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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Peter McEnery to Gene Milford
Leslie Megahey Biography (1944-)
Born December 22, 1944, in Belfast, Northern Ireland; son of Thomas (a minister) and Beatrice (maiden name, Walton) Megahey.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, producer, writer
- Birth Details
- December 22, 1944
- Belfast, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Work
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Director
- (With Nicol Williamson) Jack: A Night on the Town, Criterion Theatre, London, 1994 produced as Jack: A Night on the Town with John Barrymore, Los Angeles, then Belasco Theatre, New York City, both 1996
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Film Work
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Director
- (With Elizabeth Laurence and Robert Lloyd) Duke Bluebeard's Castle(filmed opera), 1988 also broadcast on television.
- (With Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Donald Pleasence, and Nicol Williamson) The Advocate (also known as The Hour of the Pig), Miramax, 1993
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Executive Producer
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Dallas the Big Store, 1981
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Television Work
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Executive Producer; Series
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Arena, BBC-2, 1978-1979
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Hollywood: The Golden Years (also known as The RKO Story),Arts and Entertainment, 1988
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Editor; Series
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Omnibus, BBC, 1979-1981 1984-1987
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Television Appearances
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Specials
- Narrator and interviewer, With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film, TNT, 1990
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Television Work
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Specials
- (Executive producer) "Ray Bradbury--The Illustrated Man," Omnibus,BBC, 1980
- (Director and producer) With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film, TNT, 1990
- Also director and producer of Artists and Models.
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Director; Other
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All the Clocks Are Clouds: The Music of Gyoergy Ligeti (documentary), BBC, 1976
- (And producer) Schalcken the Painter, BBC, 1979
- (With Simon Callow, Michael Gough, Paul McGann, and Diana Quick) Cariani and the Courtesans, 1987
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
- Narrator, The Agony and the Ecstasy, BBC Education and Training, 1991
- Narrator, Altered States, BBC Education, 1991
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Video Work; Producer and Director
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Gericault: Men and Wild Horses, BBC, 1983
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The Passing Show: Jacques-Louis David, BBC, 1984
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WRITINGS
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Plays
- (With Nicol Williamson) Jack: A Night on the Town, produced at Criterion Theatre, London, 1994 produced as Jack: A Night on the Town with John Barrymore, Los Angeles, then Belasco Theatre, New York City, both 1996
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Screenplays
- (With Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Donald Pleasence, and Nicol Williamson) The Advocate (also known as The Hour of the Pig), Miramax, 1993
- (Author of adaptation [with others]) Diario para un cuento (also known as Anabel; based on the story by Julio Cortazar), Gaumont/La Sept-Arte, 1998
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Teleplays
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Schalcken the Painter, BBC, 1979
- (With Simon Callow, Michael Gough, Paul McGann, and Diana Quick) Cariani and the Courtesans, 1987
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With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (special), TNT, 1990
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Screenplays for Videos
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The Passing Show: Jacques-Louis David, BBC, 1984
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The Agony and the Ecstasy, BBC Education and Training, 1991
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Altered States, BBC Education, 1991
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Other Writings
- Author of Landseer: A Victorian Comedy and The Savage.
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