Philip Saville
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 Armchair Theatre anthology series, and the lost Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) for the BBC. The later production became famous as the first acting appearance of the American folk singer Bob Dylan, whom Sav…
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Filmography
Acting (16)
Movies (16)
The Journal of Bridget Hitler
1981as Self
An Honourable Murder
1960as Mark Anthony
The Great Van Robbery
1959as Chase
Three Crooked Men
1958as Seppy
On the Run
1958as Driscoll
The Betrayal
1957as Bartel
Contraband Spain
1955as Martin Scott
The Mirror and Markheim
1954as Markheim
The Night of the Full Moon
1954as Dale Merritt
Bang! You're Dead
1954as Ben Jones
The Straw Man
1953as Link Hunter
Murder at 3am
1953as Edward "Teddy" King / Jim King
The Blind Goddess
1948as Mainwaring's Junior
A Piece of Cake
1948as Dinner Guest
Penny and the Pownall Case
1948as Slim, Police Car Driver
To the Public Danger
1948as Man in pub watching billiards game (uncredited)
Crew (83)
Movies (63)
Discovering Hamlet
2011Director
Pinter's Progress
2009Director
The Gospel of John
2003Director
The Biographer
2002Director
Little White Lies
1998Director
Metroland
1997Director
Deacon Brodie
1997Director
Wall of Silence
1993Director
Angels
1992Director
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992Director
Max and Helen
1990Director
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501
1990Director
Fellow Traveller
1989Director
First Born
1988Director
The Fruit Machine
1988Director
Mandela
1987Director
Shadey
1985Director
Those Glory Glory Days
1983Director
The Journal of Bridget Hitler
1981Director
The Journal of Bridget Hitler
1981Writer
Sam's Song
1979Director
Design for Living
1979Director
Rotten
1978Director
Count Dracula
1977Director
Cork and Bottle
1977Director
Shuttlecock
1976Director
Meriel the Ghost Girl
1976Director
A Dream of Living
1975Director
Gangsters
1975Director
Moss
1975Director
The Actual Woman
1974Director
Access to the Children
1973Director
The Creditors
1972Director
The Creditors
1972Writer
In the Beautiful Caribbean
1972Director
O Fat White Woman
1971Director
The Rainbirds
1971Director
Secrets
1971Director
Secrets
1971Story
The Fox Trot
1971Director
The Long Distance Piano Player
1970Director
The Best House in London
1969Director
Oedipus the King
1968Director
Oedipus the King
1968Screenplay
The Machine Stops
1966Director
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
1966Director
Exit 19
1966Director
Exit 19
1966Writer
The Logic Game
1965Director
The Logic Game
1965Writer
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964Director
Prisoner and Escort
1964Director
In Camera
1964Director
In Camera
1964Writer
The Madhouse on Castle Street
1963Director
The Madhouse on Castle Street
1963Producer
Living Image
1963Director
The Paradise Suite
1963Director
Night Conspirators
1962Director
Afternoon of a Nymph
1962Director
A Night Out
1960Director
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1956Director
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1956Producer
Television (20)
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002Director
My Uncle Silas
2001Director
The Buccaneers
1995Director
The Buccaneers
1995Producer
Family Pictures
1993Director
First Born
1988Director
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986Director
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982Director
Count Dracula
1977Director
Gangsters
1976Director
Playhouse
1974Director
Playhouse
1974Teleplay
Churchill's People
1974Director
Play for Today
1970Director
BBC Play of the Month
1965Director
Out of the Unknown
1965Director
The Wednesday Play
1964Adaptation
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960Director
Armchair Theatre
1956Director
Armchair Theatre
1956Writer
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