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L to R Ray Harryhausen (Producer), Desmond Davis (Director), Jaxon Gwillm (Son of actor Jack Gwillim who played Poseidon), Sir Laurence Olivier (Zeus) and Harry Hamlin (Perseus) . Cast and crew celebrate Laurence Olivier's 72nd birthday on the set.
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1963 Tom Jones (camera operator)
 
1962 Freud (camera operator)
 
1962 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (camera operator)
 
1961 A Taste of Honey (camera operator)
 
1961 Scream of Fear (camera operator)
 
1960 Faces in the Dark (camera operator)
 
1959 Friends and Neighbours (camera operator)
 
1959 The Giant Behemoth (camera operator)
 
1959 Make Mine a Million (camera operator)
 
1958 The Crawling Eye (camera operator)
 
1958 Tread Softly Stranger (camera operator)
 
1958 Black Tide (camera operator)
 
1958 High Hell (camera operator)
 
1957 Thunder Over Tangier (camera operator - as Des Davis)
 
1957 The Surgeon's Knife (camera operator)
 
1957 Strangers' Meeting (camera operator)
 
1957 The Heart Within (camera operator)
 
1957 Stranger in Town (camera operator)
 
1957 Kill Me Tomorrow (camera operator)
 
1957 Professor Tim (camera operator)
 
1956 High Terrace (camera operator)
 
1956 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (TV series) (camera operator - 1 episode)
– Lancelot's Banishment (1956) (camera operator)
 
1956 The Adventures of the Big Man (TV series) (photographer: second unit - 9 episodes)
– The Smugglers (1956) (photographer: second unit)
– The Frightened Angels (1956) (photographer: second unit)
– The Door of Gold (1956) (photographer: second unit)
– The Thief (1956) (photographer: second unit)
– Lady Killer (1956) (photographer: second unit)
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1956 Passport to Treason (camera operator)
 
1956 Bond of Fear (camera operator)
 
1955 Two Grooms for a Bride (focus puller - uncredited)
 
1955 The Gilded Cage (focus puller - uncredited)
 
1954 The Embezzler (focus puller - uncredited)
 
1953 White Fire (focus puller - uncredited)
 
1953 Escape by Night (focus puller - uncredited)
 
1953 Recoil (focus puller - uncredited)
 
1953 Black Orchid (focus puller - uncredited)
 
1953 Love in Pawn (focus puller - uncredited)
 
1952 Murder Will Out (focus puller - uncredited)
 
1952 Curtain Up (clapper loader - uncredited)
 
1952 13 East Street (focus puller - uncredited)
 
1952 The Frightened Man (clapper loader - uncredited)
 
1952 Three Installations (short) (camera operator)
 
1951 The African Queen (clapper loader: studio - uncredited)
 
1950 Blackout (focus puller - uncredited)
 
1950 No Trace (clapper loader - uncredited)
 
1950 The Happiest Days of Your Life (clapper loader - uncredited)
 
1949 The Interrupted Journey (clapper loader - uncredited)
 
1944 Don't Take It to Heart (clapper loader - uncredited)
 
1944 It's in the Bag (clapper loader - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (35 titles)
1994 Doggin' Around (TV movie)
 
1991 The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (TV movie)
 
1991 The Chief (TV series)
– Episode #2.6 (1991)
– Episode #2.5 (1991)
– Episode #2.4 (1991)
– Episode #2.3 (1991)
– Episode #2.2 (1991)
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1988 Freedom Fighter (TV movie)
 
1987 Agatha Christie's 'In a Glass Darkly' (TV movie)
 
1986 Love with the Perfect Stranger (TV movie)
 
1984 Camille (TV movie)
 
1984 Ordeal by Innocence
 
1984 The Country Girls (TV movie)
 
1983 The Sign of Four (TV movie)
 
1982 Russian Night... 1941 (TV movie)
 
1982 The Agatha Christie Hour (TV series)
– In a Glass Darkly (1982) (as Desmond Davies)
 
1982 The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (TV movie)
 
1982 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
– Passing Through (1982)
 
1981 Clash of the Titans
 
1981 The Man of Destiny (TV movie)
 
1979 The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight (TV movie)
 
1979 Measure for Measure (TV movie)
 
1977 Centre Play (TV series)
– Risking It (1977)
– The Emporer's New Hat (1977)
 
1977 Wings (TV series)
– The Prisoner's Friend (1977)
– The Hunters (1977)
 
1976 The New Avengers (TV series)
– The Eagle's Nest (1976)
 
1974 Play for Today (TV series)
– Back of Beyond (1974)
 
1973 Wessex Tales (TV series)
– The Withered Arm (1973) (uncredited)
 
1972 Follyfoot (TV series)
– Fly Away Home (1972)
– The Awakening (1972)
– The Innocents (1972)
– A Present for Sandy (1972)
– Family of Strangers (1972)
 
1969 A Nice Girl Like Me
 
1967 Smashing Time
 
1966 Time Lost and Time Remembered
 
1965 The Uncle
 
1964 Girl with Green Eyes
 
1958-1959 Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (TV series)
– David and Dora Get Married (1959)
– Uriah Heep (1959)
– David and Betsy Trotwood (1958)
 
1958 Fair Game (TV series)
 
1957 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (TV series)
– The Missing Princess (1957)
 
1957 The Adventures of Aggie (TV series)
– London Story (1957)
 
1955 Lilli Palmer Theatre (TV series)
– The Door (1955)
 
1955 Baker's Dozen (TV movie)
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
1969 A Nice Girl Like Me (writer)
 
1966 Time Lost and Time Remembered
 
1965 The Uncle
 
1955 Lilli Palmer Theatre (TV series)
– The Door (1955) (screenplay)
– Bardell vs. Pickwick (1955) (adaptation)
 
1954 An Inspector Calls
 
1952 Happy and Glorious (TV series)
– 1891-1900 (1952) (adaptation)
– 1875-1887 (1952) (adaptation)
– 1861-1862 (1952) (adaptation)
– 1842-1853 (1952) (adaptation)
– 1838-1841 (1952) (adaptation)
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Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
1965 The Uncle (producer)
 
1960 Suspense (TV series) (producer)
 
1958 Fair Game (TV series) (producer)
 
1955 Lilli Palmer Theatre (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– The Door (1955) (producer)
 
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1951 Happy Go Lovely (dialogue director)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2002 Cast & Crew (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (2002) … Himself
 
1987 Give Me Your Answer True (documentary)
Himself
 
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