Jim O'Connolly

James Philip O'Connolly (23 February 1926 in Birmingham – December 1986 in Hythe) was an English actor, director, producer and screenwriter.[1][2] He is best known as the associate producer of many of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries b-films made at Merton Park Studios in the early 1960s, though he also directed a number of other low budget British movies, including The Hi-Jackers (1963), Smokescreen (1964), and Tower of Evil (1972), as well as several episodes of The Saint.

Credits
  • The Astonished Heart (1950) - 3rd AD
  • Trio (1950) - assistant director
  • The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) - 3rd AD
  • The Man in the White Suit (1951) - 3rd AD
  • Secret People (1952) - 3rd AD
  • Mandy (1952) - assistant director
  • I Believe in You (1952) - 3rd AD
  • The Gentle Gunman (1952) - 2nd AD
  • Laxdale Hall (1953) - 2nd AD
  • Personal Affair (1953) - 2nd unit director
  • The Blazing Caravan (1954) (short) - production assistant
  • The Dark Stairway (1954) (short) - production assistant
  • Passenger to Tokyo (1954) (short) - production assistant
  • The Diamond Wizard (1954) aka The Diamond - associate producer, assistant director
  • Child's Play (1954) -2nd AD
  • The Brain Machine (1955) - 1st AD
  • The Strange Case of Blondie (1955) (short) - production assistant
  • Night Plane to Amsterdam (1955) (short) - production assistant
  • The Love Match (1955) -assistant director
  • Little Red Monkey (1955) - production manager
  • The Deadliest Sin (1955) aka Confession - production manager
  • The Atomic Man (1955) aka Timeslip - production manager
  • Murder Anonymous (1955) (short) - production manager
  • Dial 999 (1955) - production manager
  • The Wall of Death (1956) (short) - production manager
  • The Case of the River Morgue (1956) (short) - production manager
  • Destination Death (1956) (short) - production manager
  • Persons Unknown (1956) (short) - production manager
  • The Intimate Stranger (1956) aka Finger of Guilt - production manager
  • The Counterfeit Plan (1957) - production manager
  • The Lonely House (1957) (short) - production manager
  • Bullet from the Past (1957) (short) - production manager
  • Inside Information (1957) (short) - production manager
  • Scotland Yard Dragnet (1957) aka The Hypnotist - production manager
  • The Case of The Smiling Widow (1957) (short) - production manager
  • Man in the Shadow (1957) - production manager
  • The Mail Van Murder (1957) (short) - production manager
  • The White Cliffs Mystery (1957) (short) - associate producer
  • The Tyburn Case (1957) (short) - associate producer
  • Night Crossing (1957) (short) - associate producer
  • Escapement (1958) aka The Electronic Magnet - associate producer
  • The Strange Awakening (1958) aka Female Fiends - associate producer
  • Print of Death (1958) (short) - associate producer
  • The Cross-Road Gallows (1958) (short) - associate producer
  • Crime of Honour (1958) (short) - associate producer
  • The Unseeing Eye (1959) (short) - production manager
  • Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) - production manager
  • The Ghost Train Murder (1959) (short) - associate producer
  • The Dover Road Mystery (1960) (short) - associate producer
  • The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–62) - associate producer
  • Urge to Kill (1960) - associate producer
  • The Last Train (1960) (short) - associate producer
  • Concrete Jungle (1960) aka The Criminal - associate producer
  • The Man Who Was Nobody (1960) - associate producer
  • Marriage of Convenience (1960) - associate producer
  • Evidence in Concrete (1960) (short) -associate producer
  • Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960) - associate producer
  • The Silent Weapon (1961) (short) - associate producer
  • The Grand Junction Case (1961) (short) - associate producer
  • Konga (1961) - associate producer
  • The Clue of the New Pin (1961) - associate producer
  • Wings of Death (1961) (short) - associate producer
  • The Square Mile Murder (1961) (short) - associate producer
  • Man at the Carlton Tower (1961)
  • Partners in Crime (1961)
  • The Never Never Murder (1961) (short) - associate producer
  • The Fourth Square (1961) - associate producer
  • Never Back Losers (1961) - associate producer
  • Man Detained (1961) - associate producer
  • Clue of the Silver Key (1961) - associate producer
  • Attempt to Kill (1961) - associate producer
  • The Sinister Man (1961) - associate producer
  • Candidate for Murder (1962) - associate producer
  • Emergency (1962) - writer
  • The Traitors (1962) - writer, producer
  • Flat Two (1962) - associate producer
  • Backfire! (1962) - associate producer
  • Shadow of Fear (1954) - writer
  • The Hi-Jackers (1963) - writer, director
  • Farewell Performance (1963) - writer, producer
  • Gideon C.I.D. (1964) (TV series) - writer
  • Smokescreen (1964) - writer, director
  • The Little Ones (1965) - writer, director
  • The Night Caller (1965) - writer
  • A Study in Terror (1965) - original story
  • Berserk! (1967) - director
  • The Saint (1967) (TV series) - director
  • Vendetta for the Saint (1969) - director
  • Crooks and Coronets (1969) - writer, director
  • The Valley of Gwangi (1969) - director
  • Tower of Evil (1972) - writer, director
  • Mistress Pamela (1974) - writer, producer, director

References
  1. Profile, bfi.org.uk; accessed 5 August 2017.
  2. Jim O'Connolly on IMDb
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