Philip Leacock
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 8, 1917
- Died
- July 14, 1990 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- London, United Kingdom
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 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.
Known For
Filmography
Bridges to Cross
TV · Director · 2 eps
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Movie · Director
Berrenger's
TV · Director · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · Director · 1 ep
Finder of Lost Loves
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
Movie · Director
Hotel
TV · Director · 6 eps
American Playhouse
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
Movie · Director
Falcon Crest
TV · Director · 10 eps
Dynasty
TV · Director · 12 eps
Nurse
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Movie · Director
Angel City
Movie · Director
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
Movie · Director
Mrs. Columbo
TV · Director · 1 ep
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · Director · 1 ep
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV · Director · 2 eps
$weepstake$
TV · Director · 1 ep
Wild and Wooly
Movie · Director
The Paper Chase
TV · Director · 3 eps
Fantasy Island
TV · Director · 1 ep
Killer on Board
Movie · Director
Eight Is Enough
TV · Director · 6 eps
Family
TV · Director · 4 eps
The New Land
TV · Director · 1 ep
Dying Room Only
Movie · Director
The Birdmen
Movie · Director
Baffled!
Movie · Director
Summer Holiday
Movie · Director
Key West
Movie · Director
When Michael Calls
Movie · Director
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Movie · Director
The Great Man's Whiskers
Movie · Director
The Rookies
TV · Director · 2 eps
Search
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Waltons
TV · Director · 25 eps
Cannon
TV · Director · 1 ep
Adam's Woman
Movie · Director
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · Director · 1 ep
Hawaii Five-O
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Mod Squad
TV · Director · 8 eps
The F.B.I.
TV · Director · 2 eps
Tamahine
Movie · Director
The Great Adventure
TV · Director · 5 eps
The War Lover
Movie · Director
13 West Street
Movie · Director
Reach for Glory
Movie · Director
The Virginian
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · Director · 1 ep
Hand in Hand
Movie · Director
The Defenders
TV · Director · 2 eps
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Movie · Director
Dan Raven
TV · Director · 1 ep
Route 66
TV · Director · 7 eps
Danger Man
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Rabbit Trap
Movie · Director
Take a Giant Step
Movie · Director
Rawhide
TV · Director · 2 eps
Innocent Sinners
Movie · Director
High Tide at Noon
Movie · Director
The Spanish Gardener
Movie · Director
Escapade
Movie · Director
Gunsmoke
TV · Director · 11 eps
The Kidnappers
Movie · Director
Appointment in London
Movie · Director
The Brave Don't Cry
Movie · Director
Out of True
Movie · Director
Life in Her Hands
Movie · Director
The Festival in London
Movie · Director
Riders of the New Forest
Movie · Director
Island People
Movie · Director
The Londoners
Movie · Assistant Director
Secrets of Kew Gardens
Movie · Director