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Maurice Elvey (1887–1967)

Director | Producer | Writer

Maurice Elvey was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, the oldest son of William Clarence Folkard, an inspecting engineer, and Sarah Anna Seward Folkard (formerly Pearce). He never had a formal education, and was working on the streets of London by the age of nine after having run away from home... See full bio »

Born:

William Seward Folkard
in Stockton-on-Tees, England, UK

Died:

(age 79) in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
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1958 White Hunter (TV series)
– Run to Earth (1958)
 
1957 Stars in Your Eyes
 
1957 Second Fiddle
 
1956 Dry Rot
 
1956 House of Blackmail
 
1956 Fun at St. Fanny's
 
1955 Room in the House
 
1955 You Lucky People
 
1954 The Gay Dog
 
1954 What Every Woman Wants
 
1954 The Harassed Hero
 
1954 Wishing Well
 
1953 Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
 
1953 The Great Game
 
1952 My Wife's Lodger
 
1952 The Obsessed
 
1951 The Third Visitor
 
1946 Beware of Pity
 
1944 The Gay Intruders
 
1944 Strawberry Roan
 
1943 The Lamp Still Burns
 
1943 The Gentle Sex (uncredited)
 
1942 Salute John Citizen
 
1940 Room for Two
 
1940 For Freedom
 
1940 The Spider
 
1940 Goofer Trouble (short)
 
1940 Under Your Hat
 
1939 Sons of the Sea
 
1939 Sword of Honour
 
1939 A People Eternal
 
1938 Nobody Home
 
1938 Who Goes Next?
 
1938 Lightning Conductor
 
1937 Melody and Romance
 
1937 Who Killed John Savage?
 
1937 Change for a Sovereign
 
1937 A Romance in Flanders
 
1936 The Man in the Mirror
 
1936 Spy of Napoleon
 
1935 Transatlantic Tunnel
 
1935 Heat Wave
 
1935 In a Monastery Garden
 
1935 The Clairvoyant
 
1934 Road House
 
1934 A Song for You
 
1934 Alexandra
 
1934 Love, Life and Laughter
 
1934 The Bride of the Lake
 
1933/I The Wandering Jew
 
1933 This Week of Grace
 
1933 I Lived with You
 
1933 The Lost Chord
 
1933 The Woman in Command
 
1932 The Phantom Fiend
 
1932 Blame the Woman
 
1932 The Water Gipsies
 
1932 The Marriage Bond
 
1932 Frail Women
 
1931 Footsteps in the Night
 
1931 Sally in Our Alley
 
1931 Potiphar's Wife
 
1930 School for Scandal
 
1929 High Treason
 
1929 The Glad Eye
 
1928 You Know What Sailors Are
 
1928 Palais de danse
 
1928 Mademoiselle from Armentieres
 
1928 Balaclava
 
1928 Mademoiselle Parley Voo
 
1927 Quinneys
 
1927 The Flight Commander
 
1927 Fanny Hawthorne
 
1927 Roses of Picardy
 
1927 Tragödie einer Ehe
 
1926 The Flag Lieutenant
 
1926 Kenilworth Castle and Amy Robsart (short)
 
1926 Windsor Castle (short)
 
1926 Glamis Castle (short)
 
1926 Baddesley Manor: The Phantom Gambler (short)
 
1926 The Woman Tempted
 
1926 The Tower of London (short)
 
1925 Every Man's Wife
 
1925 She Wolves
 
1924 Curlytop
 
1924 Folly of Vanity
 
1924 My Husband's Wives
 
1924 The Love Story of Aliette Brunton
 
1924 Slaves of Destiny
 
1924 Henry, King of Navarre
 
1924 Sally Bishop
 
1923 The Passionate Friends
 
1923 Guy Fawkes
 
1923 The Wandering Jew
 
1923 The Sign of Four
 
1923 The Royal Oak
 
1923 Don Quixote
 
1922 The Hound of the Baskervilles
 
1922 Running Water
 
1922 Man and His Kingdom
 
1922 Dick Turpin's Ride to York
 
1922 A Debt of Honour
 
1921 The Tiger of San Pedro (short)
 
1921 The Solitary Cyclist (short)
 
1921 The Priory School (short)
 
1921 The Empty House (short)
 
1921 The Copper Beeches (short)
 
1921 The Yellow Face (short)
 
1921 A Scandal in Bohemia (short)
 
1921 The Resident Patient (short)
 
1921 The Red-Haired League (short)
 
1921 The Noble Bachelor (short)
 
1921 The Man with the Twisted Lip (short)
 
1921 The Dying Detective (short)
 
1921 The Devil's Foot (short)
 
1921 A Case of Identity (short)
 
1921 The Beryl Coronet (short)
 
1921 Innocent
 
1921 The Tragedy of a Comic Song (short)
 
1921 A Romance of Wastdale
 
1921 A Gentleman of France
 
1921 The Fruitful Vine
 
1921 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
 
1920 At the Villa Rose
 
