Robert Hamer

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Robert James Hamer was born in 1911 along with his twin sister Barbara, the son of Owen Dyke Hamer, a bank clerk, and his wife, Annie Grace Brickell. He was educated at Cambridge University where he wrote some poetry and was published in a collection 'Contemporaries and Their Maker', along with the spy Donald Maclean. Hamer's cinematic career began... See full bio »

Born:

March 31, 1911 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK

Died:

December 4, 1963 (age 52) in London, England, UK

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Known For

Kind Hearts and Coronets Director

(1949)

The Detective Director

(1954)

Dead of Night Director

(1945)

The Scapegoat Director

(1959)

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Director (15 credits)

1960 School for Scoundrels

1959 The Scapegoat

1955 ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Green of the Year (1955)

- A Month in the Country (1955)

1955 ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall (TV Movie) (play "Private Lives")

1955 To Paris with Love

1954 The Detective

1953 The Long Memory

1952 His Excellency

1949 The Spider and the Fly

1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets

1947 It Always Rains on Sunday

1947 The Loves of Joanna Godden (uncredited)

1945 Pink String and Sealing Wax

1945 Dead of Night (segment "The Haunted Mirror")

1943 San Demetrio London (completed film, uncredited)

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Writer (12 credits)

1964 They All Died Laughing

1963 55 Days at Peking (additional dialogue)

1959 The Scapegoat (screenplay)

1955 Rowlandson's England (Documentary short)

ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) (adaptation - 1 episode, 1955) (adapted by - 1 episode, 1955)

- The Green of the Year (1955) ... (adaptation)

- A Month in the Country (1955) ... (adapted by)

1954 The Detective (screenplay)

1953 The Long Memory (screenplay)

1952 His Excellency (screenplay)

1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets (screenplay)

1947 It Always Rains on Sunday (screenplay)

1945 Pink String and Sealing Wax (script contribution)

1943 San Demetrio London (screenplay)

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Editor (7 credits)

1942 The Foreman Went to France

1941 Ships with Wings

1941 Turned Out Nice Again

1940 French Communique (Documentary short)

1939 Jamaica Inn (film editor)

1938 Sidewalks of London

1938 The Beachcomber

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Producer (3 credits)

1944 While Nero Fiddled (associate producer)

1943 San Demetrio London (associate producer)

1943 My Learned Friend (associate producer - uncredited)

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Music department (1 credit)

1944 While Nero Fiddled (lyrics)

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Soundtrack (1 credit)

1944 While Nero Fiddled (lyrics: "Caesar's Wife", "I'm a Fool About Love", "You Never Can Tell" - uncredited)

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Personal Details

Other Works:

He wrote for the revue, "This World Is Ours," at the Gate Theatre Studio in London, England with Hermione Gingold, Charlotte Leigh, Hedley Briggs, Tony Forwood, Michael Anthony, Googie Withers, Peter Borrett, and Rosalind Iden in the cast. Norman Marshall was director. Hedley Briggs was designer. Ronald Hill, Diana Morgan, ... See more »

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[on 'Kind Hearts And Coronets'] It became evident that we had a subject with most agreeable possibilities. What were the possibilities that thus presented themselves? Firstly, that of making a film not noticeably similar to any previously made in the English language. Secondly, that of using the English language, which I love, in a more varied, and, to me, more interesting way than I had ... See more »