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Gordon William Flemyng (7 March 1934 – 12 July 1995) was a Scottish director, producer and writer. He directed six theatrical features, several
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and numerous episodes of television series, some of which he also wrote and produced.


Career

Flemyng directed episodes of various
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television series, including ''The Younger Generation'', ''
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'', '' The Baron'', ''
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'', '' Take My Wife'', ''
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'', ''The Brack Report'', ''
One Summer ''One Summer'' is a 1983 British television drama serial written by Willy Russell and directed by Gordon Flemyng. It stars David Morrissey and Spencer Leigh as two 16-year-old Liverpool boys from broken homes who escape from their grim lives ...
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Wish Me Luck ''Wish Me Luck'' is a British television drama about the exploits of civilian women who became undercover agents in Occupied France during the Second World War. The series was made by London Weekend Television for the ITV network between 17 Ja ...
'', ''
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'', '' Bergerac'', ''
Taggart ''Taggart'' is a Scottish detective fiction television programme created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. It originally ran as the miniseries ''Killer'' from 6 until 20 Septe ...
'', ''
Peak Practice ''Peak Practice'' is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton ...
'', ''
Lovejoy ''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery fiction, mystery series, based on the Lovejoy (novel series), novels by John Grant (Lovejoy), John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six ser ...
'', ''
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'' and ''Ellington'' (also produced). Flemyng directed two entries in ''
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'' (US: ''The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre'') series of second features and the two
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feature films of the 1960s, ''
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'' (1965) and '' Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'' (1966). Two episodes of '' The Baron'' that he directed were put together as a 1966 feature film entitled ''Mystery Island'' and released in some markets. Flemyng directed a Hollywood film with an all-star cast, '' The Split'', released in 1968, a crime drama with
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and
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, based on a novel by
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. He also directed the British war film ''
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'' (1970). His other credits include ''Saki'' (miniseries); ' (West German miniseries); ''Philby, Burgess and Maclean'' (TV); ''Flight Into Hell''; ''Cloud Waltzing'' (TV), ''Marty Abroad'' (1971 - TV, produced only) and ''
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'' (1989 - TV, also produced).


Personal life

Flemyng was a native of
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and the father of actor
Jason Flemyng Jason Iain Flemyng''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 25 September 1966) is an English actor. He is known for his work with British filmmakers Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughn appearing in ...
. He died in
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at the age of 61.


Selected filmography

* ''
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''/''The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre'' ** ''
Solo for Sparrow ''Solo for Sparrow'' is a 1962 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Gordon Flemyng and starring Glyn Houston, Anthony Newlands and Nadja Regin, with Michael Caine in an early supporting role. It was written by Roger Marshall based ...
'' (1962) ** ''
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'' (1963) * '' Just for Fun'' (1963) * ''
Dr. Who and the Daleks ''Dr. Who and the Daleks'' is a 1965 British science fiction film directed by Gordon Flemyng and written by Milton Subotsky, and the first of two films based on the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It stars Peter Cushin ...
'' (1965) * '' The Baron'' (1966) ** ''
Mystery Island ''Mystery Island'' is a live-action science fiction adventure television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that originally aired as a segment on ''The Skatebirds'' from September 10, 1977, to January 21, 1978, on CBS. In the fall of 1 ...
'' (1966) * '' Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'' (1966) * '' Great Catherine'' (1968) * '' The Split'' (1968) * ''
The Last Grenade ''The Last Grenade'' is a 1970 British war film directed by Gordon Flemyng and starring Stanley Baker and Alex Cord as two soldiers of fortune, formerly comrades, who now find themselves on opposite sides. The cast also includes Richard Attenb ...
'' (1970) * ''
Flight into Hell ''Flight into Hell'' is a 1985 television miniseries about German pilot Hans Bertram and his co-pilot who go missing in 1932, based on Bertram's book of the same name, and in what was also known as 1932 Kimberley rescue.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Aust ...
'' (1985)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flemyng, Gordon 1934 births 1995 deaths Mass media people from Glasgow Scottish film directors Scottish television directors Scottish television producers