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He was a subject of the television programme ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in May 1970 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]]. |
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* [http://www.bigredbook.info/harold_french.html Harold French's appearance on This Is Your Life] |
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Revision as of 12:53, 18 September 2016
Harold French | |
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| Born | 23 April 1897 |
| Died | 19 October 1997 (aged 100) London, England, UK |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Film director |
| Years active | 1920–1936 (actor) 1937–1963 (director) |
| Spouse | Phyllis (? – 1941) |
| Awards | Locarno International Film Festival Most Entertaining Film 1949 Adam and Evelyne |
Harold French (23 April 1897 in London – 19 October 1997) was an English film director, screenwriter and actor.
As an actor, most of his roles occurred between 1912 and 1936, not gaining as much attention as later he would as a director.
He worked as a screenwriter on three of the four films produced by Marcel Hellman's and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s production company Criterion Film Productions in the late 1930s, before switching to film direction in 1937, often with Marcel Hellman as producer. From 1940 to 1955, he had several box-office successes as director. This successful period was clouded by the 1941 death of his wife Phyllis in a Luftwaffe bombing raid.[1]
Although he did some TV work after 1955, he appears to have retired from directing and acting after 1963. He died in 1997 at the age of 100.
He was a subject of the television programme This Is Your Life in May 1970 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.
Selected filmography
Director
- Dead Men are Dangerous (1939)
- The House of the Arrow (1940)
- The Day Will Dawn (1940)
- Secret Mission (1942)
- Unpublished Story (1942)
- Talk About Jacqueline (1942)
- Dear Octopus (1943)
- English Without Tears (1944)
- Quiet Weekend (1946)
- Quartet (1948) with Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree and Ralph Smart
- Adam and Evelyne (1949)
- Trio (1950) with Ken Annakin and Pat Jackson
- Encore (1951) with Anthony Pelissier
- The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (1952)
- The Hour of 13 (1952)
- Isn't Life Wonderful! (1953)
- Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953)
- Forbidden Cargo (1954)
- The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
Actor
- Sister Brown (1921)
- Jealousy (1931)
- East Lynne on the Western Front (1931)
- The Officers' Mess (1931)
- A Tight Corner (1932)
- A Safe Proposition (1932)
- I Adore You (1933)
- Night of the Garter (1933)
- Yes, Madam (1933)
- The Diplomatic Lover (1934)
- Murder at the Inn (1934)
- Faces (1934)
- Two on a Doorstep (1936)
Screenwriter
- Accused (1936)
- Crime Over London (1936)
- Jump for Glory (1937)
References
- ^ BritMovie: Harold French Linked 2012-10-14
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