Philip Leacock

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-10-08 (73 years old)

Deathday

1990-07-14

Place of Birth

London, United Kingdom

Philip Leacock

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) wit...

Production

1968

Firecreek

as Producer

1951

Out of True

as Director

1953

The Kidnappers

as Director

1972

1953

1962

The War Lover

as Director

1973

Dying Room Only

as Director

1956

1963

Tamahine

as Director

1962

13 West Street

as Director

1959

The Rabbit Trap

as Director

1952

1973

The Birdmen

as Director

1973

Baffled!

as Director

1958

Innocent Sinners

as Director

1955

Escapade

as Director

1957

1959

1961

Hand in Hand

as Director

1977

Killer on Board

as Director

1962

Reach for Glory

as Director

1970

Adam's Woman

as Director

1938

Behind the Spanish Lines

as Associate Editor

1980

Angel City

as Director

1973

Summer Holiday

as Director

1940

Island People

as Director

1973

Baffled!

as Producer

1951

1951

1973

Key West

as Director

1978

Wild and Wooly

as Director

1937

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