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Jimmy Sangster (1927–2011)

Writer | Miscellaneous Crew | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

One of the driving, creative forces behind the legendary Hammer Studios, Jimmy Sangster was born on December 2nd, in Kinmel Bay, North Wales. He began in the film industry as a production assistant at age 16 during WWII. After this gig, he worked as a gofer and assistant projectionist for Norman's Film Services at London's Wardour Street... See full bio »

Born:

James Henry Kimmel Sangster
in North Wales, Wales, UK

Died:

(age 83) in London, England, UK
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2000 Flashback - Mörderische Ferien
 
1992 Beyond Belief!! (TV series documentary)
 
1992 Dødelig kjemi (TV mini-series)
 
1985 North Beach and Rawhide (TV movie)
 
1984 The Toughest Man in the World (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1979-1981 Concrete Cowboys (TV series)
– Two Hundred Miles from No Place (1981) (writer)
– The Wind Bags (1981) (writer)
– Concrete Cowboys (1979) (writer)
 
1981 The Devil and Max Devlin (story)
 
1981 No Place to Hide (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1980 Once Upon a Spy (TV movie) (screenplay / story)
 
1980 Phobia
 
1979 B.J. and the Bear (TV series)
– Mary Ellen (1979) (story / teleplay)
 
1979 Ebony, Ivory and Jade (TV movie)
 
1979 The Billion Dollar Threat (TV movie)
 
1979 The Country Western Murders (TV movie)
 
1978 The Legacy (screenplay / story)
 
1977 Good Against Evil (TV movie) (written by)
 
1977 Nashville 99 (TV series)
– Sing Me a Song to Die By (1977) (writer)
 
1976-1977 Wonder Woman (TV series)
– Wonder Woman in Hollywood (1977) (written by)
– The Feminum Mystique: Part 2 (1976) (teleplay)
– The Feminum Mystique: Part 1 (1976) (teleplay)
 
1975-1976 Movin' On (TV series)
– Full Fathom Five (1976) (written by)
– No More Sad Songs (1976) (written by)
– A Home Is Not a House (1976) (teleplay)
– Living It Up! (1976) (written by)
– The Big Switch (1976) (written by)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1975 S.W.A.T. (TV series)
– Courthouse (1975) (story)
 
1975 Cannon (TV series)
– The Victim (1975) (written by)
 
1974 Ironside (TV series)
– The Visiting Fireman (1974) (writer)
– Raise the Devil: Part 2 (1974) (teleplay)
– Raise the Devil: Part 1 (1974) (teleplay)
 
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV series)
– Horror in the Heights (1974) (written by)
 
1974 McCloud (TV series)
– The Concrete Jungle Caper (1974) (story)
– A Cowboy in Paradise (1974) (written by / as James Sangster)
 
1974 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
– Doomsday, and Counting (1974) (story)
 
1974 Banacek (TV series)
– Horse of a Slightly Different Color (1974) (writer)
 
1973 Maneater (TV movie)
 
1973 Scream, Pretty Peggy (TV movie) (written by)
 
1973 The Magician (TV series)
– The Manhunters (1973)
 
1972-1973 Circle of Fear (TV series)
– The Phantom of Herald Square (1973) (teleplay)
– Spare Parts (1973) (teleplay)
– Doorway to Death (1973) (writer)
– Time of Terror (1972) (writer)
– The Concrete Captain (1972) (teleplay)
 
1972 Fear in the Night
 
1972 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (screenplay / as James Sangster)
 
1971 A Taste of Evil (TV movie)
 
1970 The Horror of Frankenstein
 
1970 Crescendo (screenplay)
 
1970 Foreign Exchange (TV movie) (novel / screenplay)
 
1969 The Spy Killer (TV movie) (novel "Private I")
 
1968 The Anniversary (screenplay)
 
1967 Deadlier Than the Male (screenplay / story)
 
1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness (screenplay / as John Sansom)
 
1965 The Nanny (screenplay)
 
1965 Hysteria (written by)
 
1964 Das Verrätertor (as John Sansom)
 
1964 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV series)
– Face of a Stranger (1964) (as John Sansom)
 
1964 The Devil-Ship Pirates
 
1964 Nightmare (written by)
 
1963 Maniac (written by)
 
1963 Paranoiac (screenplay)
 
1962 The Pirates of Blood River (from a story by)
 
1961 Scream of Fear (written by)
 
1961 The Terror of the Tongs (written by)
 
1958-1961 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– The Big Deal (1961) (writer)
– I Can Destroy the Sun (1958) (writer)
 
1961 The Hellfire Club (screenplay / story)
 
1960 The Siege of Sidney Street (screenplay / story)
 
1960 Concrete Jungle (uncredited)
 
1960 The Brides of Dracula (screenplay)
 
1959 The Mummy (writer)
 
1959 The Man Who Could Cheat Death (screenplay)
 
1959 Jack the Ripper (screenplay)
 
1958 The Crawling Eye (screenplay)
 
1958 Blood of the Vampire (writer)
 
1958 The Snorkel (screenplay)
 
1958 Intent to Kill (writer)
 
1958 The Revenge of Frankenstein (writer)
 
1958 Horror of Dracula (screenplay)
 
1957 Motive for Murder (TV series)
– The Man Named Joe (1957) (writer)
– The Face on the Photograph (1957) (writer)
– The Doctor (1957) (writer)
– The Clay Pigeon (1957) (writer)
– The Man Named Jacques (1957) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1957 The Assassin (TV movie)
 
