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 Laurence Olivier's film, '' Richard III''; the

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film, '' Our Man in Havana'' and the Academy Award-winning '' Tom Jones''. O'Hara's directorial debut was the 1963 cautionary tale ''

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'', 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 Nicolas Freeling, '' Amsterdam Affair''. 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 ITV series '' C.A.T.S. Eyes'' and directing an episode of ''

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''.

Selected filmography

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'' (1963) * '' Game for Three Losers'' (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) * '' Amsterdam Affair'' (1968) * ''

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

'' (1971) * '' The Chairman's Wife'' (1971) * '' Journey to Murder'' (1971) * '' The Spy's Wife'' (1972) * '' Paganini Strikes Again'' (1973) * '' Professor Popper's Problem'' (1974) * '' Feelings'' (1975) * '' Blind Man's Bluff'' (1977) * '' The Brute'' (1977) * '' Leopard in the Snow'' (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