Gordon Flemyng
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 7, 1935
- Died
- July 12, 1995 (aged 60)
Biography
Gordon William Flemyng (7 March 1934 – 12 July 1995) was a Scottish television and film director. He was also a writer and producer. He directed six theatrical features, several television films and numerous episodes of television series, some of which he also wrote and produced. Flemyng directed episodes of various British TV series, including The Younger Generation, The Saint, The Avengers, The Baron, Crown Court, ITV Playhouse, Target, Screenplay, Take My Wife, Cribb, The Brack Report, One Summer, Wish Me Luck, The Bill, Emmerdale Farm, Bergerac, Taggart, Peak Practice, Lovejoy, Minder and Ellington (also produced). Flemyng directed two entries in Edgar Wallace Mysteries (US: The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre) series of second features and the two Dalek feature films of the 1960s, Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966). Two episodes of The Baron that he directed were put together as a 1966 feature film entitled Mystery Island and released in some markets. Flemyng directed a Hollywood film with an all-star cast, The Split, released in 1968, a crime drama with Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine and Gene Hackman, based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake. He also directed the British war film The Last Grenade (1970). His other credits include Saki (miniseries); Härte 10 (West German miniseries); Philby, Burgess and Maclean (TV); Flight Into Hell; Cloud Waltzing (TV), Marty Abroad (1971 - TV, produced only) and Confessional (1989 - TV, also produced).
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Filmography
Ellington
TV · Director · 7 eps
Peak Practice
TV · Director · 2 eps
Confessional
TV · Director · 2 eps
Wish Me Luck
TV · Director · 8 eps
Scab
Movie · Director
Cloud Waltzing
Movie · Director
Lovejoy
TV · Director · 2 eps
Flug in die Hölle
TV · Director · 6 eps
The Wedding
Movie · Director
The Bill
TV · Director · 2 eps
Feet Foremost
Movie · Director
Taggart
TV · Director · 1 ep
One Summer
TV · Director · 5 eps
Shades of Darkness
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Brack Report
TV · Director · 1 ep
Closing Ranks
Movie · Director
Cribb
TV · Director · 1 ep
Minder
TV · Director · 5 eps
Screenplay
TV · Director · 2 eps
Mirage
Movie · Director
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Movie · Director
A Good Human Story
Movie · Director
Target
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Sunday Drama
TV · Director · 1 ep
Matchfit
Movie · Director
For Services to Myself
Movie · Director
Red Letter Day
TV · Director · 2 eps
Lucky
Movie · Director
The Baron: Mystery Island
Movie · Director
Crown Court
TV · Director · 6 eps
The Last Grenade
Movie · Director
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Split
Movie · Director
Great Catherine
Movie · Director
Present Laughter
Movie · Director
ITV Playhouse
TV · Director · 1 ep
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Movie · Director
The Baron
TV · Director · 2 eps
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Movie · Director
Six Shades of Black
TV · Director · 1 ep
Just for Fun
Movie · Director
Five to One
Movie · Director
World in Action
TV · Director · 1 ep
Solo for Sparrow
Movie · Director
The Saint
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Avengers
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Younger Generation
TV · Director · 5 eps
The Odd Man
TV · Director · 8 eps