Directing

John Cooper

Born January 1, 1927 · Edale, Derbyshire, England, UK

Died January 1, 2017 · aged 90

John Cooper (1927 — 2017) was an English television producer and director, known for Thriller (1973), The Paper Lads (1977), and ITV Sunday Night Drama (1959).

Known For

A Killer with Two FacesA Killer with Two Faces · 1974
A Killer with Two Faces
7.01974
MovieThrillerTV Movie
A crazed killer escapes from an asylum and assumes the identity of his twin brother, a famous and respected architect.
ScreamerScreamer · 1974
Screamer
7.41974
MovieCrimeThriller
A young American girl on her way to visit friends in rural England is brutally attacked and raped. After spending the next few months in a mental institution trying to recover from her ordeal, she is released into the care of her friends. The police assure her that they have the man responsible in custody, and she begins to rest easy. That is until she sees her attacker wandering the streets of the town. After planning her revenge she follows the man and kills him. This, she thinks, is the end of her ordeal. That is until the man she thinks she has killed arrives at the house she is staying in.
A Killer in Every CornerA Killer in Every Corner · 1974
A Killer in Every Corner
8.01974
MovieHorrorTV Movie
A criminal psychologist invites three psychology students to his English countryside home to view some of his research on the criminal mind. Unbeknownst to the students, they are actually guinea pigs in a mind-control experiment he is conducting and the servants of the house are not what they appear to be.
Night Is the Time for KillingNight Is the Time for Killing · 1975
Night Is the Time for Killing
6.01975
MovieMysteryHorror
Film starring Judy Geeson, James Smilie, Charles Gray, Alister Williamson
Where the Action IsWhere the Action Is · 1975
Where the Action Is
8.01975
MovieTV MovieHorror
A gambler is smuggled into a billionaire's house to undertake a gambling duel.
MurrainMurrain · 1975
Murrain
7.51975
MovieDramaHorror
When a mystery illness infects the pigs of a village farmer and a local boy is also taken ill, the villagers try to convince a veterinarian that it is caused by a curse from a woman they believe to be a witch.
PossessionPossession · 1973
Possession
7.81973
MovieHorrorMystery
With the exception of the poor central heating system, Ray and Penny Burns' newly-purchased country house seems ideal. While repairing the pipes, a handyman digs up the cellar and uncovers the body of the home's previous owner who was murdered twenty years earlier. A séance held in the home reveals something very disturbing.
ThrillerThriller · 1973
Thriller
7.01973
SeriesDramaCrime
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.

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Sergeant CorkSergeant Cork · 1963
Sergeant Cork
7.21963
SeriesDrama
Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.

Director

The Paper LadsThe Paper Lads · 1977
The Paper Lads
7.81977
SeriesDrama
The Paper Lads is a children's television series produced by Tyne Tees Television and broadcast from 1977 to 1979. There were two series made; each of seven episodes. It was set in Newcastle in North East England, and was based around the adventures of some newspaper delivery boys and girls. The signature tune of the series, "Back Home Once Again", was performed by progressive folk rock band Renaissance, and it appears as a full-length song on their 1978 album A Song For All Seasons. Network Video released the first episode on their collection "Look-Back on '70s Telly - Issue 2". The full series is due to be released on Network DVD on 29 July 2013. Two novels by William Humble based on the series were released by Target Books.

Producer