Gordon Flemyng
Born: 1935-03-07
Died: 1995-07-12
Known For: Directing
Biography
Gordon William Flemyng 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. 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).
Filmography
1996
- Ellington ... (Director)
1993
- Peak Practice ... (Director)
1989
- Confessional ... (Director)
1988
- Wish Me Luck ... (Director)
1987
- Cloud Waltzing ... (Director)
- Scab ... (Director)
1986
- Lovejoy ... (Director)
1985
- Flug in die Hölle ... (Director)
1984
- The Bill ... (Director)
- The Wedding ... (Director)
1983
- Taggart ... (Director)
- Shades of Darkness ... (Director)
- One Summer ... (Director)
- Feet Foremost ... (Director)
1982
- The Brack Report ... (Director)
1980
- Cribb ... (Director)
- Closing Ranks ... (Director)
- Number on End ... (Writer)
1979
- Minder ... (Director)
- Screenplay ... (Director)
1978
- Mirage ... (Director)
1977
- Target ... (Director)
- The Sunday Drama ... (Director)
- Philby, Burgess and Maclean ... (Director)
- A Good Human Story ... (Director)
1976
- Red Letter Day ... (Director)
- Matchfit ... (Director)
- For Services to Myself ... (Director)
1974
- Lucky ... (Director)
1972
- Crown Court ... (Director)
- The Baron: Mystery Island ... (Director)
1970
- The Last Grenade ... (Director)
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre ... (Director)
1968
- The Split ... (Director)
- Great Catherine ... (Director)
1967
- ITV Playhouse ... (Director)
- Present Laughter ... (Director)
1966
- The Baron ... (Director)
- Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. ... (Director)
1965
- Dr. Who and the Daleks ... (Director)
1963
- World in Action ... (Director)
- Five to One ... (Director)
- Just for Fun ... (Director)
1962
- The Saint ... (Director)
- Solo for Sparrow ... (Director)
1961
- The Avengers ... (Director)
- The Younger Generation ... (Director)
1960
- The Odd Man ... (Director)