McGrath, Joe

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
McGrath, Joe
Other forms of name
McGrath, Joseph
Date of birth
1930
Place of birth
Glasgow (Scotland)
Gender
male
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 120343005
Wikidata: Q6285469
Library of congress: n 79042624
Sources of Information
  • The magic Christian, 1969:title page (Joseph McGrath; screenwriter)
  • The strange case ... 1977:t.p. (Joe McGrath)
  • Cleese, J. The strange case ... 1977 (a.e.)t.p. (Joe McGrath)
  • The strange case of the end of of civilisation ..., 1993:container (Joseph McGrath; director)
  • Halliwell's filmgoer's & video viewer's comp., 1995(McGrath, Joe (1930-); Scottish director, tv and films)
  • Now that's funny! 1998:t.p. (Joe McGrath) jkt. (educated at Glasgow School of Art and Royal Coll. of Art)
  • Internet Movie Database, June 27, 2013(Joseph McGrath; b. 1930 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK; director, producer, actor; alternate names Joe McGrath, Croisette Meubles)

Wikipedia description:

Joseph McGrath (born 28 March 1928) is a Scottish film and television director and screenwriter. He was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art in the late 1940s and early 1950s where his energy and talent was admired by his contemporaries. McGrath is best known for his collaborations with The Goon Show stars Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. He directed the scenes with Sellers and Orson Welles in the multi-director James Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967). He also directed Sellers and Spike Milligan in The Magic Christian (1969) and The Great McGonagall (1974). McGrath also worked with director Richard Lester on the Beatles' musical-comedy films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965). In November 1965, McGrath directed the Beatles' first-ever music videos (known at the time as "promo clips"), filming the band miming to five of their hit songs, including "Ticket to Ride", "Help!" and "Day Tripper". In the 2004 film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Alan Williams plays the unnamed director of Casino Royale, whom Sellers (played by Geoffrey Rush) calls "Joe".

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