John Gilling

Director

About

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Birth Place

England, GB

Born

May 29, 1912

Filmography

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The Frightened Man (2012)

The Mummy's Shroud (1967)

The Reptile (1966)

Where the Bullets Fly (1966)

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

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Gorgon, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) They're Bringing The Body In Now

Gorgon, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) We Are Men Of Science

Biography

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Frightened Man (2012)

The Mummy's Shroud (1967)

The Reptile (1966)

Where the Bullets Fly (1966)

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)

The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

It Takes a Thief (1961)

The Shadow of the Cat (1961)

The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)

The Man Inside (1958)

Cross-Up (1958)

High Flight (1958)

Pickup Alley (1957)

The Gamma People (1956)

Associate Director

White Fire (1954)

The Voice of Merrill (1952)

My Son, The Vampire (1952)

No Trace (1950)

Writer (Feature Film)

The Mummy's Shroud (1967)

The Gorgon (1965)

The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)

The Secret of Blood Island (1965)

The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

It Takes a Thief (1961)

Killers of Kilimanjaro (1960)

The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)

Cross-Up (1958)

High Flight (1958)

Additional Dialogue

The Man Inside (1958)

The Gamma People (1956)

Bond of Fear (1956)

White Fire (1954)

The Big Frame (1953)

Wings of Danger (1952)

Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard (1952)

13 East Street (1952)

The Voice of Merrill (1952)

No Trace (1950)

Producer (Feature Film)

The Crimson Blade (1964)

Fury at Smuggler's Bay (1963)

Life Events

1933

assistant director

1948

film director

Photo Collections

The Gamma People - Lobby Card

Here is a Lobby Card from Columbia Pictures' The Gamma People (1956). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Videos

Gorgon, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) They're Bringing The Body In Now After the murder of an artists’ model in some Carpathian forest, we meet Peter Cushing as the local scientist-doctor, Barbara Shelley his assistant, Patrick Troughton the policeman, and Jack Watson as Ratoff, then the weird discovery, early in Hammer Films’ The Gorgon, 1964.

Gorgon, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) We Are Men Of Science Increasingly emotional assistant Carla (Barbara Shelley) can’t see why doctor Namaroff (Peter Cushing) won’t discuss the spooky Greek-myth angle (i.e. corpses turned to stone) on the local murders, then a victim’s father (Michael Goodliffe), a former colleague, presses a similar point, in Hammer Films’ The Gorgon, 1964.

Gorgon, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) It's Not A Pretty Sight His hair turned gray after his encounter with the title monster (whose dead victims turn to stone), Heitz (Richard Pasco) receives his mentor and family friend Meister (Christopher Lee) from Leipzig, while Namaroff (Peter Cushing) slices up an ex-patient, with his still-more remote assistant Carla (Barbara Shelley), in Hammer Films’ The Gorgon, 1964.

Dead On Course (a.k.a. Wings Of Danger) 1952 -- (Movie Clip) She's Not Going To Have Pups Zachary Scott is American pilot and airline manager Vaness, in London, narrating about pal Nick (Robert Beatty), who defies his orders not to fly to the Channel Islands, opening Hammer Films’ Brit-Noir Dead On Course (a.k.a. Wings Of Danger), 1952, with Naomi Chance and Kay Kendall.

Dead On Course (a.k.a. Wings Of Danger) 1952 -- (Movie Clip) It Looked Very Final American Vaness (Zachary Scott) on the Channel Islands, can't reassure the hotelier father (Ian Fleming, not the writer) and sister (Naomi Chance, who’s also his girlfriend) of his colleague Nick, whose plane disappeared, in the Brit Noir Dead On Course (a.k.a. Wings Of Danger), 1952.

Gorgon, The (1965) -- (Movie Clip) She Pounced On Me Immediately following the opening supernatural killing, the introduction of Namaroff (Peter Cushing), assistant Carla (Barbara Shelley), policeman Kanof (Patrick Troughton) and a sample of the monster's talent, in The Gorgon, 1965, directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Films.

Gorgon, The (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Professor Meister Already more than a minute into his solo spooky sequence, Professor Meister (Christopher Lee), come to town to clear his murdered son's name, is lured to the "Castle Borski," where he meets the beast, all atmosphere and no dialogue, in Hammer Films' The Gorgon, 1965.

Gamma People, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Pagan Rite Stranded and already suspicious newsmen Mike (Paul Douglas) and Howard (Leslie Phillips), agree not to reveal Boronski (Walter Rilla) to the outside world, as they visit Paula (Eva Bartok) in art class with Aryan Hugo (Michael Caridia), in The Gamma People, 1956.

Gamma People, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Sentimental Noise Stuck in a hotel in a country they've never heard of, reporters Mike and Howard (Paul Douglas, Leslie Phillips) see pianist Hedda (Pauline Drewett), scolded by Hugo (Michael Caridia), tutor Paula (Eva Bartok) intervening and maid Anna (Jackie Lane) resuming service, in The Gamma People, 1956.

Gamma People, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) By Way Of Bulgaria Cranky reporter pals en route to Austria, American Mike (Paul Douglas) and British Howard (Leslie Phillips), unaware of a train mishap and their arrival in fictional Gudavia, opening The Gamma People, 1956.

Gamma People, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) A Thing Without A Mind Puzzled reporters Mike (Paul Douglas) and Howard (Leslie Phillips) jailed in the unknown republic of Gudavia, introduction of scientists Boronski (Walter Rilla), Blikstein (Olaf Pooley) and Paula (Eva Bartok), the colonel (Philip Leaver) panicking, early in The Gamma People 1956.

Mummy's Shroud, The -- (Movie Clip) Death Awaits All Sandstorm abated, Sir Basil (Andre Morell), Claire (Maggie Kimberley) and crew (David Buck, Tim Barrett) enter the tomb, surprising Hasmid Ali (Roger Delgado), in Hammer Films' The Mummy's Shroud, 1967.

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