- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 28, 1930
- Place of Birth
- London, UK
- Died
- December 22, 2016
Philip Saville
Philip Saville (sometimes credited as Philip Savile, born 28 October 1930, London) is a British actor who turned to television direction and screenwriting in the late 1950s. During the 1960s he directed several important television plays, such as Harold Pinter's A Night Out (1960) for ABC's Armchair Theatre anthology series, and the lost Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) for the BBC. The later production became famous as the first acting appearance of the American folk singer Bob Dylan, whom Saville had flown over to the UK specifically to take part in the play. Other notable programmes on which Saville worked included Out of the Unknown (1965) and the Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) for which Saville received a BAFTA to add to his earlier BAFTA for Hamlet. In film Saville directed The Fruit Machine (1988, released as Wonderland in the USA), Metroland (1997) and The Gospel of John (200…
Filmography
movieReturn of the Unknown
2014
movieDiscovering Hamlet
2011 · Director
moviePinter's Progress
2009 · Director
movieThe Gospel of John
2003 · Director
tvHans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002 · Director
movieThe Biographer
2002 · Director
tvMy Uncle Silas
2001 · Director
movieLittle White Lies
1998 · Director
movieMetroland
1997 · Director
movieDeacon Brodie
1997 · Director
tvThe Buccaneers
1995 · Director, Producer
movieWall of Silence
1993 · Director
tvFamily Pictures
1993 · Director
movieAngels
1992 · Director
movieThe Cloning of Joanna May
1992 · Director
tvThe Cloning of Joanna May
1992 · Director
movieCrash: The Mystery of Flight 1501
1990 · Director
movieMax and Helen
1990 · Director
movieFellow Traveller
1989 · Director
tvScreen One
1989 · Director
movieThe Fruit Machine
1988 · Director
movieFirst Born
1988 · Director
tvFirst Born
1988 · Director
movieMandela
1987 · Director
tvThe Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986 · Director
movieShadey
1985 · Director
tvScreen Two
1985 · Director
movieThose Glory Glory Days
1983 · Director
tvBoys from the Blackstuff
1982 · Director
movieThe Journal of Bridget Hitler
1981 · Self, Writer, Director
movieDesign for Living
1979 · Director
Sam's Song
movieSam's Song
1979 · Director
movieRotten
1978 · Director
movieCount Dracula
1977 · Director
tvCount Dracula
1977 · Director
Cork and Bottle
movieCork and Bottle
1977 · Director
The Velvet Glove
tvThe Velvet Glove
1977 · Director
movieMeriel the Ghost Girl
1976 · Director
movieShuttlecock
1976 · Director
tvPlays for Britain
1976 · Director
movieMoss
1975 · Director
tvShades of Greene
1975 · Director
A Dream of Living
movieA Dream of Living
1975 · Director
Private Affairs
tvPrivate Affairs
1975 · Director
movieGangsters
1975 · Director
tvChurchill's People
1974 · Director
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Director, Teleplay
movieThe Actual Woman
1974 · Director
Second City Firsts
tvSecond City Firsts
1973 · Director
tvOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · Director
movieAccess to the Children
1973 · Director
movieThe Creditors
1972 · Writer, Director
movieIn the Beautiful Caribbean
1972 · Director
movieO Fat White Woman
1971 · Director
movieSecrets
1971 · Director, Story
movieThe Fox Trot
1971 · Director
movieThe Rainbirds
1971 · Director
movieThe Long Distance Piano Player
1970 · Director
tvPlay for Today
1970 · Director
movieThe Best House in London
1969 · Director
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Director
movieOedipus the King
1968 · Screenplay, Director
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Director
movieThe Machine Stops
1966 · Director
movieExit 19
1966 · Writer, Director
movieStop the World: I Want to Get Off
1966 · Director
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Director
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Director
tvOut of the Unknown
1965 · Director
The Logic Game
movieThe Logic Game
1965 · Director, Writer
Six
tvSix
1964 · Director, Writer
movieIn Camera
1964 · Director, Writer
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Adaptation, Director
movieHamlet at Elsinore
1964 · Director
Prisoner and Escort
moviePrisoner and Escort
1964 · Director
movieLiving Image
1963 · Director
The Paradise Suite
movieThe Paradise Suite
1963 · Director
movieThe Madhouse on Castle Street
1963 · Director, Producer
movieAfternoon of a Nymph
1962 · Director
movieNight Conspirators
1962 · Director
Armchair Mystery Theatre
tvArmchair Mystery Theatre
1960 · Director
movieA Night Out
1960 · Director
An Honourable Murder
movieAn Honourable Murder
1960 · Mark Anthony
movieThe Great Van Robbery
1959 · Chase
movieThree Crooked Men
1958 · Seppy
On the Run
movieOn the Run
1958 · Driscoll
movieThe Betrayal
1957 · Bartel
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
movieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1956 · Director, Producer
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Director, Writer
movieContraband Spain
1955 · Martin Scott
movieBang! You're Dead
1954 · Ben Jones
The Night of the Full Moon
movieThe Night of the Full Moon
1954 · Dale Merritt
movieThe Mirror and Markheim
1954 · Markheim
movieThe Straw Man
1953 · Link Hunter
movieMurder at 3am
1953 · Edward "Teddy" King / Jim King
movieA Piece of Cake
1948 · Dinner Guest
movieThe Blind Goddess
1948 · Mainwaring's Junior
movieTo the Public Danger
1948 · Man in pub watching billiards game (uncredited)
moviePenny and the Pownall Case
1948 · Slim, Police Car Driver