Don Leaver

Directing

Don Leaver

Born — Died

1929-09-27 — 2015-12-13

Place of birth

London, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Don Leaver was an award-winning television director and producer responsible for many hours of popular drama, notably as one of the key contributors to the success of the quirky adventure series The Avengers. He directed the first episode and stayed with the show as it transformed from a traditional thriller into an offbeat fantasy drama that sold worldwide and was a prime-time hit in the US.

Known for

Behind the camera

Beasts: The Dummy poster
4.3

A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale’s “Beasts” horror anthology miniseries.

Beasts: The Dummy

1976

Where the Action Is poster
8.0

A gambler is smuggled into a billionaire's house to undertake a gambling duel.

Where the Action Is

1975

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NR

A man admits to the police a murder in London's busy Soho district, but cannot remember where he left the body.

A Very Fine Line

1968

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NR

Peter feels his life has to change, but should he risk his marriage with another woman?

Whatever Became of Me?

1972

Hidden Talents poster
NR

Nellie (Pat Phoenix) is weak and bedridden in her aging, decrepit house due to a bad heart. Living out of her front room, Nellie is looked after by her son Harold (Tom Bell) who is going deaf and prone to eccentric and emotional outbursts following a motorbike accident some years previous. Relations are tense and fractious between Nellie and Harold, a state of affairs which isn't helped by Nellie's affectionate recollections of her estranged son Stanley (Tom Georgeson) who left many years before, taking with him Nellie's savings.

Hidden Talents

1986

A Midsummer Nightmare poster
8.0

A young woman's knowledge of Shakespeare helps her solve a five-year-old mystery.

A Midsummer Nightmare

1975

The Mark of Satan poster
7.5

Edwyn sees the number nine everywhere and is convinced that forces of evil are at work.

The Mark of Satan

1980

No artwork available
NR

Two people start to live together and raise children and a double pattern is set. You're a couple and one day you realise who or what you were before. But Frances must find herself again and runs to where the ships sail.

Easier in the Dark

1967