Alvin Rakoff
Directing
Born: 1927-02-18 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Alvin Rakoff is a Canadian television, stage, and film director, who has spent the bulk of his career in England and directed more than 100 television plays, as well as a dozen feature films and numerous stage productions.
🎬 Movies (30)

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
Self

A Haunting Harmony
1993
Director

The Best of Friends
1991
Director

Gas and Candles
1991
Director
Paradise Postponed
1986
Director

A Voyage Round My Father
1984
Director

A Talent for Murder
1983
Director

Fireworks for Elspeth
1983
Director
Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson
1983
Director
The Breadwinner
1982
Director

Dirty Tricks
1981
Director
The Quiet Days of Mrs. Stafford
1981
Director

Death Ship
1980
Director

City on Fire
1979
Director

King Solomon's Treasure
1979
Director

Romeo and Juliet
1978
Director

Three Dangerous Ladies
1977
Director

The Kitchen
1977
Director

The Dame of Sark
1976
Director
Mrs. Amworth
1975
Director
Husband to Mrs. Fitzherbert
1975
Director

The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
Director

Say Hello to Yesterday
1971
Director

Hoffman
1970
Director

Crossplot
1969
Director
Call Me Daddy
1967
Director

The Comedy Man
1964
Director

Heart to Heart
1962
Director

On Friday at Eleven
1961
Director

The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
Director
📺 TV Shows (21)

A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
Director

The Play on One
1988
Director

The First Olympics: Athens 1896
1984
Director

Number 10
1983
Director
All for Love
1982
Director

The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Director

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Director
Killers
1976
Director
Private Affairs
1975
Director

Shades of Greene
1975
Director

Churchill's People
1974
Director

The Sextet
1972
Director

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Director

ITV Playhouse
1967
Director

BBC Play of the Month
1965
Director

Theatre 625
1964
Director

The Saint
1962
Director
Studio 4
1962
Producer

Armchair Theatre
1956
Director

ITV Play of the Week
1955
Director

Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Director