Biography
Lionel Harris (1922–1984) was a British television director, producer and actor. He began his career in the theatre after the Second World War, with seasons at the Bristol Old Vic and directing work including a production of King Lear in 1949. He moved into television in the early 1950s, directing live drama for the BBC before joining the newly formed ITV in 1955.
Harris directed numerous adaptations of West End plays for ITV anthology series such as ITV Play of the Week and ITV Television Playhouse in the 1950s and 1960s. He later worked mainly at the BBC, directing early Dennis Potter plays including Where the Buffalo Roam (1966), A Message for Posterity (1967) and A Beast with Two Backs (1968). His later credits include episodes of The Gold Robbers (1969), Upstairs, Downstairs (1973) and Funny Man (1981).
