Philip Saville
Directing
Born: 1930-10-28 · London, UK
Died: 2016-12-22
Biography
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 Sav
🎬 Movies (30)
Return of the Unknown
2014
Discovering Hamlet
2011
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Pinter's Progress
2009
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The Gospel of John
2003
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The Biographer
2002
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Little White Lies
1998
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Metroland
1997
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Deacon Brodie
1997
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Wall of Silence
1993
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The Cloning of Joanna May
1992
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Angels
1992
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Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501
1990
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Max and Helen
1990
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Fellow Traveller
1989
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The Fruit Machine
1988
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First Born
1988
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Mandela
1987
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Shadey
1985
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Those Glory Glory Days
1983
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The Journal of Bridget Hitler
1981
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Design for Living
1979
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Sam's Song
1979
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Rotten
1978
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Count Dracula
1977
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Cork and Bottle
1977
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Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976
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Shuttlecock
1976
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Gangsters
1975
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A Dream of Living
1975
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Moss
1975
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📺 TV Shows (27)
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002
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My Uncle Silas
2001
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The Buccaneers
1995
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Family Pictures
1993
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Screen One
1989
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First Born
1988
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The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986
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Screen Two
1985
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Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
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Count Dracula
1977
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The Velvet Glove
1977
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Plays for Britain
1976
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Private Affairs
1975
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Shades of Greene
1975
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Playhouse
1974
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Churchill's People
1974
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Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
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Second City Firsts
1973
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Play for Today
1970
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ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
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ITV Playhouse
1967
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Out of the Unknown
1965
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BBC Play of the Month
1965
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The Wednesday Play
1964
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Six
1964
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Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
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Armchair Theatre
1956
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