Jim O'Connolly
{{Short description|English actor and producer (1926–1986)}}
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James Philip O'Connolly (23 February 1926 – December 1986), known professionally as Jim O'Connolly, was an English film director, producer, and screenwriter.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120805105103/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f484b32 Profile], bfi.org.uk; accessed 5 August 2017.{{IMDb name|0640226|Jim O'Connolly}} He is best known for his work as associate producer of many of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries B-movies made at Merton Park Studios in the early 1960s, as well directing films such as The Hi-Jackers (1963), Smokescreen (1964), Berserk! (1967), and Tower of Evil (1972). He also directed several episodes of ITV's The Saint between 1967 and 1969.
Credits
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- The Astonished Heart (1950) – 3rd AD
- Trio (1950) – assistant director
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) – 3rd AD
- The Man in the White Suit (1951) – 3rd AD
- Secret People (1952) – 3rd AD
- Mandy (1952) – assistant director
- I Believe in You (1952) – 3rd AD
- The Gentle Gunman (1952) – 2nd AD
- Laxdale Hall (1953) – 2nd AD
- Personal Affair (1953) – 2nd unit director
- The Blazing Caravan (1954) (short) – production assistant
- The Dark Stairway (1954) (short) – production assistant
- Passenger to Tokyo (1954) (short) – production assistant
- The Diamond Wizard (1954) aka The Diamond – associate producer, assistant director
- Child's Play (1954) – 2nd AD
- The Brain Machine (1955) – 1st AD
- The Strange Case of Blondie (1955) (short) – production assistant
- Night Plane to Amsterdam (1955) (short) – production assistant
- The Love Match (1955) – assistant director
- Little Red Monkey (1955) – production manager
- The Deadliest Sin (1955) aka Confession – production manager
- The Atomic Man (1955) aka Timeslip – production manager
- Murder Anonymous (1955) (short) – production manager
- Dial 999 (1955) – production manager
- The Wall of Death (1956) (short) – production manager
- The Case of the River Morgue (1956) (short) – production manager
- Destination Death (1956) (short) – production manager
- Persons Unknown (1956) (short) – production manager
- The Intimate Stranger (1956) aka Finger of Guilt – production manager
- The Counterfeit Plan (1957) – production manager
- The Lonely House (1957) (short) – production manager
- Bullet from the Past (1957) (short) – production manager
- Inside Information (1957) (short) – production manager
- Scotland Yard Dragnet (1957) aka The Hypnotist – production manager
- The Case of The Smiling Widow (1957) (short) – production manager
- Man in the Shadow (1957) – production manager
- The Mail Van Murder (1957) (short) – production manager
- The White Cliffs Mystery (1957) (short) – associate producer
- The Tyburn Case (1957) (short) – associate producer
- Night Crossing (1957) (short) – associate producer
- Escapement (1958) aka The Electronic Magnet – associate producer
- The Strange Awakening (1958) aka Female Fiends – associate producer
- Print of Death (1958) (short) – associate producer
- The Cross-Road Gallows (1958) (short) – associate producer
- Crime of Honour (1958) (short) – associate producer
- The Unseeing Eye (1959) (short) – production manager
- Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) – production manager
- The Ghost Train Murder (1959) (short) – associate producer
- The Dover Road Mystery (1960) (short) – associate producer
- The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–62) – associate producer
- Urge to Kill (1960) – associate producer
- The Last Train (1960) (short) – associate producer
- Concrete Jungle (1960) aka The Criminal – associate producer
- The Man Who Was Nobody (1960) – associate producer
- Marriage of Convenience (1960) – associate producer
- Evidence in Concrete (1960) (short) – associate producer
- Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960) – associate producer
- The Silent Weapon (1961) (short) – associate producer
- The Grand Junction Case (1961) (short) – associate producer
- Konga (1961) – associate producer
- The Clue of the New Pin (1961) – associate producer
- Wings of Death (1961) (short) – associate producer
- The Square Mile Murder (1961) (short) – associate producer
- Man at the Carlton Tower (1961)
- Partners in Crime (1961)
- The Never Never Murder (1961) (short) – associate producer
- The Fourth Square (1961) – associate producer
- Never Back Losers (1961) – associate producer
- Man Detained (1961) – associate producer
- Clue of the Silver Key (1961) – associate producer
- Attempt to Kill (1961) – associate producer
- The Sinister Man (1961) – associate producer
- Candidate for Murder (1962) – associate producer
- Emergency (1962) – writer
- The Traitors (1962) – writer, producer
- Flat Two (1962) – associate producer
- Backfire! (1962) – associate producer
- Shadow of Fear (1954) – writer
- The Hi-Jackers (1963) – writer, director
- Farewell Performance (1963) – writer, producer
- Gideon's Way (1964) (TV series) – writer ("State Visit")
- Smokescreen (1964) – writer, director
- The Little Ones (1965) – writer, director
- The Night Caller (1965) – writer
- A Study in Terror (1965) – original story
- Berserk! (1967) – director
- The Saint (1967) (TV series) – director
- Vendetta for the Saint (1969) – director
- Crooks and Coronets (1969) – writer, director
- The Valley of Gwangi (1969) – director
- Tower of Evil (1972) – writer, director
- Mistress Pamela (1974) – writer, producer, director{{div col end}}
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170806102743/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f484b32 Jim O'Connolly] at BFI
- [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/143048%7C82828/Jim-O-Connolly/ Jim O'Connolly] at TCMDB
- [https://letterboxd.com/director/jim-oconnolly/ Jim O'Connolly] at Letterbox DVD
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170806102743/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f484b32 Jim O'Connolly] at BFI
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