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Basil Coleman(1916-2013)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Basil Coleman was born on 22 November 1916 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Encounter (1952), Folio (1955) and Playdate (1961). He died on 19 March 2013 in London, England, UK.
BornNovember 22, 1916
DiedMarch 19, 2013(96)
BornNovember 22, 1916
DiedMarch 19, 2013(96)
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Known for

William Shatner and Basil Rathbone in Encounter (1952)
Encounter
6.8
TV Series
  • Director
Anne Fielding in Folio (1955)
Folio
6.1
TV Series
  • Director(segment "Othello")
Playdate
5.5
TV Series
  • Director
On Camera
6.0
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director

  • The Little Sweep (1989)
    The Little Sweep
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1989
  • Spider's Web (1982)
    Spider's Web
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1982
  • The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
    The BBC Television Shakespeare
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1978
  • BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
    BBC2 Play of the Week
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Anna Karenina (1977)
    Anna Karenina
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965)
    BBC Play of the Month
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1968–1975
  • Helen Mirren and Robert Hardy in Private Affairs (1975)
    Private Affairs
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1975
  • Lorna Heilbron and Mary Morris in An Unofficial Rose (1974)
    An Unofficial Rose
    6.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1974–1975
  • Hedda Gabler (1962)
    The Lady from the Sea
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Don Pasquale
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Gayle Hunnicutt in Away from It All (1973)
    Away from It All
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Falstaff
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1972
  • Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield, and Anna Calder-Marshall in ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Reginald Barratt, Richard Beckinsale, Freddie Fletcher, Bernard Hepton, Arthur Lowe, Brian Miller, Ron Moody, Jack Rosenthal, Liz Smith, and Paula Wilcox in ITV Playhouse (1967)
    ITV Playhouse
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1970

Producer

  • The Lively Arts (1969)
    The Lively Arts
    4.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1976
  • Playdate
    5.5
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1961–1964
  • La belle Hélène (1964)
    La belle Hélène
    TV Movie
    • stage producer
    • 1964
  • The Serial
    TV Series
    • co-producer
    • 1963
  • Festival in Puerto Rico (1961)
    Q for Quest
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1961
  • First Person (1960)
    First Person
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1960
  • William Shatner and Basil Rathbone in Encounter (1952)
    Encounter
    6.8
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1954–1960
  • On Camera
    6.0
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1957
  • Anne Fielding in Folio (1955)
    Folio
    6.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1956
  • Peter Jones, Eric Lander, Patricia Neal, John Neville, Peter Sallis, Ursula O'Leary, Pieter Geldenhuys, Alan Nunn, Edna Fryer, Lempriere Hammond, Zilla Tomlin, Jane Newell, and John Harris in For the Children (1946)
    For the Children
    6.2
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1950

Writer

  • William Shatner and Basil Rathbone in Encounter (1952)
    Encounter
    6.8
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1961

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 22, 1916
    • Bristol, England, UK
  • Died
    • March 19, 2013
    • London, England, UK
  • Other works
    He directed William Shakespeare's play, "Measure for Measure," at the Theatre Royal in Bristol, England with the Bristol Old Vic Company including John Neville OBE, Robert Eddison, Richard Wordsworth, Julian Slade, Margot Van Der Burgh, Kenneth Cope, Dorothy Reynolds, James Cairncross, Richard Gale, Kenneth Mackintosh, Norman Tyrrell, Norman Rossington, Pauline Jameson, and Antony Tuckey in the cast.

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