Peter Glenville

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Peter Glenville (born October 28, 1913 in Hampstead , London , England , † June 3, 1996 in New York , NY ; actually Peter Patrick Brabason Browne ) was a British film director , screenwriter , producer and actor .

Life

Peter Glenville, son of Irish actor Shaun Glenville (1884–1968), began a career as a theater actor after completing school at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire and studying law at Oxford University . In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of the most renowned theater directors on New York's Broadway and in London's West End . He had already acted in several films between 1940 and 1948 before making his first appearance as a film director in 1955 with The Prisoner with Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins . After that, Glenville also worked with Guinness on his last two directorial works Hotel Paradiso and The Comedians' Hour .

In total, Glenville only directed seven films, almost all of which, however , can be regarded as the finest moments of sophisticated cinema. As a particularly outstanding the historical drama applies Becket in 1964 with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton , the twelve Oscar - nominations received (including for best director), but only in the category Best Screenplay won the award. Edward Anhalt's script was based on Jean Anouilh's play Becket, or the glory of God on Saint Thomas Becket .

Glenvilles last cinematic directorial effort was 1967 with Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Ustinov occupied Graham Greene -Adaptation The Comedians . In 1972 he was scheduled to direct the literary film adaptation of Man of La Mancha based on Cervantes ' Don Quixote . However, Glenville was replaced by Arthur Hiller by United Artists after he intended to forego any background music for the film.

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SURNAME Glenville, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peter Patrick Brabason Browne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampstead , London , England
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1996
Place of death New York , NY , USA