John Llewellyn Moxey obit

Director John Llewellyn Moxey Has Died

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He was an Argentinian-born British film and television director. He was known for directing the horror film The City of the Dead (also known as Horror Hotel, 1960) and directing episodes of The Saint, Mission: Impossible, Magnum, P.I., and Murder, She Wrote. He was sometimes credited as John L. Moxey or John Moxey.

Moxey was born in Argentina in 1925. His family operated a coal and steel business out of South America at the time. He attended Rose Hill School, Banstead, Ottershaw College, Bradfield College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Before entering the film industry, he served in the Second World War in the British Army's 53rd Division Reconnaissance Corps. Beginning his career as an editor, he subsequently went on to direct episodes of the British series London Playhouse and The Adventures of Tugboat Annie.

Moxey's feature film directorial debut was The City of the Dead (also known as Horror Hotel, 1960). He also directed the film Circus of Fear (1966).

For much of his career he focused on directing television, including episodes of the British series Man of the World, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, Armchair Theatre, The Baron, The Saint, The Avengers and the American series Judd, for the Defense, Hawaii Five-O, Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Kung Fu, Miami Vice, Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote and the pilot episode of Charlie's Angels. He also directed a number of television films, including A Taste of Evil (1971), Home for the Holidays (1972), The Night Stalker (1972), Genesis II (1973), Where Have All the People Gone? (1974), No Place to Hide (1981), and Desire, the Vampire (1982).

Director

Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Murder, She Wrote

7.2

TV Series

Director

1984–1991

18 episodes

 

William Conrad and Joe Penny in Jake and the Fatman (1987)

Jake and the Fatman

6.4

TV Series

Director

1989

1 episode

 

Lady Mobster (1988)

Lady Mobster

4.9

TV Movie

Director

1988

 

Outback Bound (1988)

Outback Bound

5.7

TV Movie

Director

1988

 

Jerry Orbach and Barbara Babcock in The Law and Harry McGraw (1987)

The Law and Harry McGraw

7.5

TV Series

Director

1988

1 episode

 

Sadie and Son (1987)

Sadie and Son

6.1

TV Movie

Director

1987

 

Deadly Deception (1987)

Deadly Deception

6.3

TV Movie

Director

1987

 

Andy Griffith in Matlock (1986)

Matlock

7.1

TV Series

Director (as John L. Moxey)

1986

1 episode

 

Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Magnum, P.I.

7.5

TV Series

Director

1984–1986

6 episodes

 

Hal Linden and Harry Morgan in Blacke's Magic (1986)

Blacke's Magic

7.2

TV Series

Director

1986

1 episode

 

When Dreams Come True (1985)

When Dreams Come True

5.2

TV Movie

Director

1985

 

Tracy Scoggins, Robert Ginty, and Jeff McCracken in Hawaiian Heat (1984)

Hawaiian Heat

5.8

TV Series

Director

1984

1 episode

 

Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)

Miami Vice

7.6

TV Series

Director (directed by)

1984

1 episode

 

Bruce Greenwood and John Terlesky in Legmen (1984)

Legmen

6.9

TV Series

Director

1984

1 episode

 

Masquerade (1983)

Masquerade

6.9

TV Series

Director

1984

2 episodes

 

Through Naked Eyes (1983)

Through Naked Eyes

5.7

TV Movie

Director

1983

 

Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

7.0

TV Series

Director

1983

1 episode

 

The Cradle Will Fall (1983)

The Cradle Will Fall

5.1

TV Movie

Director

1983

 

I, Desire (1982)

I, Desire

5.7

TV Movie

Director (directed by)

1982

 

Killjoy (1981)

Killjoy

5.9

TV Movie

Director

1981

 

The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981)

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

5.8

TV Movie

Director

1981

 

No Place to Hide (1981)

No Place to Hide

6.2

TV Movie

Director

1981

 

The Mating Season (1980)

The Mating Season

6.7

TV Movie

Director

1980

 

The Children of an Lac (1980)

The Children of an Lac

6.9

TV Movie

Director

1980

 

Michelle Pfeiffer and Earl Holliman in The Solitary Man (1979)

The Solitary Man

6.0

TV Movie

Director

1979

 

Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979)

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

4.9

TV Movie

Director

1979

 

The Power Within (1979)

The Power Within

5.8

TV Movie

Director

1979

 

Sanctuary of Fear (1979)

Sanctuary of Fear

5.5

TV Movie

Director

1979

 

The Courage and the Passion (1978)

The Courage and the Passion

6.8

TV Movie

Director

1978

 

Beau Bridges in The President's Mistress (1978)

The President's Mistress

4.7

TV Movie

Director

1978

 

ABC Weekend Specials (1977)

ABC Weekend Specials

7.8

TV Series

Director

1977

1 episode

 

Intimate Strangers (1977)

Intimate Strangers

6.5

TV Movie

Director

1977

 

Panic in Echo Park (1977)

Panic in Echo Park

5.3

TV Movie

Director

1977

 

Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

6.0

TV Movie

Director

1976

 

Nightmare in Badham County (1976)

Nightmare in Badham County

6.1

TV Movie

Director

1976

 

