Gordon Flemyng

Birthday: 1935-03-07
Deathday: 1995-07-12
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male

Gordon William Flemyng was a Scottish television and film director. He was also a writer and producer. He directed six theatrical features, several television films and numerous episodes of television series, some of which he also wrote and produced.

Gordon William Flemyng (7 March 1934 – 12 July 1995) was a Scottish television and film director. He was also a writer and producer. He directed six theatrical features, several television films and numerous episodes of television series, some of which he also wrote and produced.

Flemyng directed episodes of various British TV series, including The Younger Generation, The Saint, The Avengers, The Baron, Crown Court, ITV Playhouse, Target, Screenplay, Take My Wife, Cribb, The Brack Report, One Summer, Wish Me Luck, The Bill, Emmerdale Farm, Bergerac, Taggart, Peak Practice, Lovejoy, Minder and Ellington (also produced).

Flemyng directed two entries in Edgar Wallace Mysteries (US: The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre) series of second features and the two Dalek feature films of the 1960s, Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966). Two episodes of The Baron that he directed were put together as a 1966 feature film entitled Mystery Island and released in some markets.

Flemyng directed a Hollywood film with an all-star cast, The Split, released in 1968, a crime drama with Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine and Gene Hackman, based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake. He also directed the British war film The Last Grenade (1970).

His other credits include Saki (miniseries); Härte 10 (West German miniseries); Philby, Burgess and Maclean (TV); Flight Into Hell; Cloud Waltzing (TV), Marty Abroad (1971 - TV, produced only) and Confessional (1989 - TV, also produced).

Credits

Year Title
2022-07-10 Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill
1987-02-14 Cloud Waltzing
1987-01-01 Scab
1983-06-10 Feet Foremost
1978-01-01 Mirage
1977-07-17 A Good Human Story
1977-05-31 Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1976-02-15 For Services to Myself
1976-02-08 Matchfit
1974-02-05 Lucky
1972-10-20 The Baron: Mystery Island
1970-03-01 The Last Grenade
1968-11-29 Great Catherine
1968-11-04 The Split
1967-02-28 Present Laughter
1966-08-05 Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1965-08-23 Dr. Who and the Daleks
1963-12-01 Five to One
1963-02-01 Just for Fun
1962-09-01 Solo for Sparrow