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Roy Ward Baker Biography (1916-)

Born December 19, 1916, in London, England; son of H. J. and Florence (Ward)Baker; married Joan Davies, February 14, 1948; children: one son. Addresses: Agent: Michael Whitehall, 125 Gloucester Rd., London SW7 4TE, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

director, producer

Birth Details

December 19, 1916

London, England

Famous Works

• Credits; Television Director; Series
• (With others) The Saint, syndicated, 1963-66.
• (With others) The Baron, ABC, 1966.
• (With others) The Avengers, ABC, 1966-69.
• (With others) The Champions, NBC, 1968.
• (With others) The Strange Report, NBC, 1971.
• (With others) The Persuaders!, ABC, 1971-72.
• (With Don Sharp) Q.E.D., CBS, 1982.
• Fairly Secret Army, syndicated, 1987.
• Also director of The Human Jungle, Gideon's Way, and Department S.
• Credits; Television Director; Miniseries
• The Flame Trees of Thika, PBS, 1982.
• Also director of The Good Guys, 1991-92.
• Credits; Television Director; Movies
• (Under name Roy Baker) The Spy Killer, ABC, 1969.
• (Under name Roy Baker) Foreign Exchange, ABC, 1970.
• Also director of The Masks of Death, 1984, and, with others, of Minder I, II, III, IV, and VI, 1979-88.
• Credits; Television Director; Episodic
• "The Irish R. M. Part II," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1986.
• "The Irish R. M. Part III," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1987.
• Credits; Film Director; Under Name Roy Baker
• The October Man, Eagle-Lion, 1948.
• Paper Orchid, Columbia, 1949.
• The Weaker Sex, Eagle-Lion, 1949.
• Highly Dangerous, Lippert, 1950.
• I'll Never Forget You (also known as The House on the Square), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
• Operation Disaster (also known as Morning Departure), Universal, 1951.
• Don't Bother to Knock, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• Night without Sleep, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• Inferno, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1953.
• Passage Home, General Films Distributors, 1955.
• Tiger in the Smoke, J. Arthur Rank, 1956.
• Jacqueline, J. Arthur Rank, 1956.
• A Night to Remember, J. Arthur Rank, 1958.
• The One That Got Away, J. Arthur Rank, 1958.
• (And producer) Flame in the Streets, Atlantic, 1961.
• (And producer) The Singer Not the Song, Warner Bros., 1961.
• (With Giorgio Capitani) The Valiant, United Artists, 1962.
• Two Left Feet (also see below), British Lion, 1965.
• Credits; Film Director
• The Anniversary, Hammer, 1968.
• Five Million Years to Earth (also known as Quartermass and thePit), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.
• Moon Zero Two, Warner Bros., 1970.
• The Scars of Dracula, American Continental, 1970.
• The Vampire Lovers, American International, 1970.
• Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, American International, 1971.
• Asylum (also known as House of Crazies), Cinerama, 1972.
• And Now the Screaming Starts, Cinerama, 1973.
• The Vault of Horror (also known as Tales from the Crypt II), Cinerama, 1973.
• Dracula and the Seven Golden Vampires, Shaw-Hammer, 1978.
• The Monster Club, ITC, 1981.
• Credits; Screenplays; Under Name Roy Baker
• (With John Hopkins) Two Left Feet (based on the novel In My Solitude, by David Stuart Leslie), British Lion, 1965.