---
name: "Quentin Lawrence"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/quentin-lawrence"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "6 November 1920"
died: "9 March 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:16:04.399375+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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# Quentin Lawrence

Director. Born 6 November 1920 in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK. Died 9 March 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 6 November 1920, Gravesend, Kent, England, UK
- **Died:** 9 March 1979
- **Active:** 1961–1965
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Bain](https://film.one/person/bill-bain.md), [Dennis Vance](https://film.one/person/dennis-vance.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), [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/Q7271272, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101531

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Quentin Lawrence (6 November 1920 – 9 March 1979) was an English film and television director. He worked extensively for Associated Television (ATV).

Lawrence directed episodes of the series *The Avengers* (1965) and *Public Eye* (1971). Among his feature films are *The Crawling Eye* (1958), also known as *The Trollenberg Terror*, and *Cash on Demand* (1961). An article in *The Guardian* noted him for the precision of his camerawork.

*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

## Also known for

- *The Crawling Eye* (1958), Director
- *Cash on Demand* (1961), Director

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