Terry Bishop

Biography

Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director. In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film. From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake. Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer (1959), featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models.

Directed

1. Danger Man (1960) — Director
2. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) — Director
3. Cover Girl Killer (1959) — Director
4. Daybreak in Udi (1949) — Director
5. Sir Francis Drake (1961) — Director
6. Model for Murder (1959) — Director
7. You're Only Young Twice! (1952) — Director
8. Danger Tomorrow (1960) — Director
9. The Buccaneers (1956) — Director
10. The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956) — Director
11. The Adventures of William Tell (1958) — Director
12. Life in Danger (1959) — Director
13. Tim Driscoll's Donkey (1955) — Director
14. Hair of the Dog (1962) — Director
15. Bomb in the High Street (1961) — Director
16. The Unstoppable Man (1961) — Director
17. Light Fingers (1957) — Director
18. The Western Isles (1941) — Director
19. Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet (1964) — Director
20. Five Towns (1947) — Director
21. Down Our Street (1942) — Director
22. A Tale in a Teacup (1947) — Director
23. The Royal Mile: Edinburgh (1943) — Director
24. Journey to the Sea (1952) — Director