Philip Leacock
Directing
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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tvBerrenger's
1985
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tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
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tvFinder of Lost Loves
1984
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tvHotel
1982
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tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
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tvFalcon Crest
1981
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tvNurse
1981
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tvDynasty
1981
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movieAngel City
1980
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tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
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tvMrs. Columbo
1979
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$weepstake$
1979
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tvThe Paper Chase
1978
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movieWild and Wooly
1978
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tvFantasy Island
1978
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movieKiller on Board
1977
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tvEight Is Enough
1977
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tvFamily
1976
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The New Land
1974
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movieKey West
1973
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movieThe Birdmen
1973
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movieDying Room Only
1973
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movieBaffled!
1973
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tvThe Waltons
1972
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tvSearch
1972
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tvThe Rookies
1972
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movieWhen Michael Calls
1972
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tvCannon
1971
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movieAdam's Woman
1970
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tvMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969
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tvThe Mod Squad
1968
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tvHawaii Five-O
1968
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tvThe F.B.I.
1965
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tvThe Great Adventure
1963
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movieTamahine
1963
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movieThe War Lover
1962
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tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
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tvThe Virginian
1962
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movieReach for Glory
1962
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movie13 West Street
1962
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tvThe Defenders
1961
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movieHand in Hand
1961
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tvRoute 66
1960
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Dan Raven
1960
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tvDanger Man
1960
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movieTake a Giant Step
1959
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movieThe Rabbit Trap
1959
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tvRawhide
1959
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movieInnocent Sinners
1958
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movieHigh Tide at Noon
1957
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movieThe Spanish Gardener
1956
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tvGunsmoke
1955
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movieEscapade
1955
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movieThe Kidnappers
1953
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movieAppointment in London
1953
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movieThe Brave Don't Cry
1952
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movieLife in Her Hands
1951
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movieOut of True
1951
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The Londoners
1939
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movieBaffled!
1973
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tvHawaii Five-O
1968
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movieFirecreek
1968
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tvCimarron Strip
1967
Executive Producer
tvThe Wild Wild West
1965
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tvGunsmoke
1955
Producer
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Behind the Spanish Lines
1938
Associate Editor