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5 wins & 16 nominations.
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Filmography
1934
Java Head
(assistant director - uncredited)
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Actor (3 credits)
1949
The Third Man
Opening Narrator - UK Version (voice, uncredited)
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Self (10 credits)
1969
Omnibus
(TV Series documentary)
Self - Interviewee
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Personal Details
Other Works:
stage:
spear carrier in George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan" with Sybil Thorndike and a young Laurence Olivier
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Publicity Listings:
4 Print Biographies
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1 Portrayal
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9 Articles
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Alternate Names:
Sir Carol Reed
Height:
6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Personal Quote:
[speaking in 1938] In time I believe we shall get away from the eternal happy ending--it is difficult to get an audience really interested in the problems of the two main characters of a story when they know in the end it will all work out all right, however difficult it may seem. The French have done it. Why shouldn't we?
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Trivia:
Did not rate
Alfred Hitchcock very highly, as he thought that the best directors should display their range through filming a variety of subjects, whereas Hitchcock chose to direct mainly thrillers.
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Trademark:
Scenes in which staircases are put to dramatic use (e.g., The Fallen Idol (1948), and the London Bridge sequence in
Oliver! (1968))
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