Film director Clive Donner, who helped launch the careers of actors such as Sir Ian McKellen and Alan Bates, has died at the age of 84.
He had Alzheimer's and died in London, his family said.
He was best known for a series of 1960s films including Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush and What's New Pussycat.
Donner then moved to Los Angeles to work in TV, where his credits included an adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Sir Ian and Jane Seymour.
He also directed TV adaptations of Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol and spoof movie, Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen, starring Peter Ustinov, Angie Dickinson and Michelle Pfeiffer.
What's New Pussycat, which was released in 1965, featured Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen and Ursula Andress in the leading roles.
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