Philip Leacock

Biography

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 Enou…

Directed

1. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Director
2. Hawaii Five-O (1968) — Director
3. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) — Director
4. Dynasty (1981) — Director
5. Fantasy Island (1978) — Director
6. Gunsmoke (1955) — Director
7. The Waltons (1972) — Director
8. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Director
9. Falcon Crest (1981) — Director
10. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Director
11. Rawhide (1959) — Director
12. Eight Is Enough (1977) — Director
13. Cannon (1971) — Director
14. The War Lover (1962) — Director
15. The Virginian (1962) — Director
16. The Mod Squad (1968) — Director
17. Hotel (1982) — Director
18. When Michael Calls (1972) — Director
19. The F.B.I. (1965) — Director
20. Danger Man (1960) — Director
21. Baffled! (1973) — Director
22. The Rookies (1972) — Director
23. The Spanish Gardener (1956) — Director
24. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) — Director
25. Route 66 (1960) — Director
26. Dying Room Only (1973) — Director
27. Appointment in London (1953) — Director
28. Family (1976) — Director
29. The Kidnappers (1953) — Director
30. 13 West Street (1962) — Director
31. Tamahine (1963) — Director
32. The Brave Don't Cry (1952) — Director
33. High Tide at Noon (1957) — Director
34. Hand in Hand (1961) — Director
35. Reach for Glory (1962) — Director
36. The Defenders (1961) — Director
37. Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) — Director
38. Adam's Woman (1970) — Director
39. Mrs. Columbo (1979) — Director
40. The Paper Chase (1978) — Director