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Schlesinger, John (1926-2003)
 

Film & TV credits


Film Credits
 
BLACK LEGEND1948director / producer
THE STARFISH1950script / photography
SINGLE HANDEDUS / UK, 1953German guard (uncredited)
THE DIVIDED HEART1954ticket collector
OH... ROSALINDA!!1955gentleman
THE FACE OF LONDON: Sunday in the Park1955director / producer / photography
BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE1956German officer (uncredited)
BROTHERS IN LAW1956assize court solicitor
MOUSETRAP IS OUT!1956assistant director
THE LAST MAN TO HANG?1956Dr Goldfinger
STORMY CROSSING1958Ted, a mechanic
TERMINUS1961director / screenplay
A KIND OF LOVING1962director
BILLY LIAR1963director / officer in dream
DARLING1965director / original idea / theatre director (uncredited)
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWDUS / UK, 1967director
ISRAELI1967director
MIDNIGHT COWBOYUS, 1969director
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY1971director
VISIONS OF EIGHT: The LongestUS, 1973director / screenplay
THE DAY OF THE LOCUSTUS, 1975director
MARATHON MANUS, 1976director
YANKS1979director
HONKY TONK FREEWAYUS, 1981director
THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMANUS, 1985director
THE BELIEVERSUS, 1987director / producer
MADAME SOUSATZKA1988director / screenplay
PACIFIC HEIGHTSUS, 1990director
THE INNOCENTUK / Germany, 1993director
THE CELLULOID CLOSETUS / UK / Germany, 1995on-screen participant
AN EYE FOR AN EYEUS, 1996director
THE NEXT BEST THINGUS, 2000director
 
