled!
1973 · Director, Producer
Summer Holiday
1973 · Director
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972 · Director
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972 · Director
When Michael Calls
1972 · Director
Adam's Woman
1970 · Director
Firecreek
1968 · Producer
Tamahine
1963 · Director
The War Lover
1962 · Director
Reach for Glory
1962 · Director
13 West Street
1962 · Director
Hand in Hand
1961 · Director
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 · Director
Take a Giant Step
1959 · Director
The Rabbit Trap
1959 · Director
Innocent Sinners
1958 · Director
High Tide at Noon
1957 · Director
The Spanish Gardener
1956 · Director
Escapade
1955 · Director
The Kidnappers
1953 · Director
Appointment in London
1953 · Director
The Brave Don't Cry
1952 · Director
The Festival in London
1951 · Director
Life in Her Hands
1951 · Director
Out of True
1951 · Director
Riders of the New Forest
1948 · Director
Island People
1940 · Director
The Londoners
1939 · Assistant Director
Behind the Spanish Lines
1938 · Associate Editor
Secrets of Kew Gardens
1937 · Director
Series (37)
Bridges to Cross
1986 · Director
Berrenger's
1985 · Director
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Director
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 · Director
Hotel
1982 · Director
American Playhouse
1982 · Director
Falcon Crest
1981 · Director
Nurse
1981 · Director
Dynasty
1981 · Director
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · Director
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Director
Mrs. Columbo
1979 · Director
$weepstake$
1979 · Director
The Paper Chase
1978 · Director
Fantasy Island
1978 · Director
Eight Is Enough
1977 · Director
Family
1976 · Director
The New Land
1974 · Director
The Waltons
1972 · Director
Search
1972 · Director
The Rookies
1972 · Director
Cannon
1971 · Director
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Director
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Director, Producer
The Mod Squad
1968 · Director
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Executive Producer
The F.B.I.
1965 · Director
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Producer
The Great Adventure
1963 · Director
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Director
The Virginian
1962 · Director
The Defenders
1961 · Director
Route 66
1960 · Director
Dan Raven
1960 · Director
Danger Man
1960 · Director
Rawhide
1959 · Director
Gunsmoke
1955 · Director, Producer