Tom Clegg (director)

British television and film director

Tom Clegg
Born	Thomas Harrison Clegg 16 October 1934 Lancashire, England
Died	24 July 2016 (81)

Thomas Harrison Clegg (16 October 1934 – 24 July 2016)^[1] was a British television and film director. He was known as an action director,^[2] responsible for many episodes of The Sweeney, its cinema version Sweeney 2 (1978), and Sharpe. Between 1952 and 1954, he performed national service in the Royal Air Force.^[3]

Selected filmography

Television

• Scotland Yard: The Stateless Man (1955) as Fenton

Special Branch (1973–74)
Space: 1999 (1975–77)
The Sweeney (1975–78)
A Captain's Tale (1982)
Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989 and 1990)
Sharpe (1993-2008)
Bravo Two Zero (1999)
Adventure Inc. (2002-2003)
Rosemary & Thyme (2003)

Film

Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1970)
Sweeney 2 (1978)
McVicar (1980)
G'olé! (1983)
The Inside Man (1984)
Any Man's Death (1990)

References

^ PS (25 July 2016). "RIP director Tom Clegg". Sci-Fi Bulletin. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
^ "Tom Clegg". The Times. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ "Tom Clegg, director of The Sweeney – obituary". Telegraph Online. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2022.