Roy Baker

Director

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Birth Place
London, England, GB

Biography

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Veteran British director who crafted several fine films in the 1950s, notably the superior tale of the Titanic, "A Night to Remember" (1958). A superior stylist who uses imaginative editing to heighten suspense, Baker hit a critical peak in the 1960s with such varied fare as the offbeat western "The Singer Not the Song" (1960) and the sci-fi favorite, "Quatermass and the Pit" (1967). He ...

Filmography

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The Monster Club (1981)
Director
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1975)
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And Now The Screaming Starts (1973)
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The Vault of Horror (1973)
Director
Asylum (1972)
Director
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
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Inferno (1953) -- (Movie Clip) It's Not Like Killing Him Exactly
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Orpheus Descending (1990) -- (Movie Clip) He Bought Her

Biography

Veteran British director who crafted several fine films in the 1950s, notably the superior tale of the Titanic, "A Night to Remember" (1958). A superior stylist who uses imaginative editing to heighten suspense, Baker hit a critical peak in the 1960s with such varied fare as the offbeat western "The Singer Not the Song" (1960) and the sci-fi favorite, "Quatermass and the Pit" (1967). He turned to TV in the mid-1960s, directing episodes of "Danger Man," "The Saint" and "The Avengers."

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

The Monster Club (1981)
Director
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1975)
Director
And Now The Screaming Starts (1973)
Director
The Vault of Horror (1973)
Director
Asylum (1972)
Director
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
Director
A Night to Remember (1958)
Director
The One That Got Away (1958)
Director
Highly Dangerous (1950)
Director
The October Man (1947)
Director

Director (Special)

Fairly Secret Army (1987)
Director

Life Events

1934

Joined Gainsborough Films (1934-40), first film as assistant director

1947

Feature directing debut, "The October Man"

1952

Directed three films in Hollywood

1960

First film as producer (also director), "The Singer Not the Song"

1960

Turned to TV directing on series, "Danger Man", "The Saint" and "The Avengers"

1967

First film billed as Roy Ward Baker, "Quatermass and the Pit/Five Million Miles to Earth"

Videos

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Inferno (1953) -- (Movie Clip) It's Not Like Killing Him Exactly Opening from director Roy Baker and Frank Cockrell’s original screenplay, much to be inferred as William Lundigan and Rhonda Fleming undertake suspicious activities in the Mojave, in the 20th Century-Fox 3-D Technicolor Western-Noir-Thriller hybrid Inferno, 1953, also starring Robert Ryan.
Orpheus Descending (1990) -- (Movie Clip) He Bought Her Sloane Shelton as gossip Beulah takes the lead in the opening, explaining to friend Pee Wee (Patti Allison) about Vanessa Redgrave (as “Lady” Torrance) and husband Jabe (Brad Sullivan), in director Peter Hall’s TV adaptation of his Broadway play, based on Tennessee Williams, Orpheus Descending, 1990.
Orpheus Descending (1990) -- (Movie Clip) She Made A Mistake About Me Half-Italian southerner “Lady” (Vanessa Redgrave) comes downstairs into the store to call for help for her cruel husband who’s not recovering well from surgery, where she’s surprised to meet Elvis-like drifter Val (Kevin Anderson), both actors in roles they played on Broadway, in the TV adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Orpheus Descending, 1990.

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