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name: "Richmond Harding"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 September 1923"
died: "21 October 2010"
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average_as: "director"
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# Richmond Harding

Director. Born 28 September 1923 in Isleworth, London, England, UK. Died 21 October 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 September 1923, Isleworth, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 21 October 2010
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5250744

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Richmond Harding (1923–2010) was a British television director and producer. After service in the Second World War, he worked as an assistant director on films including *Scott of the Antarctic* (1948), *Passport to Pimlico* (1949) and *Whisky Galore!* (1949).

He directed seven episodes of the series *The Avengers* in 1962 and 1963, and is credited with the idea of dressing Honor Blackman as Catherine Gale in black leather. Harding also produced and directed episodes of *The World of Tim Frazer* (1961) and later directed episodes of *Coronation Street* (12 episodes in 1965), *Z Cars*, *Swizzlewick* and other series.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikimili.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Avengers* (1961), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

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