Gerry O'Hara
Directing
- Born
- October 1, 1924 (age 102) · Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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Gerry O'Hara (born 1924) is an English film and television director.
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O'Hara was an assistant director on Laurence Olivier's film, Richard III; the Carol Reed film, Our Man in Havana and the Academy Award-winning Tom Jones.
O'Hara's directorial debut was the 1963 cautionary tale That Kind of Girl, about the dangers of contracting venereal disease. During the 1960s, he directed episodes of The Avengers and a film based on a Van Der Valk novel by Nicolas Freeling, Amsterdam Affair.
O'Hara directed the highly controversial and rarely seen film The Brute
O'Hara directed and wrote the screenplay for the 1979 film, The Bitch, an adaptation of the Jackie Collins novel.
Later television credits include directing and writing episodes of The Professionals, script editor for the ITV series C.A.T.S. Eyes and directing an episode of Press Gang.
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Known for
Tom Jones
August 24, 1963
Anastasia
December 13, 1956
Our Man in Havana
January 27, 1960
Richard III
December 13, 1955
The Man Who Never Was
April 3, 1956
The Cardinal
December 12, 1963
Ten Little Indians
September 27, 1989
The Bitch
September 20, 1979
Fanny Hill
January 1, 1983
The Journey
February 11, 1959
Island in the Sun
June 12, 1957
All the Right Noises
October 16, 1970
Behind the camera45
- 1993The Mummy Lives Director
- 1992Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls Story
- 1989Ten Little Indians Screenplay
- 1985Hot Target Story
- 1985Operation Julie Screenplay
- 1983Fanny Hill Director
- 1979The Bitch Director
- 1979Leopard in the Snow Director
- 1978The Sea Can Kill Writer, Director
- 1977The Brute Director, Writer