McGrath also worked with director Richard Lester on the Beatles' musical-comedy films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965). He also directed Sellers and Spike Milligan in The Magic Christian (1969) and The Great McGonagall (1974). He directed the scenes with Sellers and Orson Welles in the multi-director James bond spoof Casino Royale (1967). McGrath is best known for his collaborations with The Goon Show stars Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan.
He was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art in the late 1940s and early 1950s where his energy and talent was admired by his contemporaries. Joseph McGrath (born 28 March 1928 ) is a Scottish film and television director and screenwriter. Scottish director and screenwriter (born 1928)
