Philip Saville

Known for: Directing
Born: October 28, 1930, London, UK
Died: December 22, 2016
Movies: 70

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.5

The Gospel of John

2003

5.8

Metroland

1998

7.0

Count Dracula

1977

5.9

The Fruit Machine

1988

4.5

Secrets

1971

6.2

To the Public Danger

1948

6.5

Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501

1990

4.0

The Best House in London

1969

5.3

Those Glory Glory Days

1983

6.2

Contraband Spain

1955

Filmography

2014	Return of the Unknown
1981	The Journal of Bridget Hitler	Self
1960	An Honourable Murder	Mark Anthony
1959	The Great Van Robbery	Chase
1958	Three Crooked Men	Seppy
1958	On the Run	Driscoll
1957	The Betrayal	Bartel
1955	Contraband Spain	Martin Scott
1954	Bang! You're Dead	Ben Jones
1954	The Night of the Full Moon	Dale Merritt
1954	The Mirror and Markheim	Markheim
1953	The Straw Man	Link Hunter
1953	Murder at 3am	Edward "Teddy" King / Jim King
1948	A Piece of Cake	Dinner Guest
1948	The Blind Goddess	Mainwaring's Junior
1948	To the Public Danger	Man in pub watching billiards game (uncredited)
1948	Penny and the Pownall Case	Slim, Police Car Driver

Directing, Writing & Producing

2011	Discovering Hamlet	Director
2009	Pinter's Progress	Director
2003	The Gospel of John	Director
2002	The Biographer	Director
1998	Metroland	Director
1998	Little White Lies	Director
1997	Deacon Brodie	Director
1993	Wall of Silence	Director
1992	Angels	Director
1990	Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501	Director
1990	Max and Helen	Director
1989	Fellow Traveller	Director
1988	The Fruit Machine	Director
1988	First Born	Director
1987	Mandela	Director
1985	Shadey	Director
1983	Those Glory Glory Days	Director
1981	The Journal of Bridget Hitler	Director, Writer
1979	Design for Living	Director
1979	Sam's Song	Director
1978	Rotten	Director
1977	Count Dracula	Director
1977	Cork and Bottle	Director
1976	Meriel the Ghost Girl	Director
1976	Shuttlecock	Director
1975	Moss	Director
1975	A Dream of Living	Director
1975	Gangsters	Director
1974	The Actual Woman	Director
1973	Access to the Children	Director
1972	The Creditors	Writer, Director
1972	In the Beautiful Caribbean	Director
1971	O Fat White Woman	Director
1971	Secrets	Director
1971	The Fox Trot	Director
1971	The Rainbirds	Director
1970	The Long Distance Piano Player	Director
1969	The Best House in London	Director
1968	Oedipus the King	Screenplay, Director
1966	The Machine Stops	Director
1966	Exit 19	Writer, Director
1966	Stop the World — I Want to Get Off	Director
1965	The Logic Game	Director, Writer
1964	In Camera	Writer, Director
1964	Hamlet at Elsinore	Director
1964	Prisoner and Escort	Director
1963	Living Image	Director
1963	The Paradise Suite	Director
1963	The Madhouse on Castle Street	Director, Producer
1962	Afternoon of a Nymph	Director
1962	Night Conspirators	Director
1960	A Night Out	Director
1956	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Producer, Director

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