Alvin Rakoff
Known for: Directing
Born: February 18, 1927
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alvin Rakoff is a Canadian television, stage, and film director, who has spent the bulk of his career in England and directed more than 100 television plays, as well as a dozen feature films and numerous stage productions.
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Filmography
33 movies · 24 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
5.9
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
6.0
A Haunting Harmony
1993NR
Sam Saturday
1992
NR
Gas and Candles
1991
3.7
The Best of Friends
1991
6.0
The Play on One
19887.0
Paradise Postponed
1986
5.9
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
1984
7.4
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
6.9
A Talent for Murder
1983
NR
Fireworks for Elspeth
19833.8
Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson
1983
7.0
Number 10
19837.0
All for Love
1982NR
The Breadwinner
1982NR
The Quiet Days of Mrs. Stafford
1981
5.5
Dirty Tricks
1981
5.1
Death Ship
1980
5.1
City on Fire
1979
4.9
King Solomon's Treasure
1979
7.6
Romeo and Juliet
1978
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
NR
The Kitchen
1977
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
6.0
Three Dangerous Ladies
1977
NR
The Dame of Sark
1976NR
Killers
1976
8.5
Shades of Greene
1975NR
Husband to Mrs. Fitzherbert
1975NR
Private Affairs
19756.5
Mrs. Amworth
1975
5.0
Churchill's People
1974
10.0
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
10.0
The Sextet
1972NR
Stage 2
1971
4.4
Say Hello to Yesterday
1971
7.1
Hoffman
1970
5.6
Crossplot
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967NR
Call Me Daddy
1967
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
7.1
The Comedy Man
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
1964
8.0
Heart to Heart
1962
7.4
The Saint
19627.5
Studio 4
1962
7.1
An einem Freitag um halb zwölf
1961
9.0
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
6.4
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
6.1
Passport to Shame
1958NR
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1958
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
4.0
ITV Play of the Week
1955
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
19506.5
Hudson's Bay
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