Shane (1966), episodes The Great Invasion, Part 1-2 starring David Carradine, Constance Ford, and Bradford Dillman.London Conspiracy (1974) (co-directed with James Hill released in Italy) ĭirector (television films and miniseries).Godspell (1973) (nominated for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival).He died aged 82 on 7 April 2003 of pancreatic cancer, in Ojai, California. He had one child each with Vanessa Linsell, Thomasina Jones, Eileen Grace Jack and Katharine Blake. His marriage to Thomasina ended in her death and his seventh ended in his own death of pancreatic cancer three days later. Greene was divorced from five of his seven wives. Greene was married seven times: Margaret Lane (1941–48), Katharine Blake (1948–59), Eileen Grace Jack (1959–70), Thomasina Doreen Patricia Jones (1972–73), Vanessa Linsell (1975–81), Lauren Rickey Greene (1981–2001) and Kelly Greene (2003).

Most of his initial films as a director, however, were made and produced back in Britain, and it was only in the mid-1970s that he became firmly established in Hollywood as a filmmaker for television. He later moved on to Hollywood, California, United States. In 1953 emigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he worked in television production with the CBC, including on the acclaimed 1956 television play Flight into Danger. He moved into British films in the same year, including some minor 'classics' such as The Wooden Horse (1950).

Greene began public performances in 1948, including roles at the Old Vic. After training at RADA, he further perfected his craft at the renowned repertory theatre, the Oxford Playhouse, where he worked under the director Peter Ashmore. He became Publicity Manager for the Everyman Theatre in London before deciding to become an actor. In the Second World War he served in the merchant navy but was invalided out in 1941. Lucius David Syms-Greene (born Lucius David Syms Brian Lederman 22 February 1921 – 7 April 2003), known as David Greene, was a British television and film director, and actor.ĭavid Greene was born in Manchester, England, and originally trained as a journalist, working for the Walthamstow Guardian.

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