Tom Clegg (director)

British television and film director

This article is about the British director. For the British actor, see Tom Clegg (actor).

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

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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

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

## External links

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* Tom Clegg at IMDb
* Obituary - The Telegraph

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Italy
* Spain
* Netherlands

Other|

* IdRef