Alvin Rakoff

Directing • 1927-02-18 • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alvin Rakoff is a Canadian television, stage, and film director, who has spent the bulk of his career in England and directed more than 100 television plays, as well as a dozen feature films and numerous stage productions.

Known For

7.0

ITV Playhouse

1967

7.2

Theatre 625

1964

5.1

Death Ship

1980

6.0

Armchair Theatre

1956

5.9

A Dance to the Music of Time

1997

5.1

City on Fire

1979

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Filmography

1997
A Dance to the Music of TimeTV
Director • 4 episodes
★ 5.9
1993
A Haunting HarmonyFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1992
Sam SaturdayTV
Director • 2 episodes
1991
The Best of FriendsFilm
Director
★ 3.7
1991
Gas and CandlesFilm
Director
1988
The Play on OneTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1986
Paradise PostponedFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1984
The First Olympics: Athens 1896TV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 5.9
1984
A Voyage Round My FatherFilm
Director
★ 7.4
1983
A Talent for MurderFilm
Director
★ 6.9
1983
Number 10TV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1983
Mr. Halpern and Mr. JohnsonFilm
Director
★ 3.8
1983
Fireworks for ElspethFilm
Director
1982
All for LoveTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1982
The BreadwinnerFilm
Director
1981
Dirty TricksFilm
Director
★ 5.5
1981
The Quiet Days of Mrs StaffordFilm
Director
1980
Death ShipFilm
Director
★ 5.1
1979
City on FireFilm
Director
★ 5.1
1979
King Solomon's TreasureFilm
Director
★ 4.9
1978
The BBC Television ShakespeareTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1978
Romeo and JulietFilm
Director
★ 7.6
1977
Three Dangerous LadiesFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1977
BBC2 Play of the WeekTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1977
The KitchenFilm
Director
1976
KillersTV
Director • 1 episodes
1976
The Dame of SarkFilm
Director
1975
Mrs. AmworthFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1975
Shades of GreeneTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 8.5
1975
Private AffairsTV
Director • 1 episodes
1975
Husband to Mrs. FitzherbertFilm
Director
1975
Cheap in AugustFilm
Director
1974
Churchill's PeopleTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
1973
The Adventures Of Don QuixoteFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1972
The SextetTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 10.0
1971
Say Hello to YesterdayFilm
Director
★ 4.4
1971
Stage 2TV
Director • 1 episodes
1970
HoffmanFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1969
CrossplotFilm
Director
★ 5.7
1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
1967
ITV PlayhouseTV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 7.0
1967
Call Me DaddyFilm
Director
1965
BBC Play of the MonthTV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 5.2
1964
Theatre 625TV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 7.2
1964
The Comedy ManFilm
Director
★ 7.1
1962
The SaintTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1962
Heart to HeartFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1961
An einem Freitag um halb zwölfFilm
Director
★ 7.1
1959
The Treasure of San TeresaFilm
Director
★ 6.4
1959
The Ransom of Red ChiefFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1958
Passport to ShameFilm
Director
★ 6.1
1958
The Caine Mutiny Court-MartialFilm
Director
1956
Armchair TheatreTV
Director • 8 episodes
★ 6.0
1955
ITV Play of the WeekTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 4.0
1950
Sunday Night TheatreTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 3.5