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Charles Frend(1909-1977)

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  • Editor
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Charles Frend
British director Charles Frend started his film career as an editor, and worked on several Alfred Hitchcock films, including Secret Agent (1936) and Young and Innocent (1937). He later worked for MGM at Elstree Studios, where he edited such films as A Yank at Oxford (1938) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). He made his directorial debut in 1942 and turned out several low-budget dramas and documentaries. After the war he directed several critically acclaimed dramas, including The Cruel Sea (1953) and Scott of the Antarctic (1948). His final film as director was The Sky-Bike (1967) and the film on which he ended his career was Ryan's Daughter (1970), on which he worked as a second-unit director.
BornNovember 21, 1909
DiedJanuary 8, 1977(67)
BornNovember 21, 1909
DiedJanuary 8, 1977(67)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Robert Beatty, Charles Frend, and Robert Hamer in San Demetrio London (1943)

Known for

The Third Key (1956)
The Third Key
7.0
  • Director
  • 1956
Diana Churchill and John Mills in Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Scott of the Antarctic
7.0
  • Director
  • 1948
Greer Garson and Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
7.9
  • Editor
  • 1939
All at Sea (1957)
All at Sea
6.7
  • Director
  • 1957

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Director

  • Man in a Suitcase (1967)
    Man in a Suitcase
  • The Sky-Bike (1967)
    The Sky-Bike
  • The Sentimental Agent (1963)
    The Sentimental Agent
  • Torpedo Bay (1963)
    Torpedo Bay
  • Nigel Patrick in Zero One (1962)
    Zero One
  • Craig Stevens in Man of the World (1962)
    Man of the World
  • Girl on Approval (1962)
    Girl on Approval
  • Danger Man (1960)
    Danger Man
  • Rendezvous (1957)
    Rendezvous
  • Trouble in the Sky (1960)
    Trouble in the Sky
  • Interpol Calling (1959)
    Interpol Calling
  • All at Sea (1957)
    All at Sea
  • The Third Key (1956)
    The Third Key
  • Lease of Life (1954)
    Lease of Life
  • Jack Hawkins in The Cruel Sea (1953)
    The Cruel Sea

Editor

  • Wendy Hiller in Major Barbara (1941)
    Major Barbara
  • The Lion Has Wings (1939)
    The Lion Has Wings
  • Greer Garson and Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
    Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • The Citadel (1938)
    The Citadel
  • Maureen O'Sullivan and Robert Taylor in A Yank at Oxford (1938)
    A Yank at Oxford
  • Mary Clare, Derrick De Marney, Pat Fitzpatrick, John Longden, George Merritt, Nova Pilbeam, and Edward Rigby in Young and Innocent (1937)
    Young and Innocent
  • Richard Arlen, Barry MacKay, and Lilli Palmer in Silent Barriers (1937)
    Silent Barriers
  • Sabotage (1936)
    Sabotage
  • East Meets West (1936)
    East Meets West
    • (as C. Frend)
  • John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Robert Young, and Madeleine Carroll in Secret Agent (1936)
    Secret Agent
  • Car of Dreams (1935)
    Car of Dreams
  • Richard Dix in Transatlantic Tunnel (1935)
    Transatlantic Tunnel
    • (as C. Frend)
  • Fighting Stock (1935)
    Fighting Stock
  • Tony De Lungo in Oh, Daddy! (1935)
    Oh, Daddy!
  • Jan Kiepura in A Song for You (1934)
    A Song for You

Writer

  • The Sky-Bike (1967)
    The Sky-Bike
  • A Run for Your Money (1949)
    A Run for Your Money
  • The Return of the Vikings
  • San Demetrio London (1943)
    San Demetrio London
  • The Big Blockade (1942)
    The Big Blockade
    • (uncredited)

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    • November 21, 1909
    • Pulborough, Sussex, England, UK
    • January 8, 1977
    • London, England, UK

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    Educated at Oxford University.

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