Brian Clemens

Selected filmography At the Stroke of Nine (1957) Operation Murder (1957) The Betrayal (1957) Moment of Indiscretion (1958) (co-written with Eldon Howard) The Secret Man (1959) Woman's Temptation (1959) An Honourable Murder (1960) Mission in Morocco (1960) Identity Unknown (1960) The Tell-Tale Heart (1960) Return of a Stranger (1961) Station Six-Sahara (1962) The Corrupt Ones (1967) And Soon the Darkness (1970) Blind Terror (also known as See No Evil; 1971) Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (released 1974; filmed 1972) (also director) The Watcher in the Woods (1980) Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) Justine: A Private Affair (1995)

Theatre In 1988, Clemens wrote the play Holmes and the Ripper, which was inspired by Stephen Knight's book Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution. The play has the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his colleague Dr. Watson become embroiled in the grisly murders in Whitechapel in 1888. The play would be adapted into an audio drama by Big Finish Productions.

In 2008 Clemens wrote the play Murder Hunt, which was performed at The Mill at Sonning and starred David Monteith as Captain K'Maka, a native African policeman who has to find the murderer amongst a bunch of guests stranded at a remote safari lodge. The list of plays he helped to write and produce:

Year Title Collaboration Genre Notes 1971 The Avengers Terence Feely Stage version of television show 1972 Lover Thriller Shock! 1973 Dear Heart Terence Feely Drama Loosely based upon life of Joe Orton 1975 Edge of Darkness 1977 Our Kid One act Drama Based upon the Moors Murders and Myra Hindley 1979 I'm Only Going to Kill her Dennis Spooner Comedy Will You Still Love Me in the Morning Sex comedy 1982 All About Murder Thriller 1986 Sting in the Tale Dennis Spooner Drama 1988 Holmes and the Ripper Mystery Based on the Whitechapel murders and Sherlock Holmes 1990 Anybody for Murder? Dennis Spooner Drama 1993 Inside Job Thriller 2001 The Devil at Midnight Without Trace 2006 Strictly Murder Thriller 2012 Murder Weapon

Personal life Clemens married his first wife Brenda Prior in 1955; they divorced in 1966.

Death Clemens died at home on 10 January 2015, aged 83. The cause of death was a leaking aneurysm. His son said his father had died shortly after watching an episode of The Avengers, and that his last words were: "I did quite a good job."