Philip Saville (1930–2016)
Director | Actor | Producer
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Filmography
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Known For
Boys from the Blackstuff Director (1982) -
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil Director (1986) -
ITV Television Playhouse Director (1956-1957) -
Known For
Mandela Director (1987) -
Director
Ideal Wife (2012) -
Pinter's Progress (2009) -
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My Uncle Silas (2001-2003) -
The Biographer (2002) -
Little White Lies (1998) -
Deacon Brodie (1997) -
Metroland (1997) -
The Buccaneers (1995) -
![Screen One]( "Screen One")
Screen One (1993) -
![Family Pictures]( "Family Pictures")
Family Pictures (1993) -
![Angels]( "Angels")
Angels (1992) -
![The Cloning of Joanna May]( "The Cloning of Joanna May")
The Cloning of Joanna May (1992) -
![Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501]( "Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501")
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![Screen Two]( "Screen Two")
Screen Two (1990) -
![Max and Helen]( "Max and Helen")
Max and Helen (1990) -
![First Born]( "First Born")
First Born (1988) -
![The Fruit Machine]( "The Fruit Machine")
The Fruit Machine (1988) -
![Mandela]( "Mandela")
Mandela (1987) -
![Call Me Mister]( "Call Me Mister")
Call Me Mister (1986) -
![The Life and Loves of a She-Devil]( "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil")
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![Shadey]( "Shadey")
Shadey (1985) -
![Those Glory Glory Days]( "Those Glory Glory Days")
Those Glory Glory Days (1983) -
![Boys from the Blackstuff]( "Boys from the Blackstuff")
Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) -
![BBC2 Playhouse]( "BBC2 Playhouse")
BBC2 Playhouse (1976-1981) -
The Ghost Sonata (1980)
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![BBC Play of the Month]( "BBC Play of the Month")
BBC Play of the Month (1979) -
![Second City Firsts]( "Second City Firsts")
Second City Firsts (1973-1978) -
![Count Dracula]( "Count Dracula")
Count Dracula (1977) -
![ITV Playhouse]( "ITV Playhouse")
ITV Playhouse (1977) -
The Velvet Glove (1977)
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![Plays for Britain]( "Plays for Britain")
Plays for Britain (1976) -
![Play for Today]( "Play for Today")
Play for Today (1970-1975) -
![Shades of Greene]( "Shades of Greene")
Shades of Greene (1975) -
Private Affairs (1975)
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![Churchill's People]( "Churchill's People")
Churchill's People (1975) -
![Orson Welles' Great Mysteries]( "Orson Welles' Great Mysteries")
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![ITV Play of the Week]( "ITV Play of the Week")
ITV Play of the Week (1956-1973) -
![ITV Sunday Night Theatre]( "ITV Sunday Night Theatre")
ITV Sunday Night Theatre (1973) -
![Thirty-Minute Theatre]( "Thirty-Minute Theatre")
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1972-1973) -
![Armchair Theatre]( "Armchair Theatre")
Armchair Theatre (1956-1972) -
![Secrets]( "Secrets")
Secrets (1971) -
![The Wednesday Play]( "The Wednesday Play")
The Wednesday Play (1964-1969) -
![The Best House in London]( "The Best House in London")
The Best House in London (1969) -
![Oedipus the King]( "Oedipus the King")
Oedipus the King (1968) -
![Out of the Unknown]( "Out of the Unknown")
Out of the Unknown (1966) -
Five More (1966)
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![Stop the World: I Want to Get Off]( "Stop the World: I Want to Get Off")
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Six (1965)
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![Hamlet at Elsinore]( "Hamlet at Elsinore")
Hamlet at Elsinore (1964) -
![Festival]( "Festival")
Festival (1964) -
![BBC Sunday-Night Play]( "BBC Sunday-Night Play")
BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963) -
![Armchair Mystery Theatre]( "Armchair Mystery Theatre")
Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960) -
![ITV Television Playhouse]( "ITV Television Playhouse")
ITV Television Playhouse (1956-1957) -
