Gerald O'Hara (born October 1924,

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) is an English film and

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. O'Hara was an assistant director on

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's film, ''

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''; the

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film, ''

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'' and the Academy Award-winning '' Tom Jones''. O'Hara's directorial debut was the 1963 cautionary tale ''

That Kind of Girl ''That Kind of Girl'' is a British cult film and the directorial debut of Gerry O'Hara. Produced by Robert Hartford-Davis with a script by Jan Read, it was released in 1963. The film's subject is premarital sexual relationships and sexually tra ...

'', about the dangers of contracting venereal disease. During the 1960s, he directed episodes of '' The Avengers'' and a film based on a Van Der Valk novel by

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, ''

Amsterdam Affair ''Amsterdam Affair'' is a 1968 British crime film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Wolfgang Kieling, William Marlowe, Catherine Schell and Pamela Ann Davy. The plot is about Dutch policeman Van Der Valk, who investigates a novelist who is ...

''. O'Hara directed the highly controversial and rarely seen film ''The Brute''. O'Hara directed and wrote the screenplay for the 1979 film, '' The Bitch'', an adaptation of the

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novel. Later television credits include directing and writing episodes of '' The Professionals'', script editor for the

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series ''

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'' and directing an episode of ''

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''.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1963) * ''

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'' (1965) * ''

The Pleasure Girls ''The Pleasure Girls'' is a 1965 British drama film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Francesca Annis, Ian McShane and Klaus Kinski. Plot When a beautiful young woman, Sally (Francesca Annis), moves to London to pursue a modelling career, ...

'' (1965) * ''

Maroc 7 ''Maroc 7'' is a 1967 British thriller film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Gene Barry, Elsa Martinelli, Leslie Phillips and Denholm Elliott. The screenplay concerns an international jewel thief who hatches a plan to go to Morocco and ste ...

'' (1967) * ''

'' (1968) * ''

All the Right Noises ''All the Right Noises'' is a 1971 British drama film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Tom Bell, Olivia Hussey, Judy Carne and John Standing. It is set in London. Premise A married man with two young children, working as a lighting techn ...

'' (1971) * ''

The Chairman's Wife ''The Chairman's Wife'' is a 1971 British short drama film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring John Osborne, Zena Walker, Fiona Lewis and David de Keyser. The wife of a company's chairman stages her own kidnapping in order to gain money. The s ...

'' (1971) * '' Journey to Murder'' (1971) * ''

The Spy's Wife ''The Spy's Wife'' is a 1972 British short crime film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Ann Lynn, Dorothy Tutin, Tom Bell, Vladek Sheybal and Julian Holloway. Cast *Dorothy Tutin as Hilda Tyler *Ann Lynn as Grace * Tom Bell as Tom Tyle ...

'' (1972) * '' Paganini Strikes Again'' (1973) * ''

Professor Popper's Problem ''Professor Popper's Problem'' is a 1975 British children's science fiction comedy film directed by Gerry O'Hara, starring Charlie Drake in the titular role. Featuring a number of child actors, Todd Carty, Milo O'Shea, and Sydney Bromley also ...

'' (1974) * ''

Feelings Feelings are subjective self-contained phenomenal experiences. According to the ''APA Dictionary of Psychology'', a feeling is "a self-contained phenomenal experience"; and feelings are "subjective, evaluative, and independent of the sensations ...

'' (1975) * '' Blind Man's Bluff'' (1977) * '' The Brute'' (1977) * ''

Leopard in the Snow ''Leopard in the Snow'' is a 1978 British drama film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Keir Dullea, Susan Penhaligon, Kenneth More and Billie Whitelaw. It was based on the 1974 novel ''Leopard in the Snow'' by Anne Mather. Plot summary In ...

'' (1978) * '' The Bitch'' (1979) * ''

Fanny Hill ''Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure''—popularly known as ''Fanny Hill''—is an erotic novel by English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London,Wagner, "Introduction", ...

'' (1983) * '' The Mummy Lives'' (1993)

References

External links

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Gerry O'Hara at BFI Screenonline
English film directors English screenwriters English male screenwriters English television directors 1924 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) People from Boston, Lincolnshire {{UK-film-director-stub