---
name: "Philip Casson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-casson"
fi1m_id: "philip-casson"
tmdb_id: 151999
roles: ["Director"]
born: "20 December 1928"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:03:54.564816+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."
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# Philip Casson

## Identity

Philip Casson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-casson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philip-casson
- **TMDB ID:** 151999
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/151999

Director. Born 20 December 1928.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 20 December 1928
- **Active:** 1984–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Catherine Morshead](https://film.one/person/catherine-morshead.md), [Charles Beeson](https://film.one/person/charles-beeson.md), [Chris Clough](https://film.one/person/chris-clough.md), [Chris Lang](https://film.one/person/chris-lang.md), [Chris Murray](https://film.one/person/chris-murray-2716243.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/151999

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

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## Biography

Philip Casson is a British television director and producer. Born on 20 December 1928, he trained as a dancer and performed as a choreographer with Ballet Montmartre before beginning his television career in the 1950s and 1960s.

His early directing credits include episodes of variety and comedy series such as *Frost on Sunday* (1968–1970) and *Bowler* (1973). He directed numerous episodes of *The Muppet Show* (1976) from the second season onwards, as well as episodes of *Spitting Image* (1984). Later work encompasses *The Bill* (1984), *Casualty* (1986), and 171 episodes of *EastEnders* (1990–2008).

*Sources: imdb.com, muppet.fandom.com, eastenders.fandom.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2* (1999), Director
- *The Very Best of the Muppet Show* (1999), Director
- *Eldorado* (1992), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Muppet Treasures* (1985), Director
- *Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff* (1985), Director
- *Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets* (1985), Director
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *Spitting Image* (1984), series, Director
- *Arms and the Man* (1983), Director
- *Macbeth* (1979), Director
- *The Comedy of Errors* (1978), Director
- *The Muppet Show* (1976), series, Director
- *Bowler* (1973), series, Director
- *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, Director
- *The Music of Lennon & McCartney* (1965), Director
- *Ella* (1964), Director
- *It's Little Richard* (1964), Director
- *I Hear The Blues* (1963), Director
- *Hancock's Half Hour* (1956), series, Actor
- *Don't Knock The Rock U.K. 1964*, Director

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