Leon Clore; Producer Helped Launch Careers of Directors

Leon Clore, 73, a film producer whose credits include “The French Lieutenant’s Woman.” Clore was instrumental in launching the film careers of such directors as Lindsay Anderson. He produced commercials, documentaries and feature films, including “Every Day Except Christmas” (1957), Lindsay Anderson’s 40-minute documentary about Covent Garden market, and “Virgin Island” (1958), with Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes. His best-known films were directed by Karel Reisz: “Morgan: A Suitable Case For Treatment” (1966), adapted from the David Mercer play; and “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1981), adapted from the John Fowles novel and starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. In London on Sunday of cancer.