Jaclyn Smith in Charlie's Angels (1976)

Charlie's Angels

7.0

TV Movie

Director

1976

 

Conspiracy of Terror (1975)

Conspiracy of Terror

5.4

TV Movie

Director

1975

 

Max Gail in Foster & Laurie (1975)

Foster & Laurie

7.0

TV Movie

Director

1975

 

Archer (1975)

Archer

5.5

TV Series

Director

1975

1 episode

 

Where Have All the People Gone (1974)

Where Have All the People Gone

6.0

TV Movie

Director

1974

 

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (1974)

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

5.9

TV Movie

Director

1974

 

Kung Fu (1972)

Kung Fu

7.6

TV Series

Director

1973–1974

4 episodes

 

Mike Connors in Mannix (1967)

Mannix

7.4

TV Series

Director

1968–1974

10 episodes

 

Robert Forster, David Birney, and Richard E. Kalk in Police Story (1973)

Police Story

7.5

TV Series

Director

1973

1 episode

 

Richard Roundtree in Shaft (1973)

Shaft

6.5

TV Series

Director

1973

1 episode

 

Monte Markham in The New Perry Mason (1973)

The New Perry Mason

5.4

TV Series

Director

1973

1 episode

 

Polly Bergen, Donna Mills, Paul Burke, Judy Carne, and Barbara Feldon in The Wide World of Mystery (1973)

The Wide World of Mystery

7.2

TV Series

Director

1973

1 episode

 

Genesis II (1973)

Genesis II

5.9

TV Movie

Director

1973

 

Home for the Holidays (1972)

Home for the Holidays

6.2

TV Movie

Director (directed by)

1972

 

Clint Walker in The Bounty Man (1972)

The Bounty Man

6.0

TV Movie

Director

1972

 

Circle of Fear (1972)

Circle of Fear

7.5

TV Series

Director (directed by)

1972

1 episode

 

Hardcase (1972)

Hardcase

6.1

TV Movie

Director

1972

 

The Night Stalker (1972)

The Night Stalker

7.4

TV Movie

Director

1972

 

Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)

Mission: Impossible

7.9

TV Series

Director

1969–1972

7 episodes

 

Peggy Lipton, Michael Cole, and Clarence Williams III in Mod Squad (1968)

Mod Squad

6.9

TV Series

Director

1971

2 episodes

 

Bearcats! (1971)

Bearcats!

7.5

TV Series

Director

1971

1 episode

 

Rosemary Forsyth and Doug McClure in The Death of Me Yet (1971)

The Death of Me Yet

7.1

TV Movie

Director

1971

 

Barbara Parkins in A Taste of Evil (1971)

A Taste of Evil

6.3

TV Movie

Director (directed by)

1971

 

Michael Cole and Janet Margolin in The Last Child (1971)

The Last Child

6.7

TV Movie

Director

1971

 

Escape (1971)

Escape

6.1

TV Movie

Director

1971

 

Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Jack Lord, and James MacArthur in Hawaii Five-O (1968)

Hawaii Five-O

7.4

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1970

2 episodes

 

Kitty Winn in The House That Would Not Die (1970)

The House That Would Not Die

5.6

TV Movie

Director

1970

 

San Francisco International Airport (1970)

San Francisco International Airport

2.6

TV Series

Director

1970

1 episode

 

The Name of the Game (1968)

The Name of the Game

7.6

TV Series

Director

1969–1970

4 episodes

 

Darren McGavin in The Outsider (1968)

The Outsider

7.9

TV Series

Director

1969

1 episode

 

Alexandra Bastedo, Stuart Damon, and William Gaunt in The Champions (1968)

The Champions

7.5

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1968

1 episode

 

Carl Betz and Stephen Young in Judd for the Defense (1967)

Judd for the Defense

7.7

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1968

2 episodes

 

Ben Gazzara in Run for Your Life (1965)

Run for Your Life

7.6

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1968

1 episode

 

Peter Falk, Sandy Dennis, Herschel Bernardi, and Michael Parks in A Hatful of Rain (1968)

A Hatful of Rain

7.0

TV Movie

Director

1968

 

George Sanders, Arlene Francis, and Lee Radziwill in Laura (1968)

Laura

6.8

TV Movie

Director

1968

 

The Solarnauts (1967)

The Solarnauts

6.1

Short

Director (as John Moxey)

1967

 

N.Y.P.D. (1967)

N.Y.P.D.

