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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Willie Aames to Steven Anderson
Lindsay Anderson Biography (1923-1994)
Full name, Lindsay Gordon Anderson; born April 17, 1923, in Bangalore, India;died of a heart attack, August 30, 1994, in the South of France; son of Alexander Vass (in the Indian Army) and Estelle Bell (Gasson) Anderson.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- April 17, 1923
- Bangalore, India
- Death Details
- August 30, 1994
- France
Famous Works
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Credits; STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
- The Waiting of Lester Abbs, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1957.
- Jazzetry, Royal Court Theatre, 1959.
- The Long and the Short and the Tall, Royal Court Theatre, 1959.
- Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, Royal Court Theatre, 1959.
- Dispersal, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1959.
- The Lily-White Boys, Royal Theatre, Brighton, England, then Royal Court Theatre, both 1960.
- Billy Liar, Royal Theatre, then Cambridge Theatre, London, both 1960.
- "Antigone" and "Cob and Leach," on a bill as Trials, Royal Court Theatre,1960.
- The Diary of a Madman, Royal Court Theatre, 1963.
- Andorra, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1964.
- Julius Caesar, Royal Court Theatre, 1964.
- Inadmissible Evidence (Nie do Obrony), Contemporary Theatre, Warsaw, Poland, 1966.
- The Cherry Orchard, Chichester Theatre Festival, Chichester, England, 1966.
- In Celebration, Royal Court Theatre, 1969.
- The Contractor, Royal Court Theatre, 1969.
- Home, Royal Court Theatre, then Morosco Theatre, New York City, both 1970.
- The Changing Room, Royal Court Theatre, 1971.
- The Farm, Royal Court Theatre, 1973.
- Life Class, Royal Court Theatre, 1974.
- What the Butler Saw, Royal Court Theatre, 1975.
- The Seagull, Lyric Theatre, London, 1975.
- The Bed before Yesterday, Lyric Theatre, 1975, then Sydney, Australia, 1979.
- The Kingfisher, Lyric Theatre, 1977, then Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1978.
- Alice's Boys, Savoy Theatre, London, 1978.
- Early Days, National Theatre, London, 1980.
- The Holly and the Ivy, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1982.
- In Celebration, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1984.
- Hamlet, Folger Theatre, Washington, DC, 1985.
- Stages, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1993.
- Also directed The Cherry Orchard, 1983; The Playboy of the Western World,1985; Holiday, 1987; The March on Russia, 1989; and Jubilee, 1990.
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Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
- Reg Parsons, Miniatures, Royal Court Theatre, 1965.
- FILM DIRECTOR,EXCEPT AS INDICATED; FEATURES This Sporting Life, Continental, 1963.
- (And producer) If ..., Paramount, 1968.
- (And producer) O Lucky Man!, Warner Bros., 1973.
- In Celebration, American Film Theatre, 1975.
- Britannia Hospital, Universal, 1982.
- The Whales of August, Alive Films, 1987.
- Also director of The White Bus, 1967; and If You Were There ..., 1985.
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Credits; FILM WORK; DIRECTOR OF DOCUMENTARIES
- Director of Meet the Pioneers, 1948; Idlers That Work, 1949; Three Installations, 1952; Trunk Conveyor, 1952; Wakefield Express, 1952;O Dreamland, 1953; (With Guy Brenton) Thursday's Children, 1953; Green and Pleasant Land, 1955; Henry, 1955; The Children Upstairs, 1955;A Hundred Thousand Children, 1955; Twenty Pounds a Ton, 1955; Energy First, 1955; Foot and Mouth, 1955; EveryDay Except Christmas, 1957; and The Singing Lesson (Raz, dwa, trzy), 1967.
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Credits; FILM WORK; PRODUCER
- (With Michael Medwin and Roy Baird) If ..., Paramount, 1968.
- (With Medwin) O Lucky Man!, Warner Bros., 1973.
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Credits; OTHER FILM WORK
- (Editor) Together, Connoisseur, 1956.
