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name: "Dennis Vance"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "18 March 1924"
died: "12 October 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:16:13.641199+00:00"
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# Dennis Vance

Director. Born 18 March 1924 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK. Died 12 October 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 18 March 1924, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 12 October 1983
- **Active:** 1961–1965
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Bain](https://film.one/person/bill-bain.md), [Don Leaver](https://film.one/person/don-leaver.md), [Guy Verney](https://film.one/person/guy-verney.md), [Jonathan Alwyn](https://film.one/person/jonathan-alwyn.md), [Kim Mills](https://film.one/person/kim-mills.md), [Quentin Lawrence](https://film.one/person/quentin-lawrence.md), [Richard Harris](https://film.one/person/richard-harris-99061.md), [Roger Marshall](https://film.one/person/roger-marshall.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5259029, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213716

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Dennis Vance (18 March 1924 – 12 October 1983) was a British television producer, director and occasional actor. Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, he served as a Fleet Air Arm pilot during the Second World War. After the war he began acting in small film roles before moving into production with BBC Television in the early 1950s.

In 1955 he became the first Head of Drama at ABC Weekend TV, where he oversaw the creation of the anthology series *Armchair Theatre*. He later returned to directing, helming an episode of *The Avengers* in 1961 and episodes of *Public Eye* in the early 1970s. His later credits included producing and directing series such as *The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes* (1971) and *The Bass Player and the Blonde* (1978).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Public Eye* (1965), Director

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