Showing posts with label Alvin Rakoff. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 6, 2025

Born on this day – Alvin Rakoff:


Alvin Rakoff


Director

Producer

Writer

February 6, 1927 – October 12, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Baldwin Street: A novel (2007); Baldwin Street: Roman (2002); I'm Just The Guy Who Says Action: BY THE DIRECTOR WHO GAVE SEAN CONNERY & OTHERS THAT FIRST BIG BREAK (2021); The Seven Einsteins (2013).

Movies and television:

A Dance to the Music of Time (1997); A Flight of Fancy (1952); A Haunting Harmony (1993); A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (1971); A Place of Execution (1953); A Quiet Game of Cards (1962); A Talent for Murder (1984); A Voyage Round My Father (1982); All for Love (1983); Armchair Theatre (1958–1967); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2023); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957–1959); BBC2 Play of the Week (1977); Blood Money (1957); Brits Go to Hollywood (2003); Call Me Daddy (1967); Canada Day (1955); Churchill's People (1975); City on Fire (1979); Court Martial (1965–1966); Crossplot (1969); Death Ship (1980); Dial 999 (1958–1959); Dirty Tricks (1980); For the Defence (1956); Hoffman (1970); Hot Money Girl (1959); Hudson's Bay (1959); In Praise of Love (1976); ITV Play of the Week (1961–1967); ITV Playhouse (1968–1982); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972–1973); ITV Sunday Night Drama (1976); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1961); Jacqueline Hill: A Life in Pictures (2011); Killers (1976); King Solomon's Treasure (1979); Late Night Drama (1974); Meet Me on the Southbank (2013); Molly (1993); Money-Go-Round (1967); Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983); Mrs. Amworth (1978); No Man's Land (1956); Number 10 (1983); Panorama (1974); Paradise Postponed (1986); Performance (1975); Private Affairs (1975); Room 43 (1958); Rooms (1974); Sam Saturday (1992); Say Hello to Yesterday (1971); Sean Connery: An Intimate Portrait (1997); Shades of Greene (1975); She Stoops to Conquer (1973); Stormy Seas: The Voyage from Bloodstar to Death Ship (2007); Strange Relationship: Alvin Rackoff on Hoffman (2022); Strictly Personal (1953); Studio 4 (1962); Summer Playhouse (1967); Television Playwright (1959); The Anniversary (1968); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978); The Best of Friends (1991); The Comedy Man (1964); The Condemned (1956); The Dame of Sark (1976); The Emperor Jones (1953); The Face of Love (1954); The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984); The Hole in the Wall (1955); The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart (1962); The Lover (1954); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The Play on One (1991); The Promise (1977); The Ransom of Red Chief (1959); The Saint (1969); The Saint Steps in... To Colour (2006); The Saint Steps in... to Television (2006); The Sextet (1972); The Teckman Biography (1953–1954); The World in My Pocket (1961); Theatre 625 (1964); Three Dangerous Ladies (1977); Three Empty Rooms (1955); Tyrant's Tower (1954); Willie the Squouse (1954); Z Cars (1962).