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Old 07-09-2005, 06:20 AM
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Six of One's website (The Prisoner Appreciation Society) states that the Directors Guild Of America has confirmed the passing of David Tomblin, producer, writer and generally Patrick McGoohan's right hand man on the cult 60s series.

Tomblin had a long career in film and television and was arguably the best first assistant director in Sexy Beast, with credits such as GANDHI, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, RETURN OF THE JEDI and EMPIRE STRIKES BACK being just a handful of the top-grossing films he worked on.

Tomblin restricted his own directorial efforts to the small screen, however, helming episodes of UFO and SPACE 1999 for Gerry Anderson.

IMDb reports that he was still working in 2005 :

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866563/

He will certainly be a hard act to follow.

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Spielberg described him as the best assistant director ever! He shot a lot on EBS and ROTJ. From the docos I've seen, he seemed a very no nonsense man. He will be missed I'm sure.
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And a nice guy with it.....Well done...

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Coincidentally, I've just been watching an interview with him in a Prisoner documentary on YouTube.
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Spielberg described him as the best assistant director ever! He shot a lot on EBS and ROTJ. From the docos I've seen, he seemed a very no nonsense man. He will be missed I'm sure.
EBS? ROTJ?

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Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi

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So shouldn't that have been ESB then?
Or was it really The Empire Backs Strikes?

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Thanks! I clearly can't type. Yes it should have been ESB! ;)
That would have made it so much clearer - not

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Harry, when I was learning the streets of London to become a cab driver, Dave gave me quite a lot of work, on DANGER MAN either in the crowd or as a standin, Dave was very kind and one of the best. god bless him.
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Jim, then you know what a nice guy he was.....Speak soon...

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YES HARRY, David Tomlin was one of the best, I worked on 2 or 3 films when he was first assistant, plus Danger Man and the Prisoner, there was one film I worked on that was Directed by Harry Belafonte, I wonder if you or anyone know's the name of it, god bless him.
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yes harry, david tomlin was one of the best, i worked on 2 or 3 films when he was first assistant, plus danger man and the prisoner, there was one film i worked on that was directed by harry belafonte, i wonder if you or anyone know's the name of it, god bless him.
so sorry made a big mistake it was directed by sidney poitier.
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I would imagine the film is A Warm December

A Warm December (1973)
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Thank you Lord Brett, the film was "A WARM DECEMBER"
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