Philip Saville

Philip Saville

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

28/10/1930

Day of Death

22/12/2016
(86) years old

Place of Birth

London, UK

Biography

Philip Saville (sometimes credited as Philip Savile, born 28 October 1930, London) is a British actor who turned to television direction and screenwriting in the late 1950s. During the 1960s he directed several important television plays, such as Harold Pinter's A Night Out (1960) for ABC's Armchai... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1960

An Honourable Murder

as Mark Anthony

1958

Three Crooked Men

as Seppy

1958

On the Run

as Driscoll

1957

The Betrayal

as Bartel

1955

Contraband Spain

as Martin Scott

1954

Bang! You're Dead

as Ben Jones

1954

The Night of the Full Moon

as Dale Merritt

1953

The Straw Man

as Link Hunter

1953

Murder at 3am

as Edward "Teddy" King / Jim King

1948

A Piece of Cake

as Dinner Guest

1948

The Blind Goddess

as Mainwaring's Junior

1948

To the Public Danger

as Man in pub watching billiards game (uncr...

1948

Penny and the Pownall Case

as Slim, Police Car Driver

Crew

2011

Discovering Hamlet

as Director

2009

Pinter's Progress

as Director

2003

The Gospel of John

as Director

2002

The Biographer

as Director

1998

Little White Lies

as Director

1997

Metroland

as Director

1997

Deacon Brodie

as Director

1993

Wall of Silence

as Director

1992

Angels

as Director

1990

Max and Helen

as Director

1989

Fellow Traveller

as Director

1988

The Fruit Machine

as Director

1988

First Born

as Director

1987

Mandela

as Director

1985

Shadey

as Director

1983

Those Glory Glory Days

as Director

1979

Design for Living

as Director

1979

Sam's Song

as Director

1978

Rotten

as Director

1977

Count Dracula

as Director

1977

Cork and Bottle

as Director

1976

Meriel the Ghost Girl

as Director

1976

Shuttlecock

as Director

1975

Moss

as Director

1975

A Dream of Living

as Director

1975

Gangsters

as Director

1974

The Actual Woman

as Director

1973

Access to the Children

as Director

1972

The Creditors

as Writer

1972

The Creditors

as Director

1971

O Fat White Woman

as Director

1971

Secrets

as Director

1971

Secrets

as Story

1971

The Fox Trot

as Director

1971

The Rainbirds

as Director

1968

Oedipus the King

as Screenplay

1968

Oedipus the King

as Director

1966

The Machine Stops

as Director

1966

Exit 19

as Writer

1966

Exit 19

as Director

1965

The Logic Game

as Director

1965

The Logic Game

as Writer

1964

In Camera

as Writer

1964

In Camera

as Director

1964

Hamlet at Elsinore

as Director

1964

Prisoner and Escort

as Director

1963

Living Image

as Director

1963

The Paradise Suite

as Director

1962

Afternoon of a Nymph

as Director

1962

Night Conspirators

as Director

1960

A Night Out

as Director