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Philip Saville

Philip Saville

Known For Directing
Birthday Oct 28, 1930
Died Dec 22, 2016 (86)
Birthplace London, UK
Popularity 4 (history)
Updated Jun 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Armchai ... r 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 (2003). Saville has been called one of the UK's top 100 directors of all time. He is active in film and television as of 2006, and has a masterclass studio in London specializing in dramatic improvisation. Philip Saville has recently completed a special documentary on Harold Pinter Pinter's Progress for Sundance international television channels and UK's Sky Arts. Saville is currently developing further arts programming with Sundance and British TV company 3DD Productions including Discovering Hamlet now in production. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nina Axelrod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

An Honourable Murder

An Honourable Murder

1960

as Mark Anthony

The Great Van Robbery

The Great Van Robbery

1959

as Chase

Three Crooked Men

Three Crooked Men

1958

as Seppy

The Betrayal

The Betrayal

1957

as Bartel

Contraband Spain

Contraband Spain

1955

as Martin Scott

The Mirror and Markheim

The Mirror and Markheim

1954

as Markheim

Bang! You're Dead

Bang! You're Dead

1954

as Ben Jones

Murder at 3am

Murder at 3am

1953

as Edward "Teddy" King / Jim King

The Straw Man

The Straw Man

1953

as Link Hunter

A Piece of Cake

A Piece of Cake

1948

as Dinner Guest

Penny and the Pownall Case

Penny and the Pownall Case

1948

as Slim, Police Car Driver

To the Public Danger

To the Public Danger

1948

as Man in pub watching billiards game (uncredited)

The Blind Goddess

The Blind Goddess

1948

as Mainwaring's Junior

Secrets

Secrets

1971

Story

Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King

1968

Screenplay

Exit 19

Exit 19

1966

Writer

The Logic Game

The Logic Game

1965

Writer

In Camera

In Camera

1964

Writer

Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

2011

Director

Pinter's Progress

Pinter's Progress

2009

Director

The Gospel of John

The Gospel of John

2003

Director

The Biographer

The Biographer

2002

Director

Little White Lies

Little White Lies

1998

Director

Metroland

Metroland

1997

Director

Deacon Brodie

Deacon Brodie

1997

Director

Family Pictures

Family Pictures

1993

Director

Wall of Silence

Wall of Silence

1993

Director

Angels

Angels

1992

Director

Max and Helen

Max and Helen

1990

Director

Fellow Traveller

Fellow Traveller

1989

Director

The Fruit Machine

The Fruit Machine

1988

Director

First Born

First Born

1988

Director

Mandela

Mandela

1987

Director

Shadey

Shadey

1985

Director

Those Glory Glory Days

Those Glory Glory Days

1983

Director

Design for Living

Design for Living

1979

Director

Count Dracula

Count Dracula

1977

Director

Cork and Bottle

Cork and Bottle

1977

Director

Meriel the Ghost Girl

Meriel the Ghost Girl

1976

Director

Shuttlecock

Shuttlecock

1976

Director

Gangsters

Gangsters

1975

Director

Moss

Moss

1975

Director

A Dream of Living

A Dream of Living

1975

Director

Access to the Children

Access to the Children

1973

Director

Secrets

Secrets

1971

Director

The Rainbirds

The Rainbirds

1971

Director

The Fox Trot

The Fox Trot

1971

Director

O Fat White Woman

O Fat White Woman

1971

Director

The Best House in London

The Best House in London

1969

Director

Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King

1968

Director

Exit 19

Exit 19

1966

Director

The Machine Stops

The Machine Stops

1966

Director

The Logic Game

The Logic Game

1965

Director

Hamlet at Elsinore

Hamlet at Elsinore

1964

Director

In Camera

In Camera

1964

Director

Prisoner and Escort

Prisoner and Escort

1964

Director

Living Image

Living Image

1963

Director

The Paradise Suite

The Paradise Suite

1963

Director

Afternoon of a Nymph

Afternoon of a Nymph

1962

Director

A Night Out

A Night Out

1960

Director

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