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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1917-10-08
- event Death Date 1990-07-14
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 4.1
- info Birth Place London, United Kingdom
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Firecreek
1968-01-24
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Out of True
1951-01-01
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The Kidnappers
1953-12-01
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When Michael Calls
1972-02-05
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Appointment in London
1953-02-17
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The War Lover
1962-10-25
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Dying Room Only
1973-09-18
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The Spanish Gardener
1956-12-25
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The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972-09-13
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960-11-10
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Tamahine
1963-07-30
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13 West Street
1962-02-23
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The Rabbit Trap
1959-06-01
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The Brave Don't Cry
1952-08-01
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The Birdmen
1973-11-08
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Baffled!
1973-04-11
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Innocent Sinners
1958-03-25
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Escapade
1955-08-05
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High Tide at Noon
1957-04-30
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Take a Giant Step
1959-12-01
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Hand in Hand
1961-02-06
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Killer on Board
1977-10-10
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Reach for Glory
1962-04-14
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Adam's Woman
1970-03-19
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Behind the Spanish Lines
1938-01-02
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The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980-05-08
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The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981-10-14
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Angel City
1980-11-12
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Riders of the New Forest
1948-01-01
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Summer Holiday
1973-01-01
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Island People
1940-11-07
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Baffled!
1973-04-11
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Life in Her Hands
1951-06-01
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The Festival in London
1951-07-03
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Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985-05-01
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Key West
1973-12-10
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The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
1982-10-31
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Wild and Wooly
1978-02-20
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The Great Man's Whiskers
1972-05-02
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Falcon Crest
1981-12-04
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Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
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Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969-09-23
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Hotel
1982-08-21
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Dan Raven
1960-09-23
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Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
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Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
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Dynasty
1981-01-12
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Mrs. Columbo
1979-02-26
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The Mod Squad
1968-09-24
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The Rookies
1972-09-11
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The Virginian
1962-09-19
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The Great Adventure
1963-09-27
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Route 66
1960-10-07
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Family
1976-03-09
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The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17
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Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24
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The F.B.I.
1965-09-19
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Rawhide
1959-01-09
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Eight Is Enough
1977-03-15
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Search
1972-09-13
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The Defenders
1961-09-16
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Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20
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Berrenger's
1985-01-05
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Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20
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Cimarron Strip
1967-09-07
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Cannon
1971-09-14
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Danger Man
1960-09-11
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979-09-20
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The Waltons
1972-09-14
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Finder of Lost Loves
1984-09-22
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The Paper Chase
1978-09-09
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Nurse
1981-04-02
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Sweepstakes
1979-01-26
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Bridges to Cross
1986-04-24
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The New Land
1974-09-14
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Fantasy Island
1978-01-28
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20