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name: "Cyril Frankel"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 December 1921"
died: "7 June 2017"
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average_as: "director"
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# Cyril Frankel

Director. Born 28 December 1921 in Stoke Newington, London, UK. Died 7 June 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 December 1921, Stoke Newington, London, UK
- **Died:** 7 June 2017
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q594401, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291201/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/143635

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Avengers*](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) (83)

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## Biography

Cyril Frankel (28 December 1921 – 7 June 2017) was a British film and television director. Born in Stoke Newington, London, he began his career in documentaries for the Crown Film Unit in the late 1940s before moving to feature films.

He directed episodes of series including *The Avengers* (1961), *Department S* (1969) and *UFO* (1970). His feature films include *Man of Africa* (1953), *Never Take Sweets from a Stranger* (1960), *School for Scoundrels* (1960) and *The Witches* (1966). Frankel later worked as a ceramics expert for Bonhams and co-authored the book *Modern Pots: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and their Contemporaries – The Lisa Sainsbury Collection* (2000). His memoir *Eye to Eye* was published in 2009.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Avengers* (1961), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

## Also known for

- *The Witches* (1966), Director
- *UFO* (1970), Director
- *Never Take Sweets from a Stranger* (1960), Director

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