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1956)
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London Playhouse (1956)
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The Magic Fishbone (1955)
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DirectorCurtains for Harry (1955)
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Actor
![An Honourable Murder]( "An Honourable Murder")
An Honourable Murder Mark Anthony (1960) -
![The Vise]( "The Vise")
The Vise Kirk (1957-1959) -
![Great Van Robbery]( "Great Van Robbery")
Great Van Robbery Chase (1959) -
![Three Crooked Men]( "Three Crooked Men")
Three Crooked Men Seppy (1959) -
![On the Run]( "On the Run")
On the Run Driscoll (1958) -
![The Errol Flynn Theatre]( "The Errol Flynn Theatre")
The Errol Flynn Theatre (1957) -
![The Betrayal]( "The Betrayal")
The Betrayal Bartel (1957) -
![Contraband Spain]( "Contraband Spain")
Contraband Spain Martin Scott (1955) -
The Night of the Full Moon Dale Merritt (1954)
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![Game of Danger]( "Game of Danger")
Game of Danger Ben Jones (1954) -
The Mirror and Markheim Markheim (1954)
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The Straw Man Link Hunter (1953)
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![Murder at 3am]( "Murder at 3am")
Murder at 3am Edward King / Jim King (1953) -
![Valley of Song]( "Valley of Song")
Valley of Song Twm - Miner (1953) -
Reggie Little at Large House-owner (1953)
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Happy and Glorious Prince Ernest (1952)
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The Inch Man Bill Chester (1951)
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A Piece of Cake Dinner Guest (1948)
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![Repertory Theatre]( "Repertory Theatre")
Repertory Theatre (1948) -
![The Blind Goddess]( "The Blind Goddess")
The Blind Goddess Mainwaring's Junior (1948) -
![To the Public Danger]( "To the Public Danger")
To the Public Danger Man in pub watching billiards game (1948) -
Actor
![Penny and the Pownall Case]( "Penny and the Pownall Case")
Penny and the Pownall Case Slim, Police Car Driver (1948) -
Writer
![Ideal Wife]( "Ideal Wife")
Ideal Wife (2012) -
Pinter's Progress (2009)
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![BBC2 Playhouse]( "BBC2 Playhouse")
BBC2 Playhouse (1981) -
![Armchair Theatre]( "Armchair Theatre")
Armchair Theatre (1958-1972) -
![Secrets]( "Secrets")
Secrets (1971) -
![Oedipus the King]( "Oedipus the King")
Oedipus the King (1968) -
Five More (1966)
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Six (1965)
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![The Wednesday Play]( "The Wednesday Play")
The Wednesday Play (1964) -
![ITV Television Playhouse]( "ITV Television Playhouse")
ITV Television Playhouse (1957) -
WriterCurtains for Harry (1955)
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Producer
![Ideal Wife]( "Ideal Wife")
Ideal Wife (2012) -
![The Buccaneers]( "The Buccaneers")
The Buccaneers (1995) -
![BBC Sunday-Night Play]( "BBC Sunday-Night Play")
BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963) -
![ITV Television Playhouse]( "ITV Television Playhouse")
ITV Television Playhouse (1956-1957) -
![Armchair Theatre]( "Armchair Theatre")
Armchair Theatre (1957) -
ProducerDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1956)
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Miscellaneous Crew
![Secrets]( "Secrets")
Secrets (1971)
All Filmography
Awards
3 wins.Did You Know
Trivia
Pioneered the use of videotape for location recording in 1964 "capturing the whole of Hamlet at Elsinore electronically in and around Denmark's Kronborg castle".
Quotes
I love everything about women, but I fear their dependence. I don't think actresses are terribly special, but being a director, I tend to fall in love with them over and over again...I loathe women who are housewives only. I also detest romantics. I...
Star Sign
Scorpio
Personal Details
Born
Alexander Philip Saville
London, England, UK
Died
(age 86)
Hampstead, Camden, London, England, UK
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