1957 The Curse of Frankenstein (screenplay)
 
1956 X: The Unknown (screenplay / story)
 
1955 A Man on the Beach (short)
 
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1975-1976 Movin' On (TV series) (executive story consultant - 22 episodes)
– Sing It Again, Sonny (1976) (executive story consultant)
– Full Fathom Five (1976) (executive story consultant)
– No More Sad Songs (1976) (executive story consultant)
– A Home Is Not a House (1976) (executive story consultant)
– Living It Up! (1976) (executive story consultant)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1972-1973 Circle of Fear (TV series) (story consultant - 21 episodes)
– The Phantom of Herald Square (1973) (story consultant)
– The Ghost of Potter's Field (1973) (story consultant)
– Graveyard Shift (1973) (story consultant)
– Legion of Demons (1973) (story consultant)
– Doorway to Death (1973) (story consultant)
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1954 Paid to Kill (assistant director)
 
1954 Heat Wave (assistant director)
 
1954 Blackout (assistant director)
 
1954 The Black Glove (assistant director)
 
1953 Terror Street (assistant director)
 
1953 The Saint's Girl Friday (assistant director)
 
1953 Three Stops to Murder (assistant director)
 
1953 Spaceways (assistant director)
 
1953 Bad Blonde (assistant director)
 
1952 Stolen Face (assistant director)
 
1952 Dead on Course (assistant director)
 
1952 Whispering Smith Investigates (assistant director)
 
1952 Man Bait (assistant director)
 
1951 The Black Widow (assistant director)
 
1951 To Have and to Hold (assistant director)
 
1951 The Rossiter Case (assistant director)
 
1951 Cloudburst (assistant director)
 
1950 Room to Let (assistant director)
 
1950 Someone at the Door (assistant director)
 
1950 What the Butler Saw (assistant director)
 
1949 Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora (second assistant director)
 
1949 Dick Barton Strikes Back (second assistant director)
 
1949 Man in Black (first assistant director)
 
1949 The Adventures of Jane (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (15 titles)
1979 Ebony, Ivory and Jade (TV movie) (producer)
 
1979 The Country Western Murders (TV movie) (producer)
 
1977 Young Dan'l Boone (TV series) (producer - 4 episodes)
– The Game (1977) (producer)
– The Salt Licks (1977) (producer)
– The Pirate (1977) (producer)
– The Trail Blazer (1977) (producer)
 
1972 Fear in the Night (producer)
 
1972 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (producer - uncredited)
 
1970 The Horror of Frankenstein (producer)
 
1970 Foreign Exchange (TV movie) (producer)
 
1969 The Spy Killer (TV movie) (producer)
 
1968 The Anniversary (producer)
 
1965 The Nanny (producer)
 
1965 Hysteria (producer)
 
1964 Nightmare (producer)
 
1963 Maniac (producer)
 
1962 The Savage Guns (producer)
 
1961 Scream of Fear (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (6 titles)
1973 Faraday and Company (TV series)
 
1972 Fear in the Night
 
1972 Banacek (TV series)
 
1971 Cannon (TV series)
 
1971 Lust for a Vampire
 
1970 The Horror of Frankenstein
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (6 titles)
1956 X: The Unknown (production manager)
 
1955 Break in the Circle (production manager)
 
1954 Race for Life (production manager)
 
1954 The Men of Sherwood Forest (production manager)
 
1954 The Big Deadly Game (production manager)
 
1954 The Unholy Four (production manager)
 
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Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
2010 A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Home Counties Horror (2010) … Himself
 
2008 Hammer Horror: A Fan's Guide (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Magic, Murder and Monsters: The Story of British Horror and Fantasy (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Lugosi, the Dark Prince (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Greasepaint and Gore, Part 2: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton (documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Greasepaint and Gore: The Hammer Monsters of Phil Leakey (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Dracula and His Disciples (video documentary short)
Himself - Writer, 'Horror of Dracula'
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Blood-Drinking Beings (video documentary short)
Himself - Director, 'Lust for a Vampire'
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Baron Frankenstein (video documentary short)
Himself - Director - 'Horror of Frankenstein'
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Maniacs (video documentary)
Himself - Screenwriter, 'Paranoiac'
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood! (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1966 Late Show London (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1966) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2012 Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic (video documentary short)
Himself - original crew-member
 

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Wrote the foreword for "The Christopher Lee Filmography: All Theatrical Releases, 1948-2003" by Tom Johnson and Mark A. Miller (McFarland, 2004). See more »

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Alternate Names:

James Sangster | John Sansom
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Personal Quote:

I wrote horror movies because it was my job. So, when someone asks me what were the influences that prompted me to be a "horror film" writer, I tell them it was Wages! See more »

Trivia:

He worked as a production assistant at Hammer Films. His duties included assistant director, second unit director and production manager. For an upcoming project the head of Hammer suggested that Sangster try his hand at writing; if he liked Sangster's script, Hammer would buy it. This began Jimmy Sangster's career as a writer... See more »

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