Philip David Charles Leacock (8 October 1917 â€" 14 July 1990) was an
English television and film director and producer. His brother was
documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock.Born in London, England, Leacock
spent his childhood in the Canary Islands. He began his career
directing documentaries and later turned to fiction films.He was known
for his films about children, particularly The Kidnappers (US: The
Little Kidnappers, 1953), which gained Honorary Juvenile Acting Oscars
for two of its performers, and The Spanish Gardener (1956) starring
Dirk Bogarde. He also directed Innocent Sinners (1958), with Flora
Robson, The Rabbit Trap (1959), with Ernest Borgnine and The War Lover
(1962) starring Steve McQueen, based on John Hersey's novel about a
World War II pilot.He began to work mainly in Hollywood, where he made
Take a Giant Step (1959), about a black youth's encounter with racism,
and Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960), about an aspiring young
pianist whose mother is a drug addict. Around this time, he began to
work in television, directing episodes of Gunsmoke, Route 66, The
Waltons, The Defenders, and The New Land. As before, he was known for
his gentle way with child performers, he also directed many segments
of the American series Eight Is Enough (1977â€"1981).
English television and film director and producer. His brother was
documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock.Born in London, England, Leacock
spent his childhood in the Canary Islands. He began his career
directing documentaries and later turned to fiction films.He was known
for his films about children, particularly The Kidnappers (US: The
Little Kidnappers, 1953), which gained Honorary Juvenile Acting Oscars
for two of its performers, and The Spanish Gardener (1956) starring
Dirk Bogarde. He also directed Innocent Sinners (1958), with Flora
Robson, The Rabbit Trap (1959), with Ernest Borgnine and The War Lover
(1962) starring Steve McQueen, based on John Hersey's novel about a
World War II pilot.He began to work mainly in Hollywood, where he made
Take a Giant Step (1959), about a black youth's encounter with racism,
and Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960), about an aspiring young
pianist whose mother is a drug addict. Around this time, he began to
work in television, directing episodes of Gunsmoke, Route 66, The
Waltons, The Defenders, and The New Land. As before, he was known for
his gentle way with child performers, he also directed many segments
of the American series Eight Is Enough (1977â€"1981).
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