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Don Chaffey Biography (1917-)

Born August 5, 1917, in Hastings, England. Addresses: Agent: Ronald Leif, Contemporary Artists Ltd., 132 Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

director, producer, writer of screenplays

Birth Details

August 5, 1917

Hastings, England

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Work; Director, Except Where Indicated
• The Case of the Missing Scene, General Films Distributors, 1951.
• Skid Kids, Associated British Films/Children's Film Foundation, 1953.
• The Mysterious Poacher, General Films Distributors, 1954.
• The Secret Tent, British Lion, 1956.
• The Girl in the Picture, Eros, 1956.
• Time Is My Enemy, Republic, 1957.
• The Flesh Is Weak, Eros, 1957.
• A Question of Adultery (also known as The Case of Mrs. Loring), Eros, 1959.
• The Man Upstairs (also see below), ACT/British Lion, 1959.
• Danger Within (also known as Breakout), British Lion/Continental, 1960.
• Dentist in the Chair, Renown, 1960.
• (And producer) Lies My Father Told Me, Emmet Dalton, 1960.
• Greyfriars Bobby, Buena Vista, 1961.
• Nearly a Nasty Accident, Universal, 1962.
• A Matter of Who, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962.
• The Prince and the Pauper, Buena Vista, 1962.
• (Art director) The Stolen Plans, Continental Distributing, 1962.
• The Webster Boy (also known as Middle of Nowhere), Regal Films, 1962.
• Jason and the Argonauts (also known as Jason and the Golden Fleece), Columbia, 1963.
• The Three Lives of Thomasina, Buena Vista, 1963.
• The Horse Without a Head, Buena Vista, 1963.
• The Crooked Road (also see below), Seven Arts, 1965.
• A Jolly Bad Fellow (also known as They All Died Laughing),Continental Distributing, 1964.
• One Million Years B.C., Twentieth-Century Fox, 1967.
• The Viking Queen, Twentieth-Century Fox, 1967.
• A Twist of Sand, United Artists, 1968.
• Creatures the World Forgot (also see below), Columbia, 1971.
• Clinic X-Clusive, Doverton, 1972.
• Charley-One-Eye, Paramount, 1973.
• The Terror of Sheba (also known as Persecution), Fanfare, 1974.
• The Fourth Wish, South Australian Film Corp., 1975.
• Ride a Wild Pony (also known as Born to Run), Buena Vista,1976.
• Harness Fever, Walt Disney, 1976.
• Surf, Transatlantic, 1977.
• Pete's Dragon, Buena Vista, 1977.
• The Magic of Lassie, International, 1978.
• C.H.O.M.P.S., American International, 1979.
• Credits; Television Work; Director
• Shimmering Light, Australian Broadcasting Commission/Trans- Atlantic Enterprises, 1978.
• Lassie: The New Beginning, ABC, 1978.
• The Gift of Love, ABC-TV, 1978.
• Casino, Metromedia, 1980.
• Riding For the Pony Express (pilot), CBS, 1980.
• (With others) Hotel, ABC, 1983.
• (With others) Finder of Lost Loves, ABC, 1984.
• (With co-director Charles S. Dubin) International Airport, ABC-TV,1985.
• "Born to Run," Wonderworks, PBS, 1988.
• Mission Impossible: The Golden Serpent, Paramount TV, 1989.
• Also director of television series, including episodes of Ivanhoe,syndicated, 1957; The New Adventures of Charlie Chan, syndicated, 1957-58; The Prisoner, CBS, 1968; Vega$, ABC, 1978-81; Charlie's Angels, ABC, c. 1980; Strike Force, ABC, 1981; Gavilan, ABC, 1982; Matt Houston, ABC, 1982; T.J. Hooker, ABC, 1982; Hotel, ABC, 1983; The Renegades, ABC, 1983; Lottery!, ABC, 1983-84; Hollywood Beat, ABC, 1985.
• Credits; Television Work; Producer
• Fantasy Island, ABC, 1978.
• Credits; Screenplays
• (With Alun Falconer and Robert Dunbar) The Man Upstairs (based ona story by Falconer), British Lion, 1959.
• (With Jay Garrison) The Crooked Road (based on the novel The Big Story by Morris L. West), Seven Arts, 1965.
• Creatures the World Forgot, Columbia, 1971.