About John Lemont
Lived 1914 – 2004 (aged 89–90). John Lemont was a Canadian film director, screenwriter, film producer and director.
John Lemont (1914–2004) was a Canadian-born film and television director. He worked primarily in British television from 1954 to 1962, directing such TV series as Sir Francis Drake, Sixpenny Corner and The Errol Flynn Theater among others. He is known to science-fiction film fans as the director of the 1961 Herman Cohen film Konga.
Selected filmography The Green Carnation (1954) The Shakedown (1960) And Women Shall Weep (1960) Lemont co-wrote the script The Frightened City (1961) starred Herbert Lom and Sean Connery Konga (1961) produced in England by Herman Cohen
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Who was John Lemont?
Canadian film director (1914–2004)
When was John Lemont born?
John Lemont was born in 1914 in Toronto.
When did John Lemont die?
John Lemont died in 2004 in Bexhill-on-Sea.
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John Lemont was a film director, screenwriter, film producer and director.
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John Lemont was Canadian.
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