John Jacobs

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American Playhouse Director

(1986-1988)

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Director

(1955-1959)

ITV Sunday Night Drama Director

(1965-1976)

Angel Pavement Director

(1957-1958)

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Director (26 credits)

1986-1988 American Playhouse (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Big Knife (1988)

- Rocket to the Moon (1986)

1987 The Honey Siege (TV Series) (7 episodes)

- Victory! (1987)

- The Battering Ram (1987)

- Ghosts (1987)

- Defiance (1987)

- The Disappearance (1987)

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1987 Worlds Beyond (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- The Black Tomb (1987)

- The Haunted Garden (1987)

- The Barrington Case (1987)

- Captain Randolph (1987)

1981-1984 Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) (6 episodes)

- The Reconciliation (1984)

- The Vorpal Blade (1983)

- Decoy (1982)

- Run, Rabbit, Run (1982)

- Completely Foolproof (1981)

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1983 The Forgotten Story (TV Series) (6 episodes)

- Episode #1.6 (1983)

- Episode #1.5 (1983)

- Episode #1.4 (1983)

- Episode #1.3 (1983)

- Episode #1.2 (1983)

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1976 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Enemy (1976)

1975 Lloyd George Knew My Father (TV Movie)

1975 Goose with Pepper (TV Movie)

1974 The Compliment (TV Movie)

1967-1974 ITV Playhouse (TV Series) (14 episodes)

- Love Affair (1974)

- Weekend Guest (1974)

- The Greeks and Their Gifts (1972)

- The Grass Widows (1971)

- The Switch (1971)

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1972 A Man Without Friends (TV Movie)

1969-1972 ITV Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) (10 episodes)

- Ted (1972)

- Madly in Love (1972)

- Who Killed Santa Claus (1971)

- Man and Boy (1971)

- Arms and the Man (1971)

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1964-1967 ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) (13 episodes)

- ITV Summer Playhouse #1: The Sleeping Partner (1967)

- Little Moon of Alban (1967)

- Person Unknown (1967)

- The Crossfire (1967)

- The New Men (1966)

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1963-1964 First Night (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- The Improbable Mr. Claybill (1964)

- The Happy Ones (1964)

- Stray Cats and Empty Bottles (1964)

- Funny Noises with Their Mouths (1963)

1963 Festival (TV Series) (1 episode)

- I Want to Go Home (1963)

1960-1963 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- The Joker (1963)

- Twentieth Century Theatre: The Assassin (1960) ... (uncredited)

- Twentieth Century Theatre: Journey's End (1960) ... (uncredited)

1962 Zero One (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Stoneface (1962)

1962 Corrigan Blake (TV Series) (1 episode)

- You Can't Win Them All (1962)

1961 The Interrogator (TV Movie) (uncredited)

1961 The Hunted (TV Movie)

1959 Never Die (TV Movie) (uncredited)

1955-1958 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Home Is the Hero (1958)

- Morning Star (1956) ... (uncredited)

- Twilight of a Warrior (1956)

- A Dream of Treason (1955)

1958 Television World Theatre (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Strange Interlude: Part 2 (1958)

- Strange Interlude: Part 1 (1958)

1957 Angel Pavement (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Episode #1.1 (1957)

1956 The Alien Sky (TV Movie)

1955 The Case of Mr. Pelham (TV Movie)

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Producer (34 credits)

1977 The Promise (TV Movie) (producer)

1976 Can You Keep a Secret (TV Movie) (producer)

1976 The Fortune Hunters (TV Movie) (producer)

1965-1976 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV Series) (producer - 2 episodes)

- The Nicest Man in the World (1976) ... (producer)

- The Paper Man (1965) ... (producer)

1975 The Prodigal Daughter (TV Movie) (producer)

1974 Fallen Angels (TV Movie) (producer)

1974 Intent to Murder (TV Movie) (producer)

1973 The Man in the Wood (TV Movie) (producer)

1973 Fixation (TV Movie) (producer)

1973 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (TV Series) (producer - 2 episodes)

- The Inspiration of Mr. Budd (1973) ... (producer)

- A Terribly Strange Bed (1973) ... (producer)

1969-1973 ITV Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) (producer - 8 episodes)

- The Intruders (1973) ... (producer)

- Harlequinade (1973) ... (producer)

- Time Lock (1972) ... (producer)

- A Man About a Dog (1972) ... (producer)

- The Signalman's Apprentice (1971) ... (producer)

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1971 Sale of the Century (TV Series) (executive producer)

1971 A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (TV Movie) (producer)

1971 Speaking of Murder (TV Movie) (producer)

1967-1970 ITV Playhouse (TV Series) (producer - 6 episodes)

- The Creeper (1970) ... (producer)

- Have You Any Washing, Mother Dear? (1969) ... (producer)

- You've Made Your Bed: Now Lie in It (1969) ... (producer)

- The Explorer (1968) ... (producer)

- The Brahmin Widow (1968) ... (producer)

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1968 The Sunday Play (TV Series) (producer)

1966-1967 ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) (producer - 3 episodes)

- ITV Summer Playhouse #11: The Man Who Understood Women (1967) ... (producer)

- You'll Know Me by the Stars in My Eyes (1966) ... (producer)

- The Move After Checkmate (1966) ... (producer)

1966 Weavers Green (TV Series) (producer - 4 episodes)

- Episode #1.49 (1966) ... (producer)

- Episode #1.31 (1966) ... (producer)

- Episode #1.10 (1966) ... (producer)

- Episode #1.1 (1966) ... (producer)

1966 Izeena (TV Series) (producer)

1960-1963 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) (producer - 11 episodes)

- The Affair (1963) ... (producer)

- A Deadly Hush (1963) ... (producer)

- June Fall (1963) ... (producer)

- Behind the Line (1962) ... (producer)

- A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 (1961) ... (producer)

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1962 Winter Journey (TV Movie) (producer)

1962 The Hatchet Man (TV Movie) (producer)

1962 The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day (TV Movie) (producer)

1962 Corrigan Blake (TV Series) (producer - 1 episode)

- You Can't Win Them All (1962) ... (producer)

1961 The Interrogator (TV Movie) (producer)

1961 The Hunted (TV Movie) (producer)

1959 Never Die (TV Movie) (producer)

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) (producer - 13 episodes, 1956 - 1959) (television presentation - 1 episode, 1956)

- The Pohutukawa Tree (1959) ... (producer)

- Proud Passage (1959) ... (producer)

- The Laughing Woman (1958) ... (producer)

- The End of the Equation (1958) ... (producer)

- Home Is the Hero (1958) ... (producer)

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1959 Clash by Night (TV Movie) (producer)

1958-1959 Television Playwright (TV Series) (producer - 2 episodes)

- Skeleton in the Sand (1959) ... (producer)

- The Transmogrification of Chester Brown (1958) ... (producer)

1957-1958 Angel Pavement (TV Series) (producer - 4 episodes)

- Episode #1.4 (1958) ... (producer)

- Episode #1.3 (1958) ... (producer)

- Episode #1.2 (1958) ... (producer)

- Episode #1.1 (1957) ... (producer)

1957 Rise Above It (TV Movie) (producer)

1956 The Wayward Saint (TV Movie) (producer)

1956 Who Goes Home? (TV Movie) (producer)

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Actor (1 credit)

1970 ITV Playhouse (TV Series)
Director

- A Sound from the Sea (1970) ... Director

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Writer (1 credit)

1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)

- One Against Many (1956) ... (story)

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Self (1 credit)

1987 This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- David Jacobs (1987) ... Himself

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