THRILLER DIRECTORS

ROBERT D. CARDONA (*)

[Ring Once for Death, Death to Sister Mary, The Next Scream You Hear]
Virgin of the Secret Service (The Amazons, Persuasion of a Million Drops, The Pyramid Plot, The Professor Goes West, Wings over Glencraig, 1968), Fraud Squad (The Biggest Borrower of All, 1969, +AP 1969-70), The Flaxton Boys (1969, +P), Emmerdale Farm (P), The Four Feathers (1978, Don Sharp; EP), Armchair Thriller (The Circe Complex, 1980).

JOHN COOPER (*)

[Possession, Night is the Time for Killing; +p]
Timeslip (1970; +p), Spyder's Web (Red Admiral, Nobody's Strawberry Fool, 1972), Hunter's Walk (Vanishing Trick, Villain, Kicking and Screaming, 1973; +p), The Foundation (1977; +p), Diamonds (1981; +p)

IAN FORDYCE (d. 17.09.1988)

[One Deadly Owner, The Double Kill, Dial A Deadly Number; +p]
No Hiding Place (1959), Riviera Police, Top Secret (1961), Crane (Knife in the Dark, Death Walks Beside Me, A Cargo of Cornflour, 1962), To Bury Caesar (1963), Mr Rose (1967), At Last the 1948 Show (1967, starred Marty Feldman, Graham Chapman, John Cleese), Spyder's Web (Things that Go Bang in the Night, The Prevalence of Skeletons, 1972); Fall of a Goddess (1969), Oliver Twist.

ALAN GIBSON (*28.04.1938, Ontario; d. 5.7. 1987, London)

[Murder in Mind, Sleepwalker]
Theatre 625 (Esther's Altar, Portraits from the North No. 1; 1965; Focus, On the March to the Sea; 1966), Eh Joe! (1966), A Separate Peace (1966), Thirty Minute Theatre (Teeth, Another Moon Called Earth; 1967), Out of the Unknown, Journey into Midnight (1968), The Troubleshooters, Crescendo (1970), Goodbye Gemini/Twinsanity (1970), Budgie (1970), The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972), Dracula AD 1972 (1972), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), 1990 (1977), Raffles (A Chest of Silver, 1977), Crash (1977), Tales of the Unexpected (Depart in Peace, Vengeance Is Mine Ic, The Stinker, The Boy Who Talked With Animals, Kindly Dig Your Grave, There's One Born Every Minute, The Way to Do It, etc), Churchill and the Generals (1979), Hammer House of Horror (The Silent Scream, The Two Faces of Evil), Play For Today: The Flip Side of Dominic Hyde (1980, +w), Another Flip for Dominic (1982), A Woman Called Golda (1982), Witness for the Prosecution (1982), Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984), Martin's Day (1984), The Charmer (1987).

PETER JEFFERIES (*)

[An Echo of Theresa, A Place to Die, Only A Scream Away]
Survivors, Hunter's Walk (Outsiders), To Serve Them All My Days, Hannah (-Eine Liebesgeschichte), Fanny By Gaslight, The Citadel (1983), Child of Love (1987); The Little Match Girl (1987, p), Passion and Paradise (1989, p), Voices in the Garden (1992, p).

BILL HAYS (*15.03.1938, Wingate/Irland)

[Lady Killer, File It Under Fear]
(Soaps), R3 (1964), Theatre 625: Final Demand (1966), Play of the Month (Make Me an Offer, 1966; The Magistrate, 1972), Cakes and Ale (1975), Orde Wingate (1976), Rock Follies of '77 (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1978), The Quiz Kid (1979), Escape to the Future (1979), Play for Tomorrow (1982), Time After Time (1985), Lovejoy (2 eps), Boon, Quartermaine's Terms (1987), Wish Me Luck (1987), A Sleeping Life (1989).

DON LEAVER (*c. 1930)

[Where the Action Is, A Midsummer Nightmare]
Dixon of Dock Green, Police Surgeon (Under the Influence, Lag on the Run, Smash but no Grab, Wilful Neglect, A Home of her Own, Sunday Morning Story, Three's a Crowd, The Bigger They Are), The Avengers (Hot Snow, Square Root of Evil, Girl on the Trapeze, Ashes of Roses, Dance With Death, The Springers, The Yellow Needle, Toy Trap, Dead of Winter, A Change of Bait, The Decapod, Mission to Montreal, The Removal Man, The Sell-Out, The Man With Two Shadows, The Wringer, Esprit de Corps, Dial A Deadly Number, The House That Jack Built, How to Succeed at Murder), Out of This World, Dimensions of Fear, Public Eye (+P), Haunted, The Gold Robbers, The Protectors (Route 27, Quin, Lena, The Insider, Burning Bush), Van der Valk (A Death by the Sea), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (The Mystery of the Amber Beads), Special Branch (Double Exposure, Date of Birth), Napoleon and Love (1974), Zodiac (The Cool Aquarian, Saturn's Rewards, 1974), The Famous Five (various eps, +P S1), Hazell, Hammer House of Horror (3 Folgen: The 13th Reunion, Witching Time, The Mark of Satan), Bergerac (See You in Moscow, 1981), Mitch (1984), The Detective (1985), Lovejoy (2 Folgen 1987), Shake Hands Forever (1988), Prime Suspect (p), Ruth Rendell Mysteries, A Touch of Frost (+p), Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (Fisticuffs, Serving the Community, 1996).

