Raymond Austin is an English television and film director, television writer and producer, and former stunt performer and actor who has worked in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Career Austin started his career as a stunt performer on such films as North by Northwest (1959) and Spartacus (1960). From 1965 to 1967 he served as stunt coordinator on 50 episodes of The Avengers. For The Champions he initially became involved as a second unit director, subsequently rising to the position of full director. His work as a TV director includes episodes of The Avengers (1968), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969–70), Space: 1999 (1975–76), The New Avengers (1976–77), and V (1984). He directed 50 of the 88 episodes of the series Zorro, which was filmed in Madrid between 1989 and 1992 for the American ABC Family Channel. He has also directed some made-for-TV films, including The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1983), and some feature films such as Virgin Witch (1972) and House of the Living Dead (1974). The Guinness world record site states that "In 1965, Dame Diana Rigg (UK) became the first western actress to perform kung fu on Television when the combat choreographers Ray Austin (UK) and Chee Soo (UK/China) worked elements of the martial art into her fight scenes on The Avengers. Certificate presentation was done on The New Paul O'Grady Show." Television Stunts Highway Patrol, 1955–59 (stunt performer) Thunder Road, 1958 (stunt performer) North by Northwest, 1959 (stunt performer) Operation Petticoat, 1959 (stunt performer) Spartacus, 1960 (stunt performer) The Sundowners, 1960 (stunt performer) Have Gun – Will Travel, 1957–63 (performer) Peter Gunn, 1958–60, 1960–61 (performer) Guns of Navarone, 1961 (stunt performer) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, 1961 (stunt arranger) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, 1962 (stunt arranger) Tarzan, 1963 (stunt performer) Tom Jones, 1963 (stunt arranger) Cleopatra, 1963 (stunt arranger) The Dirty Dozen, 1967 (stunt performer) The Avengers (arranger) Actor The Saint, 1963–64, 1966 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, 1962 (Mr Clay) Tom Jones, 1963 (Thug) Clash by Night, 1963 (Intruder) The V.I.P.s, 1963 (Chauffeur) Ghost Squad, 1964 The Avengers, 1965 Director The Baron, 1966 The Saint, 1968 (2 episodes) The Avengers, 1968 (2 episodes) The Champions, 1968 Journey to the Unknown, 1968–69 The Ugliest Girl in Town, 1968–69 Department S, 1969 (4 episodes) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), 1969–70 (6 episodes) Strange Report, 1971 Shirley's World, 1971–72 The