Birthday:
02-23-1926
Deathday:
12-01-1986 (60 years)
Birthplace:
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
Biography
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Jim O'Connolly (born 1924 Birmingham - died 1987 Hythe) was an English actor and director.
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Jim O'Connolly (born 1924 Birmingham - died 1987 Hythe) was an English actor and director.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim O'Connolly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Tower of Evil
Director
event1972 star_border 5.7
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A group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders...
The Valley of Gwangi
Director
event1969 star_border 7.1
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A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put on display, leading to inevitable mayhem.
Berserk!
Director
event1967 star_border 5.5
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A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
The Night Caller
Screenplay
event1965 star_border 5.3
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The inhabitants of Ganymede need to find mates from another world or they will become extinct. They soon discover a suitable breeding stock amongst the females of planet Earth.
Vendetta for the Saint
Director
event1969 star_border 6.7
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Simon Templar is on holiday in Naples when a small uproar on a lunch table draws his attention. An English tourist attempts to greet an Italian businessman as an old friend, but the Italian refuses to acknowledge the greeting and claims never to have met him.
The Hi-Jackers
Director
event1963 star_border 7.1
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A self-employed lorry driver is determined to find the criminals responsible for hijacking him.
Smokescreen
Director
event1964 star_border 7.2
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A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud.
Confession
Production Manager
event1955 star_border 6.2
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A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.
Attempt to Kill
Associate Producer
event1961
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A wealthy business man fires one of his employees and becomes the victim of murder attempt. The fired man becomes the prime suspect, but it appears that he himself has been murdered.
Little Red Monkey
Production Manager
event1955 star_border 5.8
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Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the same time that Bill Locklin, a special officer from the United States State Department, arrives to oversee the transfer of Professor Leon Dushenko, a Russian scientist who as fled the U.S.S.R. An attempt is made on Dushenko's life with a monkey's paw-print found at the scene.
Crooks and Coronets
Director
event1969 star_border 8.3
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Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
Backfire!
Associate Producer
event1962 star_border 5
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Arson is the way out for a failing cosmetics company.
The Diamond Wizard
Assistant Director
event1954 star_border 5.9
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While in London trying to nab several fugitives who stole a million dollars from a U.S. Treasury vault, American federal agent Dennison (Dennis O'Keefe) assists Scotland Yard Insp. McClaren (Philip Friend) in his search for a missing atomic scientist (Paul Hardtmuth). The detective duo discovers that the key to solving both cases may rest with the scientist's daughter (Margaret Sheridan) and her fascinating diamond.
The Criminal
Associate Producer
event1960 star_border 6.4
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When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
Mistress Pamela
Director
event1974
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Loosely bases on Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela or Virtue Rewarded, this is the story of Pamela who goes to work in the kitchen of Lord Devenish who is determined to rape her.
The Man in the White Suit
Third Assistant Director
event1951 star_border 6.8
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The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
The Desperate Man
Associate Producer
event1959 star_border 5
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Two reporters are held hostage in old castle, by thief, looking for jewels, that he had buried, after robbing a local house.
Shadow of Fear
Screenplay
event1963 star_border 5
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An American returning home from Baghdad and seeing his girl in Britain on the way agrees to take a message to the secret service. Once in London he is picked up by the gang involved, who have by then killed the original Middle East agent. He escapes, but he and his girl friend are a marked couple as they retreat to Seaford on the south coast to act as bait in an MI5 plan to catch the thugs.
The Sinister Man
Associate Producer
event1961
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When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.
Emergency
Writer
event1962 star_border 5.5
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When a little girl is knocked down it is discovered that there are only three donors of the right blood type to help with a life-saving operation. One is a murderer awaiting execution, one an atomic scientist selling secrets, and one an international footballer about to get his hundreth cap.
Dial 999
Production Manager
event1955 star_border 4.6
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A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for the murder. The wife and her brother hide him and try to find out who the real killer was. The more they investigate, the more holes they begin to find in the husband's story.
The Little Ones
Director
event1965
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The story of Ted and Jackie, two London kids who decide to run away to Liverpool and, from there, stow away on a ship bound for Jamaica - the home of Jackie's estranged father.
Konga
Executive Producer
event1961 star_border 4.2
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Dr. Decker returns from Africa after a year, presumed dead. In that year, he discovered a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size. He brings back a baby chimpanzee to test out his theory. As he has many enemies at home, he decides to use his chimp, 'Konga', to 'get rid of them'. Then Konga grows to gigantic proportions and wreaks havoc all over London!
Horrors of the Black Museum
Production Manager
event1959 star_border 5.7
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A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
The Hypnotist
Production Manager
event1957 star_border 5.3
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Culver is a psychiatrist who uses hypnotism to treat his patients. When Carpenter, a test pilot, comes to see him complaining of blackouts that make his job difficult, Culver tries to mesmerise him into killing his wife.
Timeslip
Production Manager
event1955 star_border 5.3
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An atomic scientist is found floating in a river with a bullet in his back and a radioactive halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of us in time. He teams up with a reporter to stop his evil double from destroying his experiments in artificial tungsten.
Never Back Losers
Associate Producer
event1961 star_border 5
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Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine enquiries into the "accident" and one of the gang leaders feels threatened by this and takes counter measures.
The Headless Ghost
Production Manager
event1959 star_border 3.2
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Three teenagers encounter a ghost who is in limbo until he retrieves his lost head. They do their parts to help him find it.
Farewell Performance
Producer
event1963
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After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsible.
The Saint
Director (4 ep.)
event1962 star_border 7.3
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Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
Gideon's Way
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event1965 star_border 6.8
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Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor.
Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.
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