- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDouglas Gaston Sydney Camfield
- Douglas Camfield was born on May 8, 1931 in England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Danger UXB (1979), Paul Temple (1969) and Blake's 7 (1978). He was married to Sheila Dunn. He died on January 28, 1984 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK.
- SpouseSheila Dunn(? - January 27, 1984) (his death)
- Children
- In an interview on Can You Hear the Earth Scream (2006), Terrance Dicks recalled a conversation in which Camfield lamented the fact that he wanted to make more artistic work like Antonioni (Michelangelo Antonioni) or Godard (Jean-Luc Godard), but that people tended to think of him as Don Siegel. Dicks told him "There's nothing wrong with being Don Siegel!".
- He was one of only three directors (the others being Christopher Barry and Lennie Mayne) to direct episodes of Doctor Who (1963) starring all of the first four actors to play the Doctor in the series (William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker).
- He served as a Second Lieutenant in the British Army.
- He suffered from a heart ailment for many years. He became ill during the recording of the Doctor Who (1963) serial Inferno: Episode 1 (1970) and the remaining studio scenes were directed by the series' producer, Barry Letts, but he was still credited for these scenes.
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