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Basil Dearden (1911–1971)

Director | Producer | Writer

A former stage director, Basil Dearden entered films as an assistant to director Basil Dean (he changed his name from Dear to avoid being confused with Dean). Dearden worked his way up the ladder and directed (with Will Hay) his first film in 1941; two years later he directed his first film on his own... See full bio »

Born:

Basil Clive Dear
in Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK

Died:

(age 60) in M4 Motorway, near Brentford, London, England, UK
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1974 Mission: Monte Carlo
 
1971-1972 The Persuaders! (TV series)
– To the Death, Baby (1972)
– Powerswitch (1971)
– Overture (1971)
 
1970 The Man Who Haunted Himself
 
1969 The Assassination Bureau
 
1968 Only When I Larf
 
1966 Khartoum
 
1965 Masquerade
 
1964 Woman of Straw
 
1963 A Place to Go
 
1963 The Mind Benders
 
1962 Walk in the Shadow
 
1962 All Night Long
 
1961 Victim
 
1961 The Secret Partner
 
1960 Man in the Moon
 
1959-1960 The Four Just Men (TV series)
– Treviso Dam (1960)
– The Heritage (1960)
– Rogue's Harvest (1960)
– The Man Who Wasn't There (1960)
– The Boy Without a Country (1960)
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1960 The League of Gentlemen
 
1959 Sapphire
 
1958 Nowhere to Go (uncredited)
 
1958 Violent Playground
 
1957 Big Time Operators
 
1956 The Green Man (uncredited)
 
1956 Who Done It?
 
1955 PT Raiders
 
1955 Out of the Clouds
 
1954 The Rainbow Jacket
 
1953 The Square Ring
 
1952 The Gentle Gunman
 
1952 I Believe in You
 
1951 Pool of London
 
1950 Cage of Gold
 
1950 The Blue Lamp
 
1949 Train of Events (segments "The Actor" and "The Prisoner-of-War")
 
1948 Saraband
 
1947 Frieda
 
1946 The Captive Heart
 
1945 Dead of Night (segments "Hearse Driver" and "Linking Narrative")
 
1944 They Came to a City
 
1944 The Halfway House
 
1943 My Learned Friend
 
1943 The Bells Go Down
 
1942 The Goose Steps Out
 
1942 The Black Sheep of Whitehall
 
1939 Under Suspicion (TV movie)
 
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1970 The Man Who Haunted Himself (executive producer)
 
1962 Walk in the Shadow (producer)
 
1962 All Night Long (co-producer)
 
1961 Victim (co-producer - uncredited)
 
1959 Desert Mice (producer)
 
1958 Mad Little Island (producer)
 
1958 Davy (producer)
 
1956 Who Done It? (co-producer)
 
1955 PT Raiders (co-producer - uncredited)
 
1953 The Square Ring (producer)
 
1941 Turned Out Nice Again (associate producer)
 
1941 The Ghost of St. Michael's (associate producer)
 
1940 Spare a Copper (producer)
 
1940 To Hell with Hitler (associate producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (12 titles)
1970 The Man Who Haunted Himself (screenplay)
 
1960 Man in the Moon (uncredited)
 
1955 PT Raiders (screenplay)
 
1952 I Believe in You
 
1949 Train of Events (writer)
 
1944 They Came to a City
 
1941 Turned Out Nice Again
 
1940 Spare a Copper
 
1940 To Hell with Hitler
 
1940 Now You're Talking (short)
 
1939 Under Suspicion (TV movie)
 
1938 This Man Is News (writer)
 
1938 George Takes the Air (assistant director)
 
1938 Penny Paradise (assistant director)
 
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1940 Young Veteran (documentary short) (assistant)
 
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In the 1940s he lived with his wife Melissa Stribling at 10, Park Village West, near Regent's Park, London. The Crown Estate owned cul-de-sac also boasted another well-known British director, Seafield Head and his wife, the actress Helen Shingler. See more »

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