Philip Leacock

Directing·Oct 8, 1917·London, United Kingdom

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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.

Film	Credit
Three Sovereigns for Sarah1985 · Director	Director
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch1982 · Director	Director
The Two Lives of Carol Letner1981 · Director	Director
Angel City1980 · Director	Director
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons1980 · Director	Director
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb1980 · Director	Director
Wild and Wooly1978 · Director	Director
Killer on Board1977 · Director	Director
Key West1973 · Director	Director
The Birdmen1973 · Director	Director
Dying Room Only1973 · Director	Director
Baffled!1973 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
SSummer Holiday1973 · Director	Director
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe1972 · Director	Director
The Great Man's Whiskers1972 · Director	Director
When Michael Calls1972 · Director	Director
Adam's Woman1970 · Director	Director
Firecreek1968 · Producer	Producer
Tamahine1963 · Director	Director
The War Lover1962 · Director	Director
Reach for Glory1962 · Director	Director
13 West Street1962 · Director	Director
Hand in Hand1961 · Director	Director
Let No Man Write My Epitaph1960 · Director	Director
Take a Giant Step1959 · Director	Director
The Rabbit Trap1959 · Director	Director
Innocent Sinners1958 · Director	Director
High Tide at Noon1957 · Director	Director
The Spanish Gardener1956 · Director	Director
Escapade1955 · Director	Director
The Kidnappers1953 · Director	Director
Appointment in London1953 · Director	Director
The Brave Don't Cry1952 · Director	Director
TThe Festival in London1951 · Director	Director
Life in Her Hands1951 · Director	Director
Out of True1951 · Director	Director
Riders of the New Forest1948 · Director	Director
IIsland People1940 · Director	Director
SSecrets of Kew Gardens1937 · Director	Director