Jim O'Connolly

James Philip O'Connolly (23 February 1926, in Birmingham – December 1986, in Hythe) was an English actor, director, producer and screenwriter. 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's Way (1964) (TV series) - writer ("State Visit")
 * 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