1920 The Amateur Gentleman
 
1920 Bleak House
 
1920 The Victory Leaders
 
1920 The Tavern Knight
 
1920 A Question of Trust
 
1920 The Hundredth Chance
 
1919 The Swindler
 
1919 The Elusive Pimpernel
 
1919/I Mr. Wu
 
1919 God's Good Man
 
1919 The Rocks of Valpre
 
1919 Dombey and Son
 
1919 Keeper of the Door
 
1919 Quinneys
 
1919 Comradeship
 
1918 Nelson
 
1918 Adam Bede
 
1918 Goodbye
 
1918 The Greatest Wish in the World
 
1918 The Life Story of David Lloyd George
 
1918 Hindle Wakes
 
1917 Mary Girl
 
1917 Flames
 
1917 The Gay Lord Quex
 
1917 Justice
 
1917 The Woman Who Was Nothing
 
1917 The Grit of a Jew
 
1917 Smith
 
1916 The King's Daughter
 
1916 The Princess of Happy Chance
 
1916 Trouble for Nothing (short)
 
1916 When Knights Were Bold
 
1916 Money for Nothing (short)
 
1916 Vice Versa
 
1916 Mother Love
 
1916 Meg the Lady
 
1916 Esther
 
1916 Desperation
 
1915/II Fine Feathers
 
1915 A Will of Her Own
 
1915 Love in a Wood
 
1915 Charity Ann
 
1915 Home
 
1915 Grip (short)
 
1915 Her Nameless Child
 
1915 London's Yellow Peril (short)
 
1915 From Shopgirl to Duchess
 
1915 Florence Nightingale
 
1915 Gilbert Dying to Die (short)
 
1915 Midshipman Easy (short)
 
1915 There's Good in Everyone (short)
 
1915 Honeymoon for Three
 
1915 Gilbert Gets Tiger-Itis (short)
 
1914 The Sound of Her Voice (short)
 
1914 The White Feather (short)
 
1914 It's a Long Long Way to Tipperary (short)
 
1914 Her Luck in London
 
1914 The Bells of Rheims (short)
 
1914/II Lest We Forget (short)
 
1914 The Price of Justice (short)
 
1914 The Suicide Club
 
1914 The Loss of the Birkenhead
 
1914 The Battling British (short)
 
1914 Inquisitive Ike (short)
 
1914 The Cup Final Mystery (short)
 
1914 The Idol of Paris
 
1913 Topsy Wopsy (short)
 
1913 Maria Marten, or: The Murder in the Red Barn (short)
 
1913 The Great Gold Robbery (short)
 
1913 Bridegrooms Beware (short)
 
1913 The Fallen Idol (short)
 
1913 Popsy Wopsy
 
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1946 Beware of Pity (producer)
 
1944 The Gay Intruders (associate producer)
 
1939 Sword of Honour (producer)
 
1930 School for Scandal (producer)
 
1930 A Sister to Assist 'Er (producer)
 
1929 Sailors Don't Care (producer)
 
1929 The Glad Eye (producer)
 
1929 Smashing Through (producer)
 
1928 What Money Can Buy (producer)
 
1928 Palais de danse (producer)
 
1928 Mademoiselle from Armentieres (producer)
 
1928 The Physician (producer)
 
1927 The Arcadians (producer)
 
1927 A Woman in Pawn (producer)
 
1927 The Flight Commander (producer)
 
1927 A Sister to Assist 'Er (producer)
 
1927 Fanny Hawthorne (producer)
 
1927 Roses of Picardy (producer)
 
1926 The Woman Tempted (producer)
 
1919 Dombey and Son (producer)
 
1919 Her Greatest Performance (producer)
 
1917 Masks and Faces (producer)
 
1916 When Knights Were Bold (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (12 titles)
1957 Stars in Your Eyes (devised by)
 
1956 The Last Man to Hang? (adaptation)
 
1939 Sons of the Sea (screenplay)
 
1937 Melody and Romance
 
1931 Potiphar's Wife (adaptation)
 
1929 The Glad Eye (writer)
 
1923 The Sign of Four (writer)
 
1916 Desperation
 
1916 Esther
 
1915 A Will of Her Own
 
1915/II Fine Feathers (story)
 
1913 Maria Marten, or: The Murder in the Red Barn (short) (writer)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1914 The Cup Final Mystery (short)
 
1913 Maria Marten, or: The Murder in the Red Barn (short)
Captain Matthews
 
1913 The Fallen Idol (short)
Lover
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1936 The Man in the Mirror (director of productions: J.H. Studios)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
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(1912). Stage Play: Beauty and the Jacobin. Written by Booth Tarkington. Collier's Comedy Theatre: 29 Nov 1912 (1 performance). Cast: Maurice Elvey, Walter Kingsford, Eva Leonard Boyne, F.J. Randell, Elisabeth Risdon. See more »
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