Jim O'Connolly

James Philip O'Connolly (23 February 1926 – December 1986), known professionally as Jim O'Connolly, was an English film director, producer, and screenwriter.^[1][2] He is best known for his work as associate producer of many of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries B-movies made at Merton Park Studios in the early 1960s, as well directing films such as The Hi-Jackers (1963), Smokescreen (1964), Berserk! (1967), and Tower of Evil (1972). He also directed several episodes of ITV's The Saint between 1967 and 1969.

Credits

• The Astonished Heart (1950) – 3rd AD
• Trio (1950) – assistant director
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) – 3rd AD
• The Man in the White Suit (1951) – 3rd AD
• Secret People (1952) – 3rd AD
• Mandy (1952) – assistant director
• I Believe in You (1952) – 3rd AD
• The Gentle Gunman (1952) – 2nd AD
• Laxdale Hall (1953) – 2nd AD
• Personal Affair (1953) – 2nd unit director
• The Blazing Caravan (1954) (short) – production assistant
• The Dark Stairway (1954) (short) – production assistant
• Passenger to Tokyo (1954) (short) – production assistant
• The Diamond Wizard (1954) aka The Diamond – associate producer, assistant director
• Child's Play (1954) – 2nd AD
• The Brain Machine (1955) – 1st AD
• The Strange Case of Blondie (1955) (short) – production assistant
• Night Plane to Amsterdam (1955) (short) – production assistant
• The Love Match (1955) – assistant director
• Little Red Monkey (1955) – production manager
• The Deadliest Sin (1955) aka Confession – production manager
• The Atomic Man (1955) aka Timeslip – production manager
• Murder Anonymous (1955) (short) – production manager
• Dial 999 (1955) – production manager
• The Wall of Death (1956) (short) – production manager
• The Case of the River Morgue (1956) (short) – production manager
• Destination Death (1956) (short) – production manager
• Persons Unknown (1956) (short) – production manager
• The Intimate Stranger (1956) aka Finger of Guilt – production manager
• The Counterfeit Plan (1957) – production manager
• The Lonely House (1957) (short) – production manager
• Bullet from the Past (1957) (short) – production manager
• Inside Information (1957) (short) – production manager
• Scotland Yard Dragnet (1957) aka The Hypnotist – production manager
• The Case of The Smiling Widow (1957) (short) – production manager
• Man in the Shadow (1957) – production manager
• The Mail Van Murder (1957) (short) – production manager
• The White Cliffs Mystery (1957) (short) – associate producer
• The Tyburn Case (1957) (short) – associate producer
• Night Crossing (1957) (short) – associate producer
• Escapement (1958) aka The Electronic Magnet – associate producer
• The Strange Awakening (1958) aka Female Fiends – associate producer
• Print of Death (1958) (short) – associate producer
• The Cross-Road Gallows (1958) (short) – associate producer
• Crime of Honour (1958) (short) – associate producer
• The Unseeing Eye (1959) (short) – production manager
• Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) – production manager
• The Ghost Train Murder (1959) (short) – associate producer
• The Dover Road Mystery (1960) (short) – associate producer
• The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–62) – associate producer
• Urge to Kill (1960) – associate producer
• The Last Train (1960) (short) – associate producer
• Concrete Jungle (1960) aka The Criminal – associate producer
• The Man Who Was Nobody (1960) – associate producer
• Marriage of Convenience (1960) – associate producer
• Evidence in Concrete (1960) (short) – associate producer
• Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960) – associate producer
• The Silent Weapon (1961) (short) – associate producer
• The Grand Junction Case (1961) (short) – associate producer
• Konga (1961) – associate producer
• The Clue of the New Pin (1961) – associate producer
• Wings of Death (1961) (short) – associate producer
• The Square Mile Murder (1961) (short) – associate producer
• Man at the Carlton Tower (1961)
• Partners in Crime (1961)
• The Never Never Murder (1961) (short) – associate producer
• The Fourth Square (1961) – associate producer
• Never Back Losers (1961) – associate producer
• Man Detained (1961) – associate producer
• Clue of the Silver Key (1961) – associate producer
• Attempt to Kill (1961) – associate producer
• The Sinister Man (1961) – associate producer
• Candidate for Murder (1962) – associate producer
• Emergency (1962) – writer
• The Traitors (1962) – writer, producer
• Flat Two (1962) – associate producer
• Backfire! (1962) – associate producer
• Shadow of Fear (1954) – writer
• The Hi-Jackers (1963) – writer, director
• Farewell Performance (1963) – writer, producer
• Gideon's Way (1964) (TV series) – writer ("State Visit")
• Smokescreen (1964) – writer, director
• The Little Ones (1965) – writer, director
• The Night Caller (1965) – writer
• A Study in Terror (1965) – original story
• Berserk! (1967) – director
• The Saint (1967) (TV series) – director
• Vendetta for the Saint (1969) – director
• Crooks and Coronets (1969) – writer, director
• The Valley of Gwangi (1969) – director
• Tower of Evil (1972) – writer, director
• Mistress Pamela (1974) – writer, producer, director