Peter Graham Scott (27 October 1923 – 5 August 2007) was an English

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

and

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, television director,

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and

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. He was one of the producers and directors who shaped British

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in its formative years and his background in film editing and directing helped to move television out of an era of studio-bound productions and towards programmes that owed more to cinema than to the stage.

Biography

Scott was born in

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, but was brought up in

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, where he attended acting classes at the

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. In 1950, he married Mimi Martell, and they had two sons (deceased) and two daughters. In 1984, Scott won the Royal Television Society's ''Sir Ambrose Fleming Award for Outstanding Contribution to Television''. In 1999, he published his memoirs, ''British Television: An Insider's History''. Scott died in Windlesham,

, on 5 August 2007.

Filmography

Acted

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Young and Innocent ''Young and Innocent'', released in the US as ''The Girl Was Young'', is a 1937 British crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Nova Pilbeam and Derrick De Marney. Based on the 1936 novel '' A Shilling for Candles'' by Jos ...

'' (1937) *''

Pastor Hall ''Pastor Hall'' is a 1940 British drama film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Marius Goring, Seymour Hicks and Bernard Miles. The film is based on the play of the same title by German author Ernst Toller who h ...

'' (1940)

Edited

*'' Brighton Rock'' (1947) *'' The Perfect Woman'' (1949) * '' Shadow of the Eagle'' (1950) * ''

The Rival of the Empress ''The Rival of the Empress'' (Italian: ''La rivale dell'imperatrice'') is a 1951 Italian historical adventure film directed by Jacopo Comin and Sidney Salkow and starring Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese and Isa Pola. A separate English-language ...

'' (1951) * '' Radio Cab Murder'' (1954) * '' River Beat'' (1954) *'' The Avengers (TV series)'' *'' The Troubleshooters''

Directed

*'' Room for Two'' (1940) (assistant director) *'' Major Barbara'' (assistant director) *'' Kipps'' (1941) (assistant director) *''Panic'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1952) *''Our Marie'' (1953) * '' The Hideout'' (1956) * '' Account Rendered'' (1957) *'' Breakout'' (1959) *''

Devil's Bait ''Devil's Bait'' is a 1959 black and white British drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Geoffrey Keen, Jane Hylton and Gordon Jackson.Chibnall & McFarlane, pp. 274-76. It was a second feature, made for release by the Rank Organ ...

'' (1959) *'' The Big Day'' (1960) *'' Captain Clegg'' (1962) (U.S. Night Creatures) *'' Bitter Harvest'' (1963) *''

The Cracksman ''The Cracksman'' is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Peter Graham Scott.Personal letter from Delia Derbyshire to Associated British Picture Corporation, dated 25 April 1963. Plot Charlie Drake plays honest but naive locksmith Ernest Wr ...

'' (1963) *'' Danger Man'' (7 episodes, 1960–63) *''

Mister Ten Per Cent ''Mister Ten Per Cent'' is a 1967 British comedy film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Charlie Drake, Derek Nimmo and Wanda Ventham. It was shot at Elstree Studios and on location in London. It was the last in a series of four films ...

'' (1967) *'' The Prisoner'' ( 1 episode, 1967) *''

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'' (1968) *''

Children of the Stones ''Children of the Stones'' is a British television fantasy drama serial for children, produced by HTV in 1976 and broadcast on the United Kingdom's ITV network in January and February 1977. The serial was produced by Peter Graham Scott, with Pa ...

'' (7 episodes, 1977 - also produced) *'' Into The Labyrinth'' (21 episodes, 1981–82, also produced and co-created)

Produced

*''

Tales of Mystery ''Tales of Mystery'' was a British supernatural television drama anthology series based on the short stories of Algernon Blackwood. It was broadcast by ITV (Associated-Rediffusion) and ran over three seasons from 1961–1963. Produced by Peter G ...

'' (1961–63) *''

Father Came Too! ''Father Came Too!'' is a 1964 British comedy film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter. It is a loose sequel to ''The Fast Lady''. It was produced by the Independent Artists com ...

'' (1963) *'' Captain Clegg'' *'' The Borderers'' (1968) *'' The Onedin Line'' (1971–80) *'' The Curse of King Tut's Tomb'' (1980) *''

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'' (1975) *' (1978) *'' Into the Labyrinth'' (1981–82) *'' Jamaica Inn'' (1983) *'' The Master of Ballantrae'' (1984) *'' Arch of Triumph'' (1984) *'' Jenny's War'' (1985) *''

The Canterville Ghost "The Canterville Ghost" is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in '' The Court and Society Review'', 23 February and 2 March 1887. The story is about an American fa ...

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