THE FINAL FRONTIER
► SCI-FACT! Austin directed 1983’s The Return Of The Man From UNCLE, which had a cheeky cameo by George Lazenby as “JB”.
RAY AUSTIN 1932-2023
The man who taught Mrs Peel how to fight
“AT ONE TIME I WAS GOING from one studio to another,” remembered Ray Austin of the remarkable career path that took him from stunt arranger to prolific TV director. “A fight here, a fall there. At night I would turn a car over, then go home, book two more stunt men, and we would be jumping off a building the next day.”