Directing
Philip Leacock
Born Oct 8, 1917 · London, United Kingdom · Died Jul 14, 1990
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.
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Directed
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
History · Drama · TV Movie
Berrenger's
1985
Soap · Drama
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mystery · Crime · Drama
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
Drama
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
1982
TV Movie · Western · Comedy
Hotel
1982
Drama · Soap
American Playhouse
1982
Drama · Comedy
Falcon Crest
1981
Soap · Drama · Family
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981
TV Movie · Action · Drama
Nurse
1981
Drama
Dynasty
1981
Soap · Drama
Angel City
1980
Drama · TV Movie
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Drama
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Crime · Mystery · Comedy
The Paper Chase
1978
Drama
Wild and Wooly
1978
Western · TV Movie · Comedy
Fantasy Island
1978
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Comedy
Killer on Board
1977
TV Movie · Drama
Eight Is Enough
1977
Drama · Comedy
Family
1976
Drama
Key West
1973
Drama · Thriller · TV Movie
The Birdmen
1973
War · Drama · History
Dying Room Only
1973
Drama · Thriller · TV Movie
Baffled!
1973
Science Fiction · Thriller · Mystery
The Waltons
1972
Drama
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972
Western · Comedy · TV Movie
Search
1972
Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Rookies
1972
Drama · Crime
The Great Man's Whiskers
1972
Comedy · History · TV Movie
When Michael Calls
1972
Horror · Thriller · TV Movie
Cannon
1971
Drama · Action & Adventure
Adam's Woman
1970
Drama
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Drama
Hawaii Five-O
1969
Action & Adventure · Drama
The Mod Squad
1968
Action & Adventure · Drama
The F.B.I.
1965
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Great Adventure
1963
Drama
Tamahine
1963
Comedy
The War Lover
1962
Drama · War · Adventure
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Crime · Mystery · Drama
The Virginian
1962
Western · Drama
Reach for Glory
1962
Drama
13 West Street
1962
Crime · Drama
The Defenders
1961
Drama
Hand in Hand
1961
Drama · Family
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
Drama · Crime
Route 66
1960
Drama · Crime · Action & Adventure
Dan Raven
1960
Crime
Danger Man
1960
Action & Adventure · Drama
Take a Giant Step
1959
Drama
The Rabbit Trap
1959
Drama
Rawhide
1959
Western · Drama
Innocent Sinners
1958
Drama
High Tide at Noon
1957
Drama · Romance
The Spanish Gardener
1956
Drama
Gunsmoke
1955
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
Escapade
1955
Comedy · Drama
The Kidnappers
1953
Drama · Comedy · Family
Appointment in London
1953
War · Drama
The Brave Don't Cry
1952
Drama
Life in Her Hands
1951
Drama
Out of True
1951
Drama
Riders of the New Forest
1948