Shaun O'Riordan(1927-2018)

Director
Producer
Actor

Shaun O'Riordan was born on 18 February 1927 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. He was a director and producer, known for Inn for Trouble (1960), Sapphire & Steel (1979) and The Worker (1965). He was married to Frances Margaret Mclean. He died on 9 September 2018 in West Yorkshire, England, UK.

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total

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Known for

Inn for Trouble

5.8

Eddie Larkins

1960

Sapphire & Steel

7.8

TV Series

Director

The Worker

7.5

TV Series

Director

A Place to Hide

8.0

TV Series

Director

Credits

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Director

Troubles and Strife
6.2
TV Series
- Director
- 1985–1986
The Cabbage Patch
5.3
TV Series
- Director
- 1983
Wet Job
6.3
TV Movie
- Director
- 1981
Sapphire & Steel
7.8
TV Series
- Director
- 1979–1981
The ITV Play
TV Series
- Director
- 1978
Scorpion Tales
7.3
TV Series
- Director
- 1978
The Sound of Laughter
TV Series
- Director
- 1977
The Squirrels
7.2
TV Series
- Director
- 1974–1977
A Place to Hide
8.0
TV Series
- Director
- 1976
Thriller
7.8
TV Series
- Director
- 1973–1975
Crime of Passion
7.6
TV Series
- Director
- 1973
Late Night Theatre
TV Series
- Director
- 1973
General Hospital
7.5
TV Series
- Director
- 1972–1973
Alexander the Greatest
6.7
TV Series
- Director
- 1971–1972
The Worker
7.5
TV Series
- Director
- 1965–1970

Producer

The Very Best of 'Goodbye Again'
Video
- producer
- 2005
Troubles and Strife
6.2
TV Series
- producer
- 1985–1986
I Thought You'd Gone
5.5
TV Series
- producer
- 1984
The Cabbage Patch
5.3
TV Series
- producer
- 1983
Sapphire & Steel
7.8
TV Series
- producer
- 1979–1982
Wet Job
6.3
TV Movie
- producer
- 1981
Come Back Lucy
7.5
TV Series
- producer
- 1978
Scorpion Tales
7.3
TV Series
- producer
- 1978
The Sound of Laughter
TV Series
- producer
- 1977
The Squirrels
7.2
TV Series
- producer
- 1974–1977
A Place to Hide
8.0
TV Series
- producer
- 1976
Lollipop Loves Mr Mole
6.7
TV Series
- producer
- 1972
Alexander the Greatest
6.7
TV Series
- producer
- 1971–1972
You're Only Young Twice
TV Series
- producer
- 1971
Coppers End
5.7
TV Series
- producer
- 1971

Actor

The Larkins
7.3
TV Series
- Eddie Larkins
- 1958–1960
Inn for Trouble
5.8
- Eddie Larkins
- 1960
The Ghost Train Murder
7.0
Short
- Johnny Benson
- 1959
The Invisible Man
7.0
TV Series
- Reporter (uncredited)
- 1958–1959
The Crowning Touch
- Ricky
- 1959
Emergency-Ward 10
6.3
TV Series
- Jake O'Dowd
- 1958–1959
The Man Who Liked Funerals
6.1
- Reverend Pitt
- 1959
Armchair Theatre
7.7
TV Series
- Tommy Ledou
- 1957
Escape
5.1
TV Series
- Bill
- 1957
The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.6
TV Series
- Quentin
- Seneschal's Accomplice
- First Groom ...
- 1956–1957
ITV Television Playhouse
8.2
TV Series
- Peppino Rossi
- Robin
- 1955–1957
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.0
TV Series
- Syd
- Edwin
- 1953–1957
One Fight More
TV Movie
- Johnny
- 1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
7.0
TV Series
- Sir Cebus
- 1956
The Last Moment
- (segment "The Sensible Man")
- 1954

Personal details

Born
- February 18, 1927
- Kandy, Sri Lanka
Died
- September 9, 2018
- West Yorkshire, England, UK
Spouse
- Frances Margaret Mclean1991 - September 9, 2018 (his death)
Other works
He acted in Nicholas Stuart Gray's plays, "Beauty and the Beast," and "The Princess and the Swineherd," at the Mercury Theatre in London, England with Carol Marsh, Tony Britton, Marianne Hamilton, Diane Cilento, Zoe Randall, Ruth Atkinson, Julie Somers, Nicholas Gray, Cecil Trouncer, Jane Griffiths, Rosemary Wallace, Elizabeth Regan, Donald Finlay, Christine Finn, and Hugh Pryse in the cast.

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Trivia
Producer in charge of comedy for ATV in the 70s.

Quotes
I could never work out if they [Joanna Lumley and David McCallum] were having an affair or not because they used to have breakfast together. I used to try to get information but I never found out. But Joanna used to smoke Gauloises and David was the most fastidious man. He wouldn't eat salt with his food, he limited the amount of fat and looked after his body. He took care of himself so smoking was an absolute anathema to him.