A Handful of Heroes (German: Eine Handvoll Helden) is a 1967 West German-Italian historical war film directed by  Fritz Umgelter and starring  Horst Frank, Valeria Ciangottini and Karlheinz Fiege.
Billy Boyle is an Irish actor on British film, television and stage.
 He is a veteran of the West End stage having played leading roles in over 15 hit shows.
 In his first West End musical "Maggie May" he was nominated as best newcomer.
 Gower Champion then chose him to play Barnaby in "Hello Dolly" at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
 He appeared in "Canterbury Tales" at the Phoenix Theatre as The Clerk of Oxford.
 Harold Hobson, The Times critic said, "He was a breath of fresh air in the West-End".
 He then went on to play leading roles in "No Sex Please, We're British", "Billy", "What's a Nice Country", "The Rivals", "Love, Lust, & Marriage", "Some Like it Hot", Disney's "Beauty and the Beast", and in the original cast of "Dirty Dancing.
 Lately he has appeared as Grandpa George" and Grandpa Joe in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory at Drury Lane.
 In 2016 he was Major Bouvier and Norman Vincent Peale in the smash hit Grey Gardens.
 He followed this playing Arvide in Guys and Dolls at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End.He has had his own very successful television series in Ireland "It's Billy Boyle" as well as leading roles in "Trail of Guilt", the award-winning "The Grass Arena", "The Bretts", as well as many guest appearances in EastEnders, The Professionals, Coronation Street, Father Ted etc.
 In the late 1970s, Boyle was cast as 'Ronald McDonald' in the European TV commercials and in all print media for the fast food chain McDonald's.
 He was the last 'straight man' to Basil Brush on BBC1's "The Basil Brush Show" and later presented a programme, Dance Crazy for ITV, on the history of dance with Lesley Judd.
 Lately he has been seen in Dirk Gently, for BBC Four and Lead Balloon.
 His many films include Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon", "Groupie Girl", "Side by Side", "Shergar", "Wild Geese II", "The Scarlet and the Black", "Round Ireland with a Fridge" and A United Kingdom.
Commando Leopard (German: Kommando Leopard ) is a 1985 West German-Italian war film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins.
Laura Spencer is a fictional character from "General Hospital", an American soap opera on the ABC network.
 Laura, originally played by Stacey Baldwin, was introduced in 1974 as the illegitimate daughter of Dr. Lesley Williams (Denise Alexander).
 The character was written out in the summer of 1976.
 In early 1977, Genie Francis took over the role of the rebellious teenage Laura.
 In 1978, thanks to the efforts of executive producer Gloria Monty's plan to entice younger viewers, the character's popularity skyrocketed in the late 1970s and early 1980s due to her pairings with Scott Baldwin (Kin Shriner) and Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) -- the latter of the two becoming the defining Supercouple for the soap opera genre.
 Luke and Laura's 1981 wedding — which featured a guest appearance from Elizabeth Taylor — was viewed by 30 million people.
 In 1982, Francis quit the show and the character was written out having disappeared.
 Francis returned to the series for brief stints in 1983 to reunite Luke and Laura, and then again in 1984 when Laura was revealed to be pregnant.
CI5: The New Professionals is a British action/crime drama that aired on the Sky1 satellite channel from 19 September to 19 December 1999.
 An updating of the late 1970s television series "The Professionals", the series is set in a fictional government agency "CI5" (Civilian Intelligence department 5 as opposed to MI5, Military Intelligence).
Code Name: Wild Geese (Italian: "Arcobaleno selvaggio" , German: "Geheimcode: Wildgänse" ) is a 1984 West German-Italian Euro War film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins in the first of their three mercenary war films.
 Despite the films title, "Codename Wildgeese" is not the sequel to "The Wild Geese" film, but a derivative film.
 Kim Newman described the film as closer to the director's films such as "The Last Hunter" and "Cannibal Apocalypse".
The new wave of British heavy metal (commonly abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that started in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s.
 Journalist Geoff Barton coined the term in a May 1979 issue of the British music newspaper "Sounds" to describe the emergence of new heavy metal bands in the late 1970s, during the period of punk rock's decline and the dominance of new wave music.
Shreveport has played a role in the United States oil business.
 The Standard Oil company of Louisiana was once based there, but the Louisiana branch was later absorbed by Standard Oil of New Jersey.
 In the late 1970s to early 1980s the oil and gas industry experienced an economic downturn, and many companies cut back employment or went out of business.
 Many residents left the area following the late 1970s to early 1980s recession.
Lewis Collins (27 May 1946 – 27 November 2013) was an English film and theatre actor.
 His career defining role was playing the character of "Bodie" in the late 1970s - early 1980s British television series "The Professionals".
The early 1980s recession describes severe global economic recession affecting much of the developed world in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
 The United States and Japan exited the recession relatively early, but high unemployment would continue to affect other OECD nations through to at least 1985.
 Long-term effects of the recession contributed to the Latin American debt crisis, the savings and loans crisis in the United States, and a general adoption of neoliberal economic policies throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

Question: Who was the director of the 1985 West German-Italian war film starring the actor who played the character of "Bodie" in the late 1970s - early 1980s British television series "The Professionals"?
Answer: Antonio Margheriti