Philip Casson

Philip Casson is a British television director. Along with Peter Harris, he served as a director for The Muppet Show. Casson directed 46 episodes of the series starting in the second season. 
Casson began his career by training as a dancer, and performed as both a dancer and choreographer with Ballet Montmartre.Chester, Lewis. Tooth And Claw The Inside Story Of Spitting Image. Faber And Faber, 1986. p. 40 His other directing credits include episodes of the satirical puppet series Spitting Image, TV adaptations of Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Comedy of Errors, and several seasons of the soap opera EastEnders.
==Directoral Credits==
*The Muppet Show (46 episodes)
**Episode 203: Milton Berle
**Episode 204: Rich Little
**Episode 205: Judy Collins
**Episode 206: Nancy Walker
**Episode 207: Edgar Bergen
**Episode 209: Madeline Kahn
**Episode 211: Dom DeLuise
**Episode 213: Rudolf Nureyev
**Episode 215: Lou Rawls
**Episode 220: Petula Clark
**Episode 222: Teresa Brewer
**Episode 223: John Cleese
**Episode 309: Liberace
**Episode 310: Marisa Berenson
**Episode 311: Raquel Welch
**Episode 312: James Coco
**Episode 313: Helen Reddy
**Episode 314: Harry Belafonte
**Episode 315: Lesley Ann Warren
**Episode 316: Danny Kaye
**Episode 318: Leslie Uggams
**Episode 320: Sylvester Stallone
**Episode 324: Cheryl Ladd
**Episode 403: Shields & Yarnell
**Episode 405: Victor Borge
**Episode 407: Dudley Moore
**Episode 409: Beverly Sills
**Episode 411: Lola Falana
**Episode 413: Dizzy Gillespie
**Episode 415: Anne Murray
**Episode 420: Alan Arkin
**Episode 421: Doug Henning
**Episode 422: Andy Williams
**Episode 424: Diana Ross
**Episode 501: Gene Kelly
**Episode 503: Joan Baez
**Episode 505: James Coburn
**Episode 507: Glenda Jackson
**Episode 509: Debbie Harry
**Episode 511: Paul Simon
**Episode 513: Tony Randall
**Episode 515: Carol Burnett
**Episode 517: Hal Linden
**Episode 519: Chris Langham
**Episode 521: Johnny Cash
**Episode 523: Linda Ronstadt
==Sources==
==External links==
*IMDb
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