Cast & creator
J. Lee Thompson
Best known for Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, The Guns of Navarone, Cape Fear
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002), better known as J. Lee Thompson, was an English film director, active in England and Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article J. Lee Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Also known as: Jack Lee Thompson, John Lee-Thompson, John Lee Thompson, Джей Ли Томпсон, Дж. Ли Томпсон
69
film credits
1
television credits
7
1939–2001 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (70)
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Director
1972
The Guns of Navarone
Director
1961
Cape Fear
Director
1962
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Director
1973
King Solomon's Mines
Director
1985
Mackenna's Gold
Director
1969
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Director
1987
Armchair Theatre
Writer
1956
Happy Birthday to Me
Director
1981
Firewalker
Director
1986
What a Way to Go!
Director
1964
10 to Midnight
Director
198310 to Midnight
Story
1983
The White Buffalo
Director
1977
Ice Cold in Alex
Director
1958
Kings of the Sun
Director
1963
Jamaica Inn
Dialogue Coach
1939
The Evil That Men Do
Director
1984
Murphy's Law
Director
1986
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Self
1998
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Director
1989
The Greek Tycoon
Director
1978
Eye of the Devil
Director
1966
I Aim at the Stars
Director
1960
Taras Bulba
Director
1962
Messenger of Death
Director
1988
Huckleberry Finn
Director
1974
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Director
1975
St. Ives
Director
1976
North West Frontier
Director
1959
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Director
1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Producer
1965
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self
1990
The Passage
Director
1979
Brotherly Love
Director
1970
The Chairman
Director
1969
Caboblanco
Director
1980
As Long as They're Happy
Director
1955
Yield to the Night
Director
1956
For Better, for Worse
Director
1954For Better, for Worse
Screenplay
1954
Return from the Ashes
Director
1965Return from the Ashes
Producer
1965
The Blue Knight
Director
1975
An Alligator Named Daisy
Director
1955
The Ambassador
Director
1985
For Them That Trespass
Screenplay
1949
No Trees in the Street
Director
1959
Tiger Bay
Director
1959Empire of the Censors
Self
1995
The Weak and the Wicked
Director
1954The Weak and the Wicked
Writer
1954
Future Hunters
Screenplay
1988
Woman in a Dressing Gown
Director
1957Woman in a Dressing Gown
Producer
1957
A Great American Tragedy
Director
1972
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self
1995
No Place for Jennifer
Writer
1950
Before Winter Comes
Director
1969
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
2001
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
Self - Interviewee
1966
The Good Companions
Director
1957The Good Companions
Producer
1957
The Unforgettable Diana Dors
Self
2000
The Yellow Balloon
Director
1953
Murder Without Crime
Director
1950Murder Without Crime
Screenplay
1950
Widow
Director
1976
East of Piccadilly
Screenplay
1941The Middle Watch
Writer
1940