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Paul Seed (born 18 September 1947) is a British television director and former actor.
Born in Bideford in Devon, he began his career as an actor, appearing in numerous television series, including Z Cars, Softly Softly: Task Force, Survivors, Doctor Who, Secret Army, Coronation Street, Crown Court and Tales of the Unexpected.
In the late 1970s, Seed chose to pursue a career in TV drama directing and completed the BBC Directors' course, following which he directed numerous TV plays, series and serials during the 1980s. He is perhaps best known for directing the BBC's smash-hit 1990 mini-series House of Cards and its sequel To Play the King, adapted by Andrew Davies from Michael Dobbs' novels and famously starring Ian Richardson as Francis Urquhart.
He continued to direct for television drama series throughout the 1990s including A Touch of Frost and Playing the Field, and in 2002 directed all six episodes of the revival of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
In recent years, he has directed episodes of New Tricks, Northern Lights and Lark Rise to Candleford, and in 2010 directed the BBC adaptation of Just William.
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Born
Thursday, 18 September 1947
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Drama Connections | Self | 2005 |
Nearly a Happy Ending | Tony | 1980 |
The Human Factor | Shop Assistant | 1979 |
Tales of the Unexpected | Director of Commercial | 1979 |
Hazell | Dicky Loraine | 1978 |
Secret Army | Van Hoyt / Dominique | 1977 |
Heydays Hotel | Barney | 1976 |
Against the Crowd | Roy | 1975 |
Survivors | Grant | 1975 |
BBC2 Playhouse | TV director | 1974 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
Drama Connections | Self | 2005 |
Nearly a Happy Ending | Tony | 1980 |
The Human Factor | Shop Assistant | 1979 |
Tales of the Unexpected | Director of Commercial | 1979 |
Hazell | Dicky Loraine | 1978 |
Secret Army | Van Hoyt / Dominique | 1977 |
Heydays Hotel | Barney | 1976 |
Against the Crowd | Roy | 1975 |
Survivors | Grant | 1975 |
BBC2 Playhouse | TV director | 1974 |
Crown Court | Special Con. Bell | 1972 |
Doomwatch | Michael Pratt | 1970 |
ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Mr. Rangers | 1969 |
Doctor Who | Graff Vynda-K | 1963 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Blandings | 2013 |
Just William | 2010 |
Clash of the Santas | 2008 |
A Risk Worth Taking | 2008 |
Lark Rise to Candleford | 2008 |
Northern Lights | 2006 |
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt | 2005 |
Roman Road | 2004 |
Christmas Lights | 2004 |
Doc Martin | 2004 |
Cheers and Tears | 2003 |
New Tricks | 2003 |
Ready When You Are Mr. McGill | 2003 |
Strange Relations | 2001 |
Dirty Tricks | 2000 |
Every Woman Knows a Secret | 1999 |
A Rather English Marriage | 1998 |
Playing the Field | 1998 |
Heat of the Sun | 1998 |
Have Your Cake and Eat It | 1997 |
The Affair | 1995 |
To Play the King | 1993 |
A Touch of Frost | 1992 |
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster | 1992 |
House of Cards | 1990 |
Capital City | 1989 |
Screen One | 1989 |
Fighting Back | 1986 |
Screen Two | 1985 |
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | 1983 |
Across the Water | 1983 |
Play for Today | 1970 |