Alvin Rakoff

Biography

Alvin Rakoff is a Canadian television, stage, and film director, who has spent the bulk of his career in England and directed more than 100 television plays, as well as a dozen feature films and numerous stage productions.

Directed

1. Death Ship (1980) — Director
2. The Saint (1962) — Director
3. City on Fire (1979) — Director
4. Hoffman (1970) — Director
5. Crossplot (1969) — Director
6. Passport to Shame (1958) — Director
7. The Comedy Man (1964) — Director
8. Say Hello to Yesterday (1971) — Director
9. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Director
10. Romeo and Juliet (1978) — Director
11. The Treasure of San Teresa (1959) — Director
12. On Friday at Eleven (1961) — Director
13. A Voyage Round My Father (1984) — Director
14. A Talent for Murder (1983) — Director
15. A Dance to the Music of Time (1997) — Director
16. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984) — Director
17. Mrs. Amworth (1975) — Director
18. Armchair Theatre (1956) — Director
19. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) — Director
20. Theatre 625 (1964) — Director
21. ITV Play of the Week (1955) — Director
22. King Solomon's Treasure (1979) — Director
23. Three Dangerous Ladies (1977) — Director
24. Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983) — Director
25. The Best of Friends (1991) — Director
26. ITV Playhouse (1967) — Director
27. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) — Director
28. The Play on One (1988) — Director
29. The Ransom of Red Chief (1959) — Director
30. Dirty Tricks (1981) — Director
31. Churchill's People (1974) — Director
32. Sunday Night Theatre (1950) — Director
33. Shades of Greene (1975) — Director
34. Number 10 (1983) — Director
35. The Adventures Of Don Quixote (1973) — Director
36. Heart to Heart (1962) — Director
37. A Haunting Harmony (1993) — Director
38. Paradise Postponed (1986) — Director
39. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) — Director
40. The Sextet (1972) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery (1998) — Self