Sidney Hayers

Sidney Hayers was a British film and television director, writer and producer. He has been called "perhaps the most under-rated British director of the 1960s."

Biography

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hayers began his career as a film editor. Among the films he directed are Circus of Horrors, the occult thriller Night of the Eagle, a musical Three Hats for Lisa, and the adventure films The Southern Star and The Trap. He made a British kitchen sink drama with This is My Street but it made little impact. Filmink magazine argued, "If you don’t think critics make a difference, just ask Sidney Hayers," comparing him with Clive Donner who also made a movie for the same studio, Nothing but the Best.. "Donner is no better director than Hayers, but he got the reviews and was thus whisked off to Hollywood; Hayers toiled in B-land for the rest of his career."
In British TV, his credits included The Persuaders! and The New Avengers; he later directed several American TV shows, including episodes of Magnum, P.I., The A-Team, Knight Rider, T. J. Hooker, Baywatch and The Famous Five.
Hayers died of cancer in 2000 in Altea, Spain. His wife was the actress Erika Remberg. He had two children from his first marriage, to Patricia.

Filmography

As writer

Edith – original screenplay from researched notes.A Spy for a Spy – Screenplay adapted from the novel The Springers in collaboration with author Berkeley Mather.The Sweetwater Point Motel – Screenplay adapted from the novel of the same name by Peter Saab.The Tangled Web – Screenplay adapted fram the novel The Molester by Lee Sarokin.Spy Now, Pay Later – Original screenplay in collaboration with Carl Johnson and Karl-Heinz Willschrei. – Additional material and rewrites for seven episodes.

As director/producer/editor

While the Sun Shines – sound editor
Warning to Wantons – editor
Stop Press Girl – editor
Prelude to Fame – editor
White Corridors – editor
Never Take No for an Answer aka The Small Miracle – editor
Something Money Can't Buy – editor
Deadly Nightshade – editor
Recoil – editor
Romeo and Juliet – editor
Passage Home – editor
A Town Like Alice – editor
Triple Deception aka House of Secrets – editor
High Tide at Noon – editor
The One That Got Away – editorA Night to Remember – 2nd Unit Director/Film Editor
Tiger Bay – editorViolent Moment aka Rebound – director, editorOperation Amsterdam – 2nd Unit Director
The White Trap – directorCircus of Horrors – Director, editor
The Malpas Mystery – directorPayroll aka I Promised to Pay – Director
Echo of Barbara – directorNight of the Eagle – DirectorThis Is My Street – Director
The Human Jungle - directorThree Hats for Lisa – Director
The Trap – Director
Finders Keepers – Director
The Avengers – director, 2nd unit directorThe Southern Star – DirectorMister Jerico – Director Assault aka In the Devil's Garden – DirectorThe Firechasers – DirectorRevenge aka Inn of the Frightened People – Director
Shirley's World – director
The Persuaders! – directorAll Coppers Are... – Director
Arthur of the Britons – director
The Zoo Gang – directorDeadly Strangers – Co-Producer/DirectorWhat Changed Charley Farthing? aka The Bananas Boat – Co-Producer/DirectorDiagnosis: Murder – Co-Producer/DirectorOne Away – Co-Producer/Director
The New Avengers - director
A Bridge Too Far – Director of action sequences
The Professionals – director, producer
The Famous Five – director, producer
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries – director
The Last Convertible – director
The Seekers – Director
Galactica 1980 – director
Condominium – Director
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo – director
The Fall Guy – director
The Greatest American Hero – director
Magnum, P.I. – director
Terror at Alcatraz – director
Knight Rider – director
Remington Steele – director
The Family Tree – director
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye – director
Manimal – director
Masquerade – director
The Master – director
T.J. Hooker – director
Cover Up – director
Hardcastle and McCormick – director
Airwolf – director
Hunter – director
The A-Team – director
Scarecrow and Mrs. King – director
Werewolf – director
Blue Blood – director
Dragnet – director
They Came from Outer Space – director
The New Adam-12 – director
Super Force – director
Tarzán – director
Baywatch – director
Acapulco H.E.A.T. – director, writer
Space Precinct – director
CI5: The New Professionals – director