Tom Clegg (director)

Thomas Harrison Clegg (16 October 1934 – 24 July 2016)[1] was a British television and film director. He was known as an action director,[2] responsible for many episodes of The Sweeney, its cinema version Sweeney 2 (1978), and Sharpe.

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

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)

References

1. PS (July 25, 2016). "RIP director Tom Clegg". Sci-Fi Bulletin. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
2. "Tom Clegg". The Times. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

External links

• Tom Clegg on IMDb
• Obituary - The Telegraph