Roy Ward Baker
Roy Ward Baker (born December 19, 1916 in London , † October 5, 2010 in London ) was a British film director and film producer .
Life
As a teenager, Baker worked as a tea boy for Gainsborough Studios in London and worked his way up to assistant director in the years that followed, including in the 1930s with Alfred Hitchcock . During World War II he worked with Eric Ambler in the Army Cinematograph Unit ; afterwards they made Baker's first film, The October Man, together . Initially working as Roy Baker , he added his middle name Ward from the mid-1960s to avoid confusion with a British film editor .
In the 1960s and 1970s, Baker directed a number of horror films , mostly from Hammer Studios . He also worked as a television director; Among other things, he shot 18 episodes of the series Simon Templar ( The Saint , 1963-68), eight episodes of Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone ( The Avengers , 1965-68) and four episodes of the series Die 2 ( The Persuaders!, 1971 / 72). Some of these television works were shown in double episodes in German cinemas. 1992 Baker withdrew from the active film business.
Filmography (selection)
- Feature films
- 1947: Twilight (The October Man)
- 1950: Highly Dangerous
- 1950: The night began in the morning (Morning Departure)
- 1952: Temptation to 809 (Don't Bother to Knock)
- 1953: Fateful Traces (Inferno)
- 1955: A woman comes on board (Passage Home)
- 1956: Tiger in the Smoke
- 1957: One came by (The One That Got Away)
- 1958: A Night To Remember the Titanic
- 1960: Black Torch (Flame in the Streets)
- 1961: Alarm on the Valiant (The Valiant)
- 1961: Summer of the Cursed (The Singer Not the Song)
- 1967: The Green Blood of Demons (Quatermass and the Pit)
- 1968: The lethal injection (The Anniversary)
- 1969: Bandits on the Moon (Moon Zero Two)
- 1969: Hermetico - The Invisible Region (The Fiction Makers)
- 1970: Dracula - Nights of Horror (Scars of Dracula)
- 1970: Vampire Lovers (The Vampire Lovers)
- 1971: Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde)
- 1972: Asylum (Asylum)
- 1973: Embryo of Evil (And Now the Screaming Starts!)
- 1973: In the snare of the devil (Vault of Horror)
- 1974: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires)
- 1981: Monster Club (The Monster Club)
- TV Shows
- 1963–1968: Simon Templar (The Saint) (18 episodes)
- 1966–1967: Der Baron (The Baron) (4 episodes)
- 1965–1968: With umbrella, charm and bowler hat (The Avengers) (8 episodes)
- 1971–1972: The 2 (The Persuaders) (4 episodes)
- 1978: Simon Templar - A Gentleman with a Halo (The Return of The Saint) (2 episodes)
- 1979–1989: The Watcher (Minder) (13 episodes)
- 1981: The Flame Trees of Thika (TV miniseries, 7 episodes)
Web links
- Roy Ward Baker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Reference Guide to British and Irish Film Directors at screenonline.org.uk
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baker, Roy Ward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baker, Roy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English film director and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 2010 |
| Place of death | London |