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Director
Peter Hammond
- Born November 23, 1923 in London, England, UK
- Died October 12, 2011
Peter Charles Hammond Hill was an English actor and television director. Peter Charles Hammond Hill was born in Victoria, Central London. His father, Charles, was an art restorer and his mother, Ada, a nurse. After attending Harrow School of Art, he started work as a scenic artist at Sheffield Repertory Theatre. Following this, he turned to acting to "earn some cash", where he adopted the stage name of Peter Hammond. He first appeared in a West End production at the age of 17.
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Hammond made his film début in Waterloo Road (1945) and went on to carve a career playing handsome boy-next-door types throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, most notably as Peter Hawtrey in The Huggetts Trilogy – Here Come the Huggetts (1948), Vote for Huggett and The Huggetts Abroad (both 1949). [Source: Wikipedia]
Known for
Sherlock Holmes1984
The Avengers1961
Inspector Morse1987
The Sign of Four1987
X: The Unknown1956
Tales of the Unexpected1979
The Master Blackmailer1992
Jack the Ripper1959
Filmography
- 1994The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesSeriesDirector
- 1993The Eligible BachelorFilmDirector
- 1992The Master BlackmailerFilmDirector
- 1989SaracenSeriesDirector
- 1989The Dark AngelSeriesDirector
- 1987Inspector MorseSeriesDirector
- 1987The Sign of FourFilmDirector
- 1987The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSeriesWriter
- 1987The Dark AngelFilmDirector
- 1987The Children of DynmouthFilmDirector
- 1987The Death of the HeartFilmDirector
- 1986The Return of Sherlock HolmesSeriesDirector
- 1986The Demon LoverFilmDirector
- 1985Screen TwoSeriesDirector
- 1984Sherlock HolmesSeriesDirector
- 1984Round And RoundSeriesDirector
- 1983Shades of DarknessSeriesDirector
- 1983The MazeFilmDirector
- 1983The Hard WordSeriesDirector
- 1982The Glory HoleFilmDirector
- 1982AubreyFilmDirector
- 1981The Little World of Don CamilloSeriesDirector
- 1981Funny ManSeriesDirector
- 1980The Happy Autumn FieldsFilmDirector
- 1980Hallelujah, Mary PlumFilmDirector
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedSeriesDirector
- 1978Wuthering HeightsSeriesDirector
- 1978LizaFilmDirector
- 1978Send in the GirlsSeriesDirector
- 1977The Phantom KidFilmDirector
- 1977King of the CastleSeriesDirector
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekSeriesDirector
- 1977The House That Jack BuiltSeriesDirector
- 1977Kilvert's DiarySeriesDirector
- 1977RomanceSeriesDirector
- 1976Luke's KingdomSeriesDirector
- 1976Our Mutual FriendSeriesDirector
- 1975Rumpole of the BaileySeriesDirector
- 1975Shades of GreeneSeriesDirector
- 1974Sea SongFilmDirector
- 1974Churchill's PeopleSeriesDirector
- 1974Armchair CinemaSeriesDirector
- 1974PlayhouseSeriesDirector
- 1974Dial M for MurderSeriesWriter
- 1973Oranges and LemonsSeriesWriter
- 1972Six Days of JusticeSeriesWriter
- 1972Franklin's FarmFilmDirector
- 1971FollyfootSeriesDirector
- 1971The Shattered EyeFilmDirector
- 1970Spring and Port WineFilmDirector
- 1968Cold Comfort FarmSeriesDirector
- 1968Treasure IslandSeriesDirector
- 1967ITV PlayhouseSeriesDirector
- 1967The White RabbitSeriesDirector
- 1966The Three MusketeersSeriesDirector, Creator
- 1966Lord RaingoSeriesDirector
- 1965Out of the UnknownSeriesDirector
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeriesWriter
- 1965Contract to KillSeriesDirector
- 1965Hereward the WakeSeriesDirector
- 1965I Took My Little World AwayFilmDirector
- 1964Theatre 625SeriesDirector
- 1964The Wednesday PlaySeriesDirector
- 1964The ProtectorsSeriesDirector
- 1964The Count of Monte CristoSeriesDirector
- 1962Z-CarsSeriesWriter
- 1962Out of This WorldSeriesDirector
- 1961The AvengersSeriesDirector
- 1961A Chance of ThunderSeriesDirector, Producer
- 1960Armchair Mystery TheatreSeriesDirector
- 1960Sunday-Night PlaySeriesDirector
- 1959Jack the RipperFilmScenario Writer
- 1959Model for MurderFilmGeorge
- 1958The Adventures of William TellSeriesCaptain Hofmanstahl
- 1956X: The UnknownFilmLt. Bannerman
- 1956Spin a Dark WebFilmBill Walker
- 1956Armchair TheatreSeriesDirector, Writer
- 1956The BuccaneersSeriesLt. Edward Beamish
- 1956It's Never Too LateFilmTony
- 1955ConfessionFilmAlan