James Philip O'Connolly (23 February 1926, in Birmingham – December 1986, in Hythe) was an English actor, director, producer and screenwriter.[1][2] He is best known as the associate producer of many of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries b-films made at Merton Park Studios in the early 1960s, though he also directed a number of other low budget British movies, including The Hi-Jackers (1963), Smokescreen (1964), and Tower of Evil (1972), as well as several episodes of The Saint.