Tom Clegg (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

Thomas Harrison Clegg (16 October 1934 – 24 July 2016) was a British television and film director. He was known as an action director, responsible for many episodes of The Sweeney, its cinema version Sweeney 2 (1978), and Sharpe.

In March 2014, Tom joined actress Georgina Hale as very special guests at a 43tv Retro TV Sweeney Meet in Hammersmith, London. Both Tom & Georgina gave an after dinner talk about their careers in TV & Film, and in particular The Sweeney.

Selected filmography

Television

• 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)

External links

• Tom Clegg at IMDb
• Obituary - The Telegraph