Leslie Norman, varied work in film industry pre-war. To Ealing
initially as editor, then producer and writer before making his directorial
debut in The Night
My Number Came Up (1955). He worked consistently with Harry
Watt in Australia and Africa, and returned to Australia as director
both for Ealing and thereafter Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959).
During the 60's and 70's he became famous as a director of cult television
series such as The Saint, The Champions, The Avengers, The Persuaders
and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), ironically many were later adapted
into movies. His son (Barry Norman) went on to be one of the best known
film critics in the UK.