7.4

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1967

2 episodes

 

Laurence Harvey and Hugh O'Brian in Dial M for Murder (1967)

Dial M for Murder

7.6

TV Movie

Director

1967

 

Roger Moore in The Saint (1962)

The Saint

7.5

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1963–1967

7 episodes

 

The Avengers (1961)

The Avengers

8.3

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1967

1 episode

 

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

ITV Play of the Week

7.1

TV Series

Director

1955–1966

27 episodes

 

Steve Forrest in The Baron (1966)

The Baron

7.1

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1966

5 episodes

 

Patrick Wymark in The Power Game (1965)

The Power Game

8.3

TV Series

Director

1966

1 episode

 

Edward Judd and Caroline Mortimer in Intrigue (1966)

Intrigue

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1966

1 episode

 

Diane Cilento in Blackmail (1965)

Blackmail

8.0

TV Series

Director

1966

1 episode

 

Armchair Theatre (1956)

Armchair Theatre

7.6

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1959–1966

16 episodes

 

Psycho-Circus (1966)

Psycho-Circus

5.4

Director (english language version, as John Moxey)

1966

 

Strangler's Web (1965)

Strangler's Web

6.7

Director (as John Moxey)

1965

 

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959)

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre

7.8

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1962–1965

6 episodes

 

Michael Rennie in The Third Man (1959)

The Third Man

7.8

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1965

1 episode

 

ITV Sunday Night Drama (1959)

ITV Sunday Night Drama

7.1

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1965

1 episode

 

Gideon C.I.D. (1964)

Gideon C.I.D.

8.1

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1964–1965

2 episodes

 

Face of a Stranger (1964)

Face of a Stranger

7.0

Director (as John Moxey)

1964

 

Downfall (1964)

Downfall

6.8

Director (as John Moxey)

1964

 

John Gregson in First Night (1963)

First Night

8.7

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1964

2 episodes

 

Earl Cameron, Lee Grant, and Fred Sadoff in The Respectful Prostitute (1964)

Festival

7.7

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1963

1 episode

 

Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)

BBC Sunday-Night Play

8.9

TV Series

Director

1963

1 episode

 

Craig Stevens in Man of the World (1962)

Man of the World

7.7

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1963

2 episodes

 

William Mervyn and Edwin Richfield in The Odd Man (1960)

The Odd Man

8.0

TV Series

Director

1963

1 episode

 

ITV Television Playhouse (1955)

ITV Television Playhouse

8.2

TV Series

Director

1956–1963

10 episodes

 

Ricochet (1963)

Ricochet

6.6

Director (as John Moxey)

1963

 

Hold My Hand, Soldier

TV Movie

Director

1963

 

Death Trap (1962)

Death Trap

6.3

Director (as John Moxey)

1962

 

James Ellis and John Slater in Z Cars (1962)

Z Cars

7.0

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1962

3 episodes

 

Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)

Coronation Street

5.6

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1961

4 episodes

 

The Cheaters (1960)

The Cheaters

8.2

TV Series

Director (as John Moxey)

1960–1961

2 episodes

 

Gloria Mestre in Foxhole in Cairo (1960)

Foxhole in Cairo

5.8

Director (as John Moxey)

1960

 

Christopher Lee in The City of the Dead (1960)

The City of the Dead

6.7

Director (as John Moxey)

1960

 

Murder Bag (1957)

Murder Bag

TV Series

Director

1957–1958

4 episodes

 

Minerva Urecal in The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (1957)

The Adventures of Tugboat Annie

7.9

TV Series

Director (1957)

1957

 

London Playhouse

TV Series

Director

1955

2 episodes

 

Second Unit or Assistant Director

The Avengers (1961)

The Avengers

8.3

TV Series

second assistant director (uncredited)

1967

1 episode

 

Michael Rennie in The Third Man (1959)

The Third Man

7.8

TV Series

associate director (as John Moxey)

1963–1964

2 episodes

 

David Hannaford, Robin Netscher, and Hilary Rennie in The Dragon of Pendragon Castle (1953)

The Dragon of Pendragon Castle

8.0

assistant director (as John Moxey)

1953

 

Michael Gough in No Resting Place (1951)

No Resting Place

6.2

assistant director (as John Moxey)

1951

 

The Second Mate (1950)

The Second Mate

5.9

assistant director (as John Moxey)

1950

 

Paul Temple's Triumph (1950)

Paul Temple's Triumph

5.7

first assistant director (uncredited)

1950

 

If This Be Sin (1949)

If This Be Sin

6.4

assistant director (as John Moxey)

1949

 

Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray in The Glass Mountain (1949)

The Glass Mountain

6.6

assistant director (uncredited)

1949

 

The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948)

The Story of Shirley Yorke

5.9

assistant director (as John Moxey)

1948

 

Calling Paul Temple (1948)

Calling Paul Temple

6.0

assistant director (as John Moxey)

1948

 

Bad Sister (1947)

Bad Sister

7.1

third assistant director (uncredited)

1947

 

The Hills of Donegal (1947)

The Hills of Donegal

4.6

second assistant director (uncredited)

1947

 

Frank Randle, Leslie Sarony, and Leslie Holmes in When You Come Home (1947)

When You Come Home

5.7

third assistant director (uncredited)

1947

 

Producer

The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981)

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

5.8

TV Movie

co-producer

1981

 

Michael Rennie in The Third Man (1959)

The Third Man

7.8

TV Series

producer (as John Moxey)

1959–1965

 

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

ITV Play of the Week

7.1

TV Series

producer

1957–1958

2 episodes

 

ITV Television Playhouse (1955)

ITV Television Playhouse

8.2

TV Series

producer

1957

1 episode

 

Wednesday Theatre

TV Series

producer (as John Moxey)

1953

1 episode