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Alvin Rakoff Biography (1927-)

Born February 6, 1927, in Toronto, ON, Canada; son of Samuel (a shopkeeper) and Pearl (Himmelspring) Rakoff; married Jacqueline Hill (an actress), June 4,1958; children: Sasha Victoria, John Dmitri.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

February 6, 1927

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM WORK; DIRECTOR
• Room 43 (also known as Passport to Shame), Cory, 1959.
• Hot Money Girl (also known as Long Distance, The Treasure of San Teresa,and Rhapsodie in Blei), United Producers, 1962.
• The World in My Pocket (also known as On Friday at Eleven), Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962.
• The Comedy Man, British Lion, 1964.
• Crossplot, United Artists, 1969.
• Hoffman, Levitt/Pickman, 1970.
• Say Hello to Yesterday, Cinerama, 1971.
• (also producer) King Solomon's Treasure, Canafox Towers, 1978.
• City on Fire, AVCO-Embassy, 1979.
• Death Ship, AVCO-Embassy, 1980.
• Dirty Tricks, AVCO-Embassy, 1981.
• TELEVISION WORK; ALL AS DIRECTOR,UNLESS INDICATED MINI-SERIES Paradise Postponed, Thames, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1983.
• Credits; MOVIES
• The Adventures of Don Quixote, BBC, 1972, then CBS, 1973.
• The First Olympics--Athens 1896, NBC, 1984.
• Credits; SPECIALS
• Mr. Halperin and Mr. Johnson, HBO, 1983.
• Also The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, BBC, 1958; Our Town, BBC, 1957; producer, Waiting for Gillian, 1957; Call Me Daddy, 1968; Summer and Smoke, BBC,1971; In Praise of Love, Anglia Television, 1975; Romeo and Juliet, BBC, 1978; A Voyage 'round My Father, 1982; Requiem for a Heavyweight, The Velvet Alley, A Town Was Turned to Dust, Jokers Justice, Call Me Back, Day Before Atlanta, Heart to Heart, The Seekers, Sweet War Man, The Move After Checkmate, TheStars in My Eyes, Shadow of a Gunman, The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, Cheap in August, Nicest Man in the World, Dame of Sark, and The Kitchen.
• Writings;FILM
• (With Peter King) Say Hello to Yesterday, Cinerama, 1971.
• City on Fire, AVCO-Embassy, 1979.
• Writings;TELEVISION
• A Flight of Fancy, BBC, 1952.
• (adaptor) The Troubled Air, BBC, 1953.
• Thunder in the Realms, BBC, 1955.
• (adaptor) Our Town, BBC, 1957.
• (adaptor) The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, BBC, 1958.
• (adaptor) Summer and Smoke, BBC, 1971.
• (adaptor) A Kiss Is Just a Kiss, Anglia Television, 1971.
• (adaptor) A Man About a Dog, Anglia Television, 1972.
• (adaptor) The Adventures of Don Quixote, BBC, 1972, then CBS, 1973.
• Rooms, Thames Television, 1974.
• O Canada, BBC, 1974.
• Mineshaft, BBC, 1975.
• (adaptor) Lulu Street, CBC, 1975.
• (adaptor) In Praise of Love, Anglia Television, 1975.
• (adaptor) Romeo and Juliet, BBC, 1978.