- (Composer of English Subtitles) The Shop on Main Street, Prominent, 1966.
- Also editor of the documentary Meet the Prisoners, 1948.
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Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
- Narrator, Private Pooley, Contemporary, 1962.
- Barrister, Inadmissable Evidence, Paramount, 1968.
- As himself, Martyrs of Love, New Line Cinema, 1968.
- Director, O Lucky Man!, Warner Bros., 1973.
- Master of Caius, Chariots of Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981.
- Mr. Marshall, Blame It on the Bellboy, Hollywood Pictures, 1992.
- Also narrator of Meet the Pioneers (documentary), 1948; Idlers That Work,1949; Out of Season, 1949; Three Installations, 1952; Trunk Conveyor, 1952;Foot and Mouth, 1955; The Threatening Sky, 1955; Hettie King--Performer, 1970; A Mirror from India, 1971; and Seventy- Five Years of Cinema Museum, 1972.Also appeared in The Pleasure Garden, 1952; Henry, 1955; and About "The WhiteBus", 1967.
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Credits; TELEVISION WORK; DIRECTOR
- Glory! Glory! (also known as Sister Ruth; mini-series), HBO, 1989.
- Also director of Robin Hood (five episodes), 1955; Home (special), 1972;and The Old Crowd (special), 1979.
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Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES
- Narrator, Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (special), PBS, 1987.
- Narrator, The Arts and Glasnost (special), Arts and Entertainment, 1988.
- Narrator, Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (special), PBS, 1989.
- War Minister, Prisoner of Honor (movie), HBO, 1991.
- Host, John Ford (special), Arts and Entertainment, 1993.
- Also narrator of Abel Gance--The Charm of Dynamite, 1968. Also appeared in The Parachute, 1969.
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Writings;STAGE ADAPTATIONS
- (With Richard Harris) The Diary of a Madman, Royal Court Theatre, 1963.
- (Co-adaptor) The Seagull, Lyric Theatre, 1975.
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Writings;DOCUMENTARIES
- Author of Meet the Pioneers, 1948; Idlers That Work, 1949; Three Installations, 1952; Trunk Conveyor, 1952; Wakefield Express, 1952;O Dreamland, 1953;(with Guy Brenton) Thursday's Children, 1953; Green and Pleasant Land, 1955;Henry, 1955; The Children Upstairs, 1955;A Hundred Thousand Children, 1955;Twenty Pounds a Ton, 1955; Energy First, 1955; Foot and Mouth, 1955; Every Day Except Christmas, 1957; The Singing Lesson (Raz, dwa, trzy), 1967.
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Writings;OTHER
- Making a Film: The Story of "Secret People" (nonfiction), Allen and Unwin(London), 1952, Garland (New York), 1977.
- (With David Sherwin) "If ...": A Film by Lindsay Anderson (nonfiction), Simon & Schuster (New York), 1969.
- If ...: A Story, Sphere Books (London), 1969.
- (With Sherwin) O Lucky Man! (nonfiction), Grove Press (New York), 1973.
- About John Ford (biography), McGraw-Hill, 1981.
- Contributor to Film Makers on Film Making, edited by Harry Geduld, 1967;The Emergence of Film Art, edited by Lewis Jacobs, 1969; Focus on the 7th Seal, edited by Birgitta Steene, 1972; The Documentary Tradition, selected by Lewis Jacobs, 1974. Contributor of articles and reviews to Sequence, Film and Theatre Today, Sight and Sound, Isis, New Statesman, and Films in Review.
Further Reference
BOOKS
- Gelmis, Joseph, The Film Director As Superstar, Doubleday, 1970.
- Graham, Allison, Lindsay Anderson, Twayne, 1981.
- Sussex, Elizabeth, Lindsay Anderson, Praeger, 1969.
PERIODICALS
- Los Angeles Times, September 2, 1994, p. A22.
- Times (London), September 1, 1994, p. 23.
- Washington Post, September 2, 1994, p. C6; September 3, 1994, p. B6.
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