Canadian director, writer and producer Alvin Rakoff, best known for directing Laurence Olivier in “A Voyage Round My Father,” has died at the age of 97. The cause of death was “old age,” his publicist ...

Alvin Rakoff, Canadian filmmaker who helped launch the careers of actors Sean Connery and Alan Rickman, has died. He was 97. On Oct. 12, the legendary director passed away in his home in Chiswick, ...