death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
12 july 1995 london glasgow gordon flemyng 7 march 1934 gordon flemyng
 gordon william flemyng director
gordon flemyng

gordon william flemyng -lrb- 7 march 1934 -- 12 july 1995 -rrb- was a scottish director of six theatrical features , several television films and numerous episodes of tv series , some of which he also wrote and produced .
flemyng directed both of the dalek feature films of the 1960s , `` dr. who and the daleks '' -lrb- 1965 -rrb- , and '' '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- as well as `` the last grenade '' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- .
his son , actor jason flemyng , has continued the family tradition in the entertainment field .
a native of glasgow , gordon flemyng directed episodes of various british tv series , including `` the younger generation '' , `` the edgar wallace mystery theatre '' , `` the saint '' , the avengers , `` the baron '' , `` crown court '' , `` itv playhouse '' , `` target '' , `` screenplay '' , `` take my wife '' , `` cribb '' , `` the brack report '' , `` one summer '' , `` wish me luck '' , `` the bill '' , `` bergerac '' , `` taggart '' , `` peak practice '' , `` lovejoy '' , `` minder '' and `` ellington '' -lrb- also produced -rrb- .
in 1968 , flemyng directed a hollywood film with an all-star cast , `` the split '' , a crime drama with jim brown , ernest borgnine and gene hackman , based on a novel by donald e. westlake .
his other credits include `` saki '' -lrb- miniseries -rrb- ; `` härte 10 '' -lrb- miniseries -rrb- ; `` philby , burgess and maclean '' -lrb- tv -rrb- ; `` flight into hell '' ; `` cloud waltzing '' -lrb- tv -rrb- , `` marty abroad '' -lrb- 1971 - tv , produced only -rrb- and `` confessional '' -lrb- 1989 - tv , also produced -rrb- .
flemyng died in london at the age of 61 .
