Don Chaffey
Highest Rated: 100% Greyfriars Bobby (1961)
Lowest Rated: 56% Pete's Dragon (1977)
Birthday: Aug 5, 1917
Birthplace: Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
Don Chaffey was a British feature film and television director. After World War II, he got his start working as an art director for an independent studio, then in the early 1950s, he started directing short films and B-movie crime productions that were not quite feature length and were usually paired with a main attraction. As the decade stretched on, Chaffey worked regularly in television, including gigs directing episodes of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and "The New Adventures of Charlie Chan." In the 1960s, Chaffey would direct some of the most celebrated episodes for the cult television series "The Prisoner," starring Patrick McGoohan, as well as episodes for the swinging spy adventure show, "The Avengers," with Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. Chaffey frequently worked in the fantasy genre on the big screen as well, and his work in the lavish mythological adventure film "Jason and the Argonauts," featuring the stop motion animation of Ray Harryhausen, is generally considered to be one of his best films. Harryhausen and Chaffey teamed up again a few years later for the prehistoric adventure film "One Million Years B.C.," starring Raquel Welch. "The Viking Queen" and "Creatures the World Forgot," two more pulpy adventure movies set in the far past, followed. But for many viewers, Chaffey's most notable work might be his work for Disney, including "The Three Lives of Thomasina" and the live action/animated musical "Pete's Dragon."
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | International Airport | Director | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Casino | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | S.S. Casino | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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C.H.O.M.P.S. | Director | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born to Run | Director | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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The Gift of Love | Director | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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The Magic of Lassie | Director | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shimmering Light | Director | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie: The New Beginning | Director | - | 1978 |
56% |
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Pete's Dragon | Director | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Ride a Wild Pony | Director | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fourth Wish | Director | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Persecution | Director | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Charley One-Eye | Director | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sex Clinic | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Creatures the World Forgot | Director | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Twist of Sand | Director | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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The Viking Queen | Director | - | 1967 |
67% |
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One Million Years B.C. | Director | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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The Three Lives of Thomasina | Director | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crooked Road | Director | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Horse Without a Head | Director | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They All Died Laughing | Director | - | 1963 |
89% |
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Jason and the Argonauts | Director | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Jolly Bad Fellow | Director | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Matter of Who | Director | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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The Prince and the Pauper | Director | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Webster Boy | Director | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nearly a Nasty Accident | Director | - | 1962 |
100% |
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Greyfriars Bobby | Director | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet |
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Dentist in the Chair | Director | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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Breakout | Director | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Question of Adultery | Director | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man Upstairs | Director | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flesh Is Weak | Director | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl in the Picture | Director | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secret Tent | Director | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Time Is My Enemy | Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Skid Kids | Director | - | 1953 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission: Impossible | Director | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 68% | MacGyver | Director | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finder of Lost Loves | Director | 1984-1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Director | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gavilan | Director | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Director | 1981-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Director | 1978-1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Protectors | Director | 1972-1974 |
No Score Yet | 87% | The Avengers | Director | 1968-1969 |
100% | 91% | The Prisoner | Director | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Danger Man | Director | 1964-1965 |