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Bill Douglas (I) (1934–1991)

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in Newcraighall, Scotland, UK

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(age 57) in Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK
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1996 The Ring of Truth (TV movie) (script)
 
1986 Comrades
 
1978 My Way Home (writer)
 
1974 Home and Away (short) (screenplay)
 
1973 My Ain Folk (writer)
 
1972 My Childhood
 
1971 Come Dancing (short)
 
1970 Globe (short)
 
1969 Charlie Chaplin's London (short) (writer)
 
1969 Striptease (short) (writer)
 
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1985 Sleepwalker
 
1979 Working Surface: A Short Study (with Actors) in the 'Ways' of a Borgeois Writer (TV movie)
 
1970 Western (short)
Sheriff
 
1964 Carry on Cleo
Second companion (uncredited)
 
1962 Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV series)
– It's All in the Mind (1962) (as Forbes Douglas)
 
1961 The Younger Generation (TV series)
Boyfriend / Cowboy / Duncan / …
– Sucker (1961) … Steve (as Forbes Douglas)
– The Mating Age (1961) … Boyfriend (as Forbes Douglas)
– Animals Can't Laugh (1961) … Mike Anson (as Forbes Douglas)
– Flow Gently Sweet Afton (1961) … Cowboy (as Forbes Douglas)
– The Rabbit Set (1961) … Duncan (as Forbes Douglas)
 
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1986 Comrades
 
1978 My Way Home
 
1973 My Ain Folk
 
1972 My Childhood
 
1971 Come Dancing (short)
 
1970 Globe (short)
 
1969 Charlie Chaplin's London (short)
 
1969 Striptease (short)
 
Show ShowArt Director (1 title)
1970 Western (short)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2000 Contaminated Man (special thanks)
 
1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (documentary) (dedicated to the memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1973 Cinema Now (TV series)
Himself
– Two Young Film Makers (1973) … Himself
 
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Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas and the Secret History of Cinema -- Scot Bill Douglas (1934-91) was a collector of cinema memorabilia and pre-cinema optical devices as well as being an award-winning filmmaker (Bill Douglas Trilogy). He put these devices into his last film, Comrades (1987), the story of Tolpuddle Martyrs.
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Forbes Douglas
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