John Gorrie

Biography

Career Overview

John Gorrie has 42 screen credits in a career dating back to 1960. Signature works include Cows, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, Five on a Treasure Island. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

42

Birth Date

1932-08-11 00:00:00

Birth Place

Hastings, Sussex, England

Known For

• 

  Cows
• 

  Five Go to Smuggler's Top
• 

  Five on a Treasure Island
• 

  Cause Célèbre
• 

  Morgan's Boy
• 

  Bewitched

Frequent Collaborators

• Jemima Rooper (2 collaborations)
• Marco Williamson (2 collaborations)
• Paul Child (2 collaborations)
• Laura Petela (2 collaborations)
• Christopher Good (2 collaborations)
• Mary Waterhouse (2 collaborations)
• Elsie Kelly (2 collaborations)
• Robert Crombie (2 collaborations)
• Gareth Thomas (2 collaborations)
• Martyn Hesford (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (3 credits)

  • Return of the Unknown

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • BBC Play of the Month

    - The Millionairess (1972) ... The Man actor actors
    1965
  • The Avengers

    - The Winged Avenger (1967) ... Tay-Ling actor actors
    1961

• directing (38 credits)

  • Five Go to Smuggler's Top

    director

    directing
    1995
  • Five on a Treasure Island

    director

    directing
    1995
  • Peak Practice

    - Moving On () ... director directing
    1993
  • Cause Célèbre

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Morgan's Boy

    director

    directing
    1984
  • Sherlock Holmes

    - The Bruce Partington Plans (1988) ... director directing
    1984
  • Bewitched

    director

    directing
    1983
  • The Sin Bin

    director

    directing
    1981
  • The Tempest

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Twelfth Night

    director

    directing
    1980
  • The Wings of the Dove

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Tales of the Unexpected

    - The Facts of Life (1988) ... director directing

    - Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1983) ... director directing

    - A Sad Loss (1983) ... director directing

    - Death in the Morning (1982) ... director directing

    - The Eavesdropper (1982) ... director directing
    1979
  • Private Lives

    director

    directing
    1976
  • The Man with the Power

    director

    directing
    1976
  • The Love of a Good Woman

    director

    directing
    1976
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    director

    directing
    1976
  • French Without Tears

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Rumpole of the Bailey

    director

    directing
    1975
  • The Yeomen of the Guard

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Playhouse

    - The Mind Beyond: The Man with the Power (1976) ... director directing

    - The Mind Beyond: The Love of a Good Woman (1976) ... director directing
    1974
  • After Loch Lomond

    director

    directing
    1973
  • The General's Day

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Cows

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Michael Regan

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Macbeth

    director

    directing
    1970
  • Play for Today

    - Shai Mãlã Khani: The Garland (1981) ... director directing

    - Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) ... director directing

    - The General's Day (1972) ... director directing

    - Cows (1972) ... director directing

    - Michael Regan (1971) ... director directing
    1970
  • Charley's Aunt

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Takeover

    director

    directing
    1969
  • The Merry Widow

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Satisfaction Guaranteed

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Second Childhood

    director

    directing
    1966
  • End in Tears

    director

    directing
    1966
  • The Dead Past

    director

    directing
    1965
  • A Knight in Tarnished Armour

    director

    directing
    1965
  • BBC Play of the Month

    - The Wings of the Dove (1979) ... director directing

    - The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976) ... director directing

    - French Without Tears (1976) ... director directing

    - Five Finger Exercise (1970) ... director directing

    - Macbeth (1970) ... director directing
    1965
  • Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Doctor Who

    - A Change of Identity (1964) ... director directing

    - The Keys of Marinus (1964) ... director directing

    - Sentence of Death (1964) ... director directing

    - The Snows of Terror (1964) ... director directing

    - The Screaming Jungle (1964) ... director directing
    1963
  • Coronation Street

    - May 2 1994 (1994) ... director directing
    1960

• writing (1 credits)

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    - Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1983) ... writer writing
    1979