Directed credits
18
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
George Spenton-Foster
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.2
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 15All crew credits: 40
TMDB ID: 1400416
Known for: Directing
Born: November 11, 1926
Died: December 26, 1993
Age: 67
Place of birth: Lambeth, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1960 - 1980
Years active: 21
Average TMDB rating: 7.1
Frequent jobs
Director (18)Associate Producer (21)Producer (1)
Biography
George Spenton-Foster (11 November 1926 – 26 December 1993) was a British television director and television producer. Joining the BBC in 1948 as George Spenton, he worked as a call boy on productions including The Quatermass Experiment. A move to production assistant led to a promotion as director in 1963, adopting Spenton-Foster as his professional surname by the mid-sixties. After producing a few anthology series in his homeland, like Thirty-Minute Theatre, he went to Australia in 1968 to produce a short-lived police series, The Link Men (1970). For the BBC, Spenton-Foster directed two Doctor Who stories: Image of the Fendahl (1977) and The Ribos Operation (1978). He also directed four Blake's 7 episodes from its second series in 1979: "Weapon", "Pressure Point", "Voice from the Past" and "Gambit". In late 1982, Spenton-Foster left the Liverpool-based soap opera Brookside four days before it aired because of a disagreement over bad language in the dialogue.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by George Spenton-Foster.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by George Spenton-Foster.
Director • 2 eps
Cribb
1980 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Blake's 7
1978 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Survivors
1975 • Series
Director • 1 eps
The Brothers
1972 • Series
Director • 1 eps
The Regiment
1972 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Barlow
1971 • Series
Director • 6 eps
Paul Temple
1969 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Thirteen Against Fate
1966 • Series
Director • 3 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Out of the Unknown
1965 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Londoners
1965 • Series
Director • 8 eps
Doctor Who
1963 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Z-Cars
1962 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Coronation Street
1960 • Series
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with George Spenton-Foster.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with George Spenton-Foster.
Associate Producer
Satisfaction Guaranteed
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
The Prophet
1967 • Movie
Associate Producer
Level Seven
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
Second Childhood
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
The Eye
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
Andover and the Android
1965 • Movie
Associate Producer
The World in Silence
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
Too Many Cooks
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
The Fox and the Forest
1965 • Movie
Associate Producer
Walk's End
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
The Fastest Draw
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
Thirteen to Centaurus
1965 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with George Spenton-Foster.
Director • 2 eps
Coronation Street
1960 • Series
Director • 8 eps
Doctor Who
1963 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Z-Cars
1962 • Series
Producer • 1 eps
Theatre 625
1964 • Series
Director • 3 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Blake's 7
1978 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Out of the Unknown
1965 • Series
Director • 6 eps
Paul Temple
1969 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Survivors
1975 • Series
Director • 1 eps
The Brothers
1972 • Series
Director • 2 eps
Cribb
1980 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for George Spenton-Foster.
Associate Producer
The Prophet
1967 • Movie
Associate Producer
Satisfaction Guaranteed
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
Walk's End
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
Too Many Cooks
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
The Fastest Draw
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
Tunnel Under the World
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
The Eye
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
The World in Silence
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
Second Childhood
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
Level Seven
1966 • Movie
Associate Producer
The Midas Plague
1965 • Movie
Associate Producer
Thirteen to Centaurus
1965 • Movie
Associate Producer
Some Lapse of Time
1965 • Movie
Associate Producer
Andover and the Android
1965 • Movie
Associate Producer
The Fox and the Forest
1965 • Movie
Associate Producer
Sucker Bait
1965 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for George Spenton-Foster.