Leon Thau

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Leon Thau (born 8 April 1926 in Palestine^[1]^[2]) is a British actor, TV producer and director. He played the part of Frankie Wing in the 1960 London production of the musical Flower Drum Song. As an actor he became known in the 1960s BBC TV comedy series It's a Square World, and also appeared in Comedy Playhouse, The Gnomes of Dulwich, Z-Cars, Up Pompeii and The Avengers.^[1]^[3] He had parts in the films The Magic Christian, Carry On... Up the Khyber, The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery and The Sandwich Man.^[1]

Having worked with Michael Bentine in It's a Square World and The Sandwich Man, he produced and directed Michael Bentine's Potty Time.^[4]

As a director he was responsible for Prisoner Cell Block H, The Tomorrow People, and the children's series T-Bag of which he was also a producer.^[3] He produced the 1971 situation comedy It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling.^[5]

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Name	Thau, Leon
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Short description	British television director
Date of birth	8 April 1926
Place of birth	Israel
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