Don Leaver

PETER MOFFATT (*)

[K Is for Killing]
EastEnders, Top Secret (1961), Crane (Bad Company, The Price of Friendship, Return of a Hero, Picture of My Brother, The Secret Assassin, 1962), Doctor Who (State of Decay, The Visitation, Mawdryn Undead, The Twin Dilemma, The Two Doctors, The Five Doctors), What's in It for Me (1969), New Scotland Yard, Loot, Entertaining Mr Sloane, All Creatures Great and Small, The Gentle Touch.

SHAUN O'RIORDAN (*)

[Sign It Death, I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill, If It's A Man - Hang Up!, The Eyes Have It, Screamer, Nurse Will Make It Better, In the Steps of a Dead Man]
Actor: The Larkins (1958), The Man Who Liked Funerals (1959), Inn For Trouble (1960). Director: The Worker (1965; +p), George and the Dragon (1966), Who Is Sylvia? (1967), Goodbye Again (1968; +p), John Browne's Body (1969; +p), Girls About Town (1969; +p), The Inside Man (1969), Coppers End (1971; p), You're Only Young Twice (1971; p), Lollipop Loves Mr Mole (1971; p), The Squirrels (1974; +p), The Best of Friends (1977; +p), Sapphire and Steel (1979; +p), Callan: Wet Job (1981; +p), I Thought You'd Gone (1984; p).

JAMES ORMEROD (*)

[Won't Write Home - I'm Dead, The Next Victim, Death in Deep Water]
Police Surgeon (Operation Mangle, 1960), Crane (A Danger to Others, 1962), The Rat Catchers (Ticket to Madrid, The Captain Morales Story, The Unwitting Courier, Madrid Delivery, Wednesday in Dubrovnik, Murder in Mostar, Dead-end Dubrovnik, Big Grab Amsterdam, Retribution Amsterdam, 1966), Funeral Games (1968), Upstairs, Downstairs (The Understudy, 1975), New Scotland Yard, South Riding (1974), William Wilson (1976), Frankenstein (1984), Heartbeat (Nowt But a Prank, 1992). P: The Escape of R.D.7 (1961).

JOHN SCHOLZ-CONWAY (*)

[Once the Killing Starts, The Killer With Two Faces, Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin, Nightmare for A Nightingale]
Crossroads, Girls About Town, Nobody Is Norman Wisdom (1973; +p), Up the Workers (1973; p), A Little Bit of Wisdom (1974; +p), The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1974).

JOHN SICHEL (*)

[Someone at the Top of the Stairs; Spell of Evil; Kiss Me and Die; A Coffin for the Bride; Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are; +p]
Virgin of the Secret Service (Russian Roundabut, The Rajah and the Suffragette,1968), Twelfth Night (1969), Fraud Squad (The White Abyss, Remission – Negative, The Great Blanket Factory Swindle, The Hot Money Man, 1969), Three Sisters (1970), Coppers End (1971), The Merchant of Venice (1976, +w), HMS Pinafore (1979, +p)

MALCOLM TAYLOR (*)

[Murder Motel, A Killer in Every Corner]
Actor: The Avengers, Doctor Who, Robbery. Director: Coronation Street, Crossroads, Counterstrike, Hunter's Walk (Help, Charlie, Witness), The Glamour Girls, EastEnders, Fair City, Ros na Run.

ROBERT TRONSON (*1924, Chilmark/Mass.)

[The Colour of Blood, The Next Voice You See, Kill Two Birds]
Destination Downing Street (1957), The Avengers (The Radioactive Man), Man Detained (1961), The Man at the Carlton Tower (1961), Number Six (1962), Never Back Losers (1962), Farewell Performance (1962), The Traitors (1963), Ring of Spies (1963), On the Run (1963), An Act of Reprisal (1964), The Troubleshooters, The Saint (2 Folgen), Court Martial (1964), Public Eye (1965), Gideon's Way (1965), The Baron (1966), Mystery and Imagination (Lost Hearts, The Phantom Lover, The Tell-Tale Heart), Man in A Suitcase (1967), Callan, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (1969), The Guardians (1971), Hunter's Walk (Disturbance, Outcast, Behaviour, Reasonable Suspicion, Discretion, Lost Dog, Perspectives, Digger, Kids, 1973), Lord Peter Wimsey (Five Red Herrings, 1975), Rumpole of the Bailey (1978), Nanny (1981), Bergerac, Armchair Thriller (The Limbo Connection, 1978, Dying Day, Fear of God, 1980), Dempsey & Makepeace, Boon, Under the Hammer (1993), Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (Widdershins, Safe As Houses, 1996)

DENNIS VANCE (*)

[The Crazy Kill]
Actor: Warning to Wantons (1948), Trouble in the Air (1948), Scott of the Antarctic (1948), Penny and the Pownall Case (1948), Landfall (1949), Diamond City (1949), Christopher Columbus (1949), Shadow of the Eagle (1950), There Is Another Sun (1951), Sing Along With Me (1952; +w). Director: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1954; +p), The Voices (1955; +p), Ghost Squad/GS5 (1961; +p 1964), The Avengers (Please Don't Feed the Animals), The Mind of Mr J G Reeder (1969), Special Branch (Troika, The Promised Land, A Date With Leonides, You Don't Exist, Reliable Sources, Visitor from Moscow, Reported Missing, Fool's Mate, Death by Drowning, All the King's Men, The Other Man; 1969-73), The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (Anonymous Letters), Spyder's Web (Spyder Secures a Main Strand, Life at a Price, Ladies and Dolls, An almost Modern Man, 1972; +p), Van der Valk (One Herring's Not Enough).

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