About

Known credits:
43
Birthday:
1917-10-08
Place of birth:
London, United Kingdom
Website:
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Philip Leacock

Overview

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

Directing
1985 Three Sovereigns for Sarah Directing Director N/A
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1982 The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch Directing Director 58
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1981 The Two Lives of Carol Letner Directing Director N/A
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1980 Angel City Directing Director 59
Average
1980 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb Directing Director 58
Average
1978 Wild and Wooly Directing Director 58
Average
1977 Killer on Board Directing Director 58
Average
1973 Key West Directing Director 58
Average
1973 The Birdmen Directing Director 59
Average
1973 Dying Room Only Directing Director 59
Average
1973 Baffled! Directing Director 58
Average
1973 Summer Holiday Directing Director N/A
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1972 The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Directing Director 58
Average
1972 The Great Man's Whiskers Directing Director N/A
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1972 When Michael Calls Directing Director 58
Average
1970 Adam's Woman Directing Director 59
Average
1963 Tamahine Directing Director 58
Average
1962 The War Lover Directing Director 58
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1962 Reach for Glory Directing Director 59
Average
1962 13 West Street Directing Director 58
Average
1961 Hand in Hand Directing Director 59
Average
1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph Directing Director 58
Average
1959 Take a Giant Step Directing Director 58
Average
1959 The Rabbit Trap Directing Director 58
Average
1958 Innocent Sinners Directing Director 59
Average
1957 High Tide at Noon Directing Director 59
Average
1956 The Spanish Gardener Directing Director 58
Average
1955 Escapade Directing Director 58
Average
1953 The Kidnappers Directing Director 59
Average
1953 Appointment in London Directing Director 59
Average
1952 The Brave Don't Cry Directing Director 59
Average
1951 The Festival in London Directing Director N/A
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1951 Life in Her Hands Directing Director N/A
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1951 Out of True Directing Director N/A
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1948 Riders of the New Forest Directing Director N/A
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1940 Island People Directing Director 58
Average

Production
1973 Baffled! Production Producer 58
Average
1968 Hawaii Five-O Production Producer 70
Good
1968 Firecreek Production Producer 59
Average
1967 Cimarron Strip Production Executive Producer 66
Fair
1965 The Wild Wild West Production Producer 73
Good
1955 Gunsmoke Production Producer 67
Fair

Editing
1938 Behind the Spanish Lines Editing Associate Editor N/A
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