Biography
Gerald O'Hara (1 October 1924 – 9 January 2023) was a British film and television director and writer. Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, he began his career in the 1940s as an assistant director on numerous British productions, including Richard III (1955), Our Man in Havana (1959) and Tom Jones (1963).
His directorial debut was That Kind of Girl (1963). He directed episodes of The Avengers in 1965 and 1966, and later directed and wrote the screenplay for The Bitch (1979). Television credits include directing and writing episodes of The Professionals (1979) and writing an episode of Bergerac (1981). Other films include Amsterdam Affair (1968) and The Brute (1977). His final directing credit was The Mummy Lives (1993).
