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Alvin Rakoff
Known for directing · Born 18 February 1927 · 99 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
57 credits
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.
Known for
Death Ship
1980
The Saint
1962
City on Fire
1979
Armchair Theatre
1956
Crossplot
1969
Hoffman
1970
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
Hudson's Bay
Hudson's Bay
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The First Olympics: Athens 1896
1984
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Passport to Shame
1958
Theatre 625
1964
Acting (1)
1998Intimate Portrait: Sean ConnerySelfFilm
Directing (52)
1993A Haunting HarmonyDirectorFilm
1992Sam SaturdayDirectorSeries
1991The Best of FriendsDirectorFilm
1991Gas and CandlesDirectorFilm
1988The Play on OneDirectorSeries
1986Paradise PostponedDirectorFilm
1984The First Olympics: Athens 1896DirectorSeries
1984A Voyage Round My FatherDirectorFilm
1983A Talent for MurderDirectorFilm
1983Mr. Halpern and Mr. JohnsonDirectorFilm
1983Number 10DirectorSeries
1983Fireworks for ElspethDirectorFilm
1982All for LoveDirectorSeries
1982The BreadwinnerDirectorFilm
1981Dirty TricksDirectorFilm
1981The Quiet Days of Mrs. StaffordDirectorFilm
1980Death ShipDirectorFilm
1979City on FireDirectorFilm
1979King Solomon's TreasureDirector, ProducerFilm
1978Romeo and JulietDirectorFilm
1978The BBC Television ShakespeareDirectorSeries
1977Three Dangerous LadiesDirectorFilm
1977BBC2 Play of the WeekDirectorSeries
1977The KitchenDirectorFilm
1976The Dame of SarkDirectorFilm
1976KillersDirectorSeries
1975Mrs. AmworthDirectorFilm
1975Shades of GreeneDirectorSeries
1975Husband to Mrs. FitzherbertDirectorFilm
1975Private AffairsDirectorSeries
1973The Adventures Of Don QuixoteDirectorFilm
1972The SextetDirectorSeries
1971Say Hello to YesterdayDirector, WriterFilm
1971Stage 2DirectorSeries
1970HoffmanDirectorFilm
1969CrossplotDirectorFilm
1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreDirector, WriterSeries
1967ITV PlayhouseDirectorSeries
1967Call Me DaddyDirectorFilm
1965BBC Play of the MonthDirectorSeries
1964The Comedy ManDirectorFilm
1964Theatre 625DirectorSeries
1962The SaintDirectorSeries
1962Heart to HeartDirector, ProducerFilm
1961An einem Freitag um halb zwölfDirectorFilm
1959The Treasure of San TeresaDirectorFilm
1959The Ransom of Red ChiefDirectorFilm
1958Passport to ShameDirectorFilm
1958The Caine Mutiny Court-MartialDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1956Armchair TheatreDirectorSeries
1955ITV Play of the WeekDirectorSeries
1950Sunday Night TheatreDirectorSeries
Production (3)
1997A Dance to the Music of TimeProducer, DirectorSeries
1962Studio 4ProducerSeries
—Hudson's BayProducerSeries
Writing (1)
1974Churchill's PeopleWriter, DirectorSeries