Television Credits
 
AS YOU LIKE ITBBC tx 15/3/1953Amiens
WILL SHAKESPEAREBBC tx 24/5/1953drunkard / Macduff
COLONEL MARCH OF SCOTLAND YARD: Death and the Other MonkeyABC (US) tx 1/11/1954; ITV tx 27/6/1956Dutch cook
THE VISE: The Death MaskABC (US) tx 16/9/1955; ITV tx 22/1/1960Daniel Morraine
AS I WAS SAYING: A Deal in DivingBBC tx 1/10/1955cast member
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD: The Haunted MillITV tx 4/11/1956Hale
THE BUCCANEERS: The Surgeon of Sangre RojoITV tx 21/11/1956Pigtail
ASSIGNMENT FOREIGN LEGION: A Pony for Joe Crazy HorseITV tx 18/1/1957Corporal Schneider
TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE: Million Dollar SmileITV tx 1/3/1957head porter
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD: The DowryITV tx 10/3/1957Alan-a-Dale
THE GROVE FAMILY: Business As UsualBBC tx 13/3/1957Mr Gribble
A WOMAN OF PROPERTYBBC tx 2/5/1957Charles Reade
ARMCHAIR THEATRE: Now Let Him GoITV tx 15/9/1957Ticket inspector
TONIGHT: Song of the ValleyBBC tx 1/11/1957director
MONITOR: CircusBBC tx 2/2/1958director / camera operator
MONITOR: Paris - The Left BankBBC tx 2/3/1958director
MONITOR: Italian Opera CompanyBBC tx 30/3/1958director
MONITOR: Brussels ExhibitionBBC tx 27/4/1958director
IVANHOE: The Masked BanditITV tx 6/5/1958Jack Ludlow
MONITOR: Cannes Film FestivalBBC tx 25/5/1958director
MONITOR: Benjamin BrittenBBC tx 22/6/1958director
MONITOR: British Students OrchestraBBC tx 20/7/1958director
MONITOR: On the PierBBC tx 20/7/1958director
MONITOR: Backstage at the RepBBC tx 28/9/1958director
MONITOR: The Innocent EyeBBC tx 9/11/1958director
MONITOR: Georges SimenonBBC tx 18/1/1959director
MONITOR: Hi-Fi-Fo-FumBBC tx 12/4/1959director
MONITOR: Private ViewBBC tx 8/5/1960director
DANGER MAN: Time To KillITV tx 18/9/1960second unit director
DANGER MAN: The Journey Ends HalfwayITV tx 12/3/1961second unit director
MONITOR: The ClassBBC tx 9/4/1961director
YANKS: John Schlesinger InterviewABC (US) tx 18/9/1979interviewee
FOOD, WINE AND FRIENDSITV tx 4/2/1980on-screen participant
THE BRITISH GREATS: Peter FinchBBC1 tx 30/7/1980on-screen participant
CHAOS SUPERSEDES ENSAITV tx 27/8/1980on-screen participant
THIS IS YOUR LIFE: John SchlesingerITV tx 19/11/1980subject of programme / on-screen participant
TALES OF HOFFMANNBBC2 tx 2/1/1981stage director
HONKY TONK FREEWAY: John Schlesinger InterviewNBC (US) tx 10/1/1981interviewee
CLAPPERBOARDITV tx 10/10/1981interviewee
SEPARATE TABLESHBO (US) tx 3/1983; ITV tx 2/1/1984director
AN ENGLISHMAN ABROADBBC1 tx 29/11/1983director
OMNIBUS: Huw Wheldon - By His FriendsBBC1 tx 11/4/1986on-screen participant
SHOWBIZ TODAY: The BelieversCNN (US) tx 2/9/1986interviewee
FILM 88BBC1 tx 22/3/1988interviewee
CORAL BROWNE - CAVIAR TO THE GENERALChannel 4 tx 23/12/1990interviewee
SCREEN ONE: A Question of AttributionBBC1 tx 20/10/1991director
SCREEN TWO: The Lost Language of CranesBBC2 tx 9/2/1992Derek Moulthorp
FACE TO FACE: John SchlesingerBBC2 tx 8/2/1993subject of programme / interviewee
HOLLYWOOD U.K. - BRITISH CINEMA IN THE SIXTIES: Northern LightsBBC2 tx 5/9/1993interviewee
HOLLYWOOD U.K. - BRITISH CINEMA IN THE SIXTIES: Making It In LondonBBC2 tx 12/9/1993interviewee
THE LITTLE PICTURE SHOWITV tx 4/7/1994interviewee
MIDNIGHT COWBOY INTRODUCED BY JOHN SCHLESINGERBBC2 tx 9/9/1994presenter
COLD COMFORT FARMBBC1 tx 1/1/1995director
THE LITTLE PICTURE SHOWITV tx 15/2/1995interviewee
PLACIDO DOMINGO - A MUSICAL LIFEITV tx 16/4/1995on-screen participant
CLOSE UP: John SchlesingerBBC2 tx 22/4/1995on-screen participant
THE TALE OF SWEENEY TODDShowtime (US) tx 19/4/1998; Sky Movies tx 30/8/1998director
REPUTATIONS: Kenneth Williams - Seriously OutrageousBBC2 tx 25/5/1998on-screen participant
REEL RADICALS: THE 60s REVOLUTION IN FILMAmerican Movie Classics (US) tx 2/4/2002on-screen participant
 
Advertising Credits
 
KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES1966director
LACK CIGARETTES: Boat EscapeUS, 1989director
CONSERVATIVE PARTY ELECTION BROADCASTtx 18/3/1992director
 
Music Video Credits
 
PAUL McCARTNEY: Little Willow1997director
 
Home Movies
 
VENICE1946director
SWITZERLAND1948director
NEW ZEALAND1950director
SALZBURG1953director
BAVARIA1954director
BULL FIGHT1956director
 
Other Credits
 
FILM TRAINING: JOHN SCHLESINGER1970subject of film
THE MAGIC OF HOLLYWOOD... IS THE MAGIC OF PEOPLEUS, 1976on-screen participant
CITY LIGHTSUS, 1979interviewee
WALDO SALT: A SCREENWRITER'S JOURNEYUS, 1991interviewee
MIDNIGHT COWBOY REVISITEDUS, 1994on-screen participant