Philip Leacock

About

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...

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Falcon CrestSeries • 1981Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984Hawaii Five-OSeries • 1969DynastySeries • 1981American PlayhouseSeries • 1982The WaltonsSeries • 1972The VirginianSeries • 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries • 1962CannonSeries • 1971The Wild Wild WestSeries • 1965Fantasy IslandSeries • 1978RawhideSeries • 1959HotelSeries • 1982Route 66Series • 1960Marcus Welby, M.D.Series • 1969The DefendersSeries • 1961Tales of the UnexpectedSeries • 1979The F.B.I.Series • 1965Danger ManSeries • 1960The RookiesSeries • 1972GunsmokeSeries • 1955Eight Is EnoughSeries • 1977Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturySeries • 1979FamilySeries • 1976