---
name: "Desmond McCarthy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/desmond-mccarthy"
fi1m_id: "desmond-mccarthy"
tmdb_id: 1516714
roles: ["Director"]
died: "17 November 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:33:06.599435+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Desmond McCarthy

## Identity

Desmond McCarthy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/desmond-mccarthy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** desmond-mccarthy
- **TMDB ID:** 1516714
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1516714

Director. Died 17 November 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Died:** 17 November 2022
- **Active:** 1960–1962
- **Frequently works with:** [Colin Cant](https://film.one/person/colin-cant.md), [Derrick Goodwin](https://film.one/person/derrick-goodwin.md), [George Spenton-Foster](https://film.one/person/george-spenton-foster.md), [Gerald Blake](https://film.one/person/gerald-blake.md), [Michael Simpson](https://film.one/person/michael-simpson-1226610.md), [Oliver Horsbrugh](https://film.one/person/oliver-horsbrugh.md), [Tristan de Vere Cole](https://film.one/person/tristan-de-vere-cole.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1516714

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Desmond McCarthy was a British television director and writer. He directed episodes of *Coronation Street* (1971–1972), *Z-Cars* (1970), *Emmerdale Farm* (1972–1973) and *Blake's 7* (1980).

His other directing credits include *Crossroads* (1979–1982), *Crown Court* (1973–1976) and *Brookside* (1984). He also wrote an episode of *The Wednesday Play* (1970). McCarthy died on 17 November 2022.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Brookside* (1982), series, Director
- *Blake's 7* (1978), series, Director
- *Marked Personal* (1973), series, Director
- *Hunters Walk* (1973), series, Director
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, Director
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director
- *Adam Smith* (1972), series, Director
- *Season of the Witch* (1970), Director, Writer
- *The Doctors* (1969), series, Director
- *The Newcomers* (1965), series, Director
- *Crossroads* (1964), series, Director
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, Director, Writer
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Director
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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