Tom Clegg (director)
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British television and film director
This article is about the British director. For the British actor, see Tom Clegg (actor).
Tom Clegg | |
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| Born | Thomas Harrison Clegg 16 October 1934 Lancashire, England |
| Died | 24 July 2016 (81) |
Thomas Harrison Clegg (16 October 1934 – 24 July 2016)[1] was a British television and film director. He was known as an action director,[2] responsible for many episodes of The Sweeney , its cinema version Sweeney 2 (1978), and Sharpe . Between 1952 and 1954, he performed national service in the Royal Air Force.[3]
Selected filmography
[edit ]Television
• Scotland Yard: The Stateless Man (1955) as Fenton
- Special Branch (1973–74)
- Space: 1999 (1975–77)
- The Sweeney (1975–78)
- A Captain's Tale (1982)
- Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989 and 1990)
- Sharpe (1993-2008)
- Bravo Two Zero (1999)
- Adventure Inc. (2002-2003)
- Rosemary & Thyme (2003)
Film
- Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1970)
- Sweeney 2 (1978)
- McVicar (1980)
- G'olé! (1983)
- The Inside Man (1984)
- Any Man's Death (1990)
References
[edit ]- ^ PS (25 July 2016). "RIP director Tom Clegg". Sci-Fi Bulletin. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ "Tom Clegg". The Times . 15 November 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "Tom Clegg, director of The Sweeney – obituary". Telegraph Online. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2022.