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Cyril Frankel
Stoke Newington, London, UK
Cyril Solomon Israel Frankel (28 December 1921 – 7 June 2017) was a British film and television director. His career in television began in 1953 and he directed for over 30 TV pro…
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Cyril Solomon Israel Frankel (28 December 1921 – 7 June 2017) was a British film and television director. His career in television began in 1953 and he directed for over 30 TV programmes until 1990. He directed many episodes of popular British TV shows, such as The Avengers, and the pilot episodes of the ITC Entertainment shows Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Department S in 1969. In 1970, he directed "Timelash", an episode of UFO, which he described as a very interesting script and one of his personal favourites. Frankel also directed many documentaries and feature films, including Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) and School for Scoundrels (1960; taking over from Robert Hamer, who was credited as sole director). One of his films, Man of Africa (1953) - the first film to feature a cast made up of relatively unknown black actors - was not released and was lost for some time. A complete copy has since been discovered and has been screened at a number of international film festivals. In terms of documentaries, Frankel supervised some of the films that were broadcast for the BBC arts series Monitor (1958–65), among which was the first ballet programme to be filmed and edited to the choreography. Prior to his retirement, he became the ceramics expert for Bonhams auction house. A book, Modern Pots: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and their Contemporaries - The Lisa Sainsbury Collection, was co-authored by Frankel and published in 2000. His memoir, Eye to Eye, was published by Bank House Books in 2009. Frankel died on 7 June 2017 at the age of 95.
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1990
Harry and Harriet
Movie Director
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1984
Tennis Court
Movie Director
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1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV show Director
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1983
Legend of the Champions
Movie Director
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1980
Invasion: UFO
Movie Director
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1979
The Saint and the Brave Goose
Movie Director
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1978
Return of the Saint
TV show Director
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1975
Permission to Kill
Movie Director
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1972
The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass
Movie Director
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1972
The Protectors
TV show Director
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1972
The Adventurer
TV show Director
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1971
Jason King
TV show Director
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1971
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
Movie Director
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1970
UFO
TV show Director
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1969
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV show Director
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1969
Department S
TV show Director
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1968
The Champions
TV show Director
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1966
The Trygon Factor
Movie Director
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1966
The Witches
Movie Director
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1966
The Baron
TV show Director
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1965
Gideon's Way
TV show Director
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1963
The Very Edge
Movie Director
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1961
On the Fiddle
Movie Director
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1961
Don't Bother to Knock
Movie Director
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1961
The Avengers
TV show Director
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1960
Scheidungsgrund: Liebe
Movie Director
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1960
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Movie Director
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1959
Alive and Kicking
Movie Director
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1958
She Didn't Say No!
Movie Director
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1957
No Time for Tears
Movie Director
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1956
It's Great to be Young!
Movie Director
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1954
Make Me an Offer!
Movie Director
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1954
Devil on Horseback
Movie Director
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1953
Man of Africa
Movie Director
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1951
Wing to Wing
Movie Director
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1950
Eagles of the Fleet
Movie Director
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1950
From the Ground Up
Movie Director
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1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Movie Schoolboy Extra (uncredited)
