Cast & creator
Jimmy Sangster
Best known for Ironside, Cannon, The Six Million Dollar Man
Also known as: John Sansom, James Sangster, John Samson
115
film credits
17
television credits
10
1946–2026 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (132)
Showing 132 of 132 credits
Ironside
Writer
1967
Cannon
Writer
1971
The Six Million Dollar Man
Story
1974
McCloud
Writer
1970McCloud
Story
1970
Wonder Woman
Writer
1975
Ghost Story
Writer
1972Ghost Story
Teleplay
1972
Banacek
Writer
1972
The Magician
Writer
1973
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
Dracula
Screenplay
1958
A Man Called Sloane
Writer
1979
A History of Horror
Self
2010
The Brides of Dracula
Screenplay
1960
Armchair Theatre
Writer
1956
The Curse of Frankenstein
Screenplay
1957
Lust for a Vampire
Director
1971
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Screenplay
1966
Young Dan'l Boone
1977
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
Screenplay
1972Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
Producer
1972Dødelig kjemi
Writer
1992
Taste of Fear
Writer
1961Taste of Fear
Producer
1961
Women Without Men
Production Manager
1956
Maniac
Writer
1963Maniac
Producer
1963
Fear in the Night
Producer
1972Fear in the Night
Writer
1972Fear in the Night
Director
1972
Deadlier Than the Male
Screenplay
1967Deadlier Than the Male
Original Story
1967The House of Horror - Memories of Bray
Himself
2013
The Horror of Frankenstein
Director
1970The Horror of Frankenstein
Screenplay
1970The Horror of Frankenstein
Producer
1970
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Writer
1958
The Unholy Four
Production Manager
1954
The Legacy
Screenplay
1978The Legacy
Story
1978
The Mummy
Screenplay
1959
Once Upon a Spy
Teleplay
1980
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Thanks
1994
The Nanny
Screenplay
1965The Nanny
Producer
1965
The Devil and Max Devlin
Story
1981
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Screenplay
1959
The Crawling Eye
Screenplay
1958
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Production Manager
1954
A Taste of Evil
Writer
1971
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Screenplay
1964
The Toughest Man in the World
Writer
1984
The Terror of the Tongs
Screenplay
1961
Spaceways
Assistant Director
1953
Concrete Cowboys
Writer
1979
The Saint's Return
Assistant Director
1953
The Pirates of Blood River
Story
1962
Paranoiac
Writer
1963
North Beach and Rawhide
Writer
1985
No Place to Hide
Teleplay
1981
The Snorkel
Screenplay
1958
The House Across the Lake
Assistant Director
1954
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Self
1987
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
Teleplay
1979Ebony, Ivory and Jade
Producer
1979
The Billion Dollar Threat
Writer
1979
X: The Unknown
Screenplay
1956X: The Unknown
Production Manager
1956X: The Unknown
Story
1956I Can Destroy the Sun
Writer
1958
The Savage Guns
Producer
1961
36 Hours
Assistant Director
1953
Murder in Music City
Writer
1979Murder in Music City
Producer
1979
Blood of the Vampire
Writer
1958
The Anniversary
Screenplay
1968The Anniversary
Producer
1968
The Hellfire Club
Screenplay
1961The Hellfire Club
Story
1961
Nightmare
Producer
1964Nightmare
Writer
1964
A Man on the Beach
Writer
1955
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Self
2006
Break in the Circle
Production Manager
1955
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
Assistant Director
1952Hammer and Beyond: The Jimmy Sangster Legacy
Himself (Archival)
2026
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
Self
2008
The Captive Heart
Third Assistant Director
1946
Good Against Evil
Writer
1977
A Case For P.C. 49
Assistant Director
1951
Blood Orange
Assistant Director
1953
Death of an Angel
Assistant Director
1952
Phobia
Writer
1980
The Man in Black
Assistant Director
1950
Crescendo
Screenplay
1970
The Lady Craved Excitement
Assistant Director
1950
Traitor's Gate
Screenplay
1964
Blackout
Assistant Director
1954Someone at the Door
Assistant Director
1950
Jack the Ripper
Screenplay
1959Jack the Ripper
Scenario Writer
1959
Face of a Stranger
Screenplay
1964
Flashback
Screenplay
2000
Scream, Pretty Peggy
Writer
1973
To Have and to Hold
Screenplay
1963
What the Butler Saw
Assistant Director
1950
To Have and to Hold
Assistant Director
1951
Foreign Exchange
Screenplay
1970Foreign Exchange
Novel
1970Foreign Exchange
Producer
1970
The Siege of Sidney Street
Winston Churchill
1960The Siege of Sidney Street
Screenplay
1960The Siege of Sidney Street
Story
1960
Legend of Hammer: Vampires
Self
2008
Third Party Risk
Production Manager
1954
The Spy Killer
Writer
1969The Spy Killer
Producer
1969The Spy Killer
Novel
1969
Intent to Kill
Screenplay
1958
Paid to Kill
Assistant Director
1954
Hysteria
Writer
1965Hysteria
Producer
1965
The Last Page
Assistant Director
1952
The Flanagan Boy
Assistant Director
1953
Face the Music
Assistant Director
1954
Black Widow
Assistant Director
1951
The Rossiter Case
Assistant Director
1951The Big Deal
Writer
1961
Room to Let
Assistant Director
1950
Mask of Dust
Production Manager
1954
Maneater
Writer
1973