Tom Clegg (director)
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.
In March 2014, Tom joined actress Georgina Hale as very special guests at a 43tv Retro TV Sweeney Meet in Hammersmith, London. Both Tom & Georgina gave an after dinner talk about their careers in TV & Film, and in particular The Sweeney.
Selected filmography[]
Television
- 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)
- (1984)
- Any Man's Death (1990)
References[]
- ^ PS (July 25, 2016). "RIP director Tom Clegg". Sci-Fi Bulletin. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ "Tom Clegg". The Times. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2016 deaths
- Action film directors
- British film directors
- British television directors
- People from Lancashire (before 1974)
- British film director stubs