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Gerard Glaister
- Born
- Dec 21, 1915 · Aged 89
- Died
- Feb 5, 2005
- Place of birth
- Hong Kong, China
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 0
- TV credits
- 1
- Directing credits
- 14
Biography
One of Britain's foremost television producers, Gerard Glaister was responsible for a string of top rating hit series including Dr Finlay's Casebook, Secret Army, Colditz, The Expert and Howard's Way. Glaister was born in 1915, the son of a Royal Navy surgeon. He studied acting at RADA and made his West End acting debut in 1939 before serving in the RAF. During the war he was the skipper of a Blenheim bomber and then became a photo reconnaisance pilot in the Western Desert, where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After being demobbed he worked in repertory before joining the…