- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 19, 1916
- Place of Birth
- London, England
- Died
- October 5, 2010
Roy Ward Baker
Roy Ward Baker was an English film director born in London on 19 December 1916. His best known film is A Night to Remember which won a Golden Globe for best foreign English language film in 1959. His later career was varied, and included many horror films and television shows. Baker's early career, from 1934 to 1939, was spent working for Gainsborough Pictures, a British film production company based in Islington, North London, famous for its prestige productions. His first jobs were menial - making tea for crew members, for example - but by 1938 he had risen through the ranks to work as assistant director on Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. He served in the army during World War II, until transferring to the Army Kinematograph Unit in 1943 in order to make better use of skills developed in his pre-war career producing documentaries and teaching materials for troops. One of his su…
Filmography
tvA History of Horror
2010 · Self
tvSodankylä Forever
2010 · Self
movieThe Saint Steps In... To Television
2008 · Himself
movieInside the Fear Factory
2003 · Himself
movieVon Werra
2002 · Self
movieA Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
2000 · Self
movieFlesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994 · Self, Thanks
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
movieHitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994 · Himself
tvSaracen
1989 · Director
movieThe Masks of Death
1984 · Director
tvThe Irish R.M.
1983 · Director
tvQ.E.D.
1982 · Director
tvThe Flame Trees of Thika
1981 · Director
movieThe Monster Club
1981 · Director
tvMinder
1979 · Director
tvDanger UXB
1979 · Director
Death Becomes Me
movieDeath Becomes Me
1979 · Director
tvReturn of the Saint
1978 · Director
movieThe Switch
1976 · Director
Fists of Fire
movieFists of Fire
1975 · Self
movieThe Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974 · Director
movieMission: Monte Carlo
1974 · Director
movieAnd Now the Screaming Starts!
1973 · Director
movieThe Vault of Horror
1973 · Director
movieAsylum
1972 · Director
tvThe Protectors
1972 · Director
movieDr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
1971 · Director
tvThe Persuaders!
1971 · Director
tvJason King
1971 · Director
movieScars of Dracula
1970 · Director
movieThe Vampire Lovers
1970 · Director
movieForeign Exchange
1970 · Director
movieThe Spy Killer
1969 · Director
movieMoon Zero Two
1969 · Director
tvRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969 · Director
tvDepartment S
1969 · Director
movieThe Fiction Makers
1968 · Director
tvJourney to the Unknown
1968 · Director
tvThe Champions
1968 · Director
movieThe Anniversary
1968 · Director
movieQuatermass and the Pit
1967 · Director
tvThe Baron
1966 · Director
tvGideon's Way
1965 · Director
tvThe Human Jungle
1963 · Director
movieTwo Left Feet
1963 · Director
tvThe Saint
1962 · Director
movieThe Valiant
1962 · Director
movieFlame in the Streets
1961 · Director, Producer
tvThe Avengers
1961 · Director
movieThe Singer Not the Song
1961 · Producer, Director
movieA Night to Remember
1958 · Director
movieThe One That Got Away
1957 · Director
movieTiger in the Smoke
1956 · Director
movieJacqueline
1956 · Director
moviePassage Home
1955 · Director
movieInferno
1953 · Director
movieNight Without Sleep
1952 · Director
movieDon't Bother to Knock
1952 · Director
movieThe House in the Square
1951 · Director
movieHighly Dangerous
1950 · Director
movieMorning Departure
1950 · Director
moviePaper Orchid
1949 · Director
movieThe Weaker Sex
1948 · Director
movieThe October Man
1947 · Director
What's the Next Job?
movieWhat's the Next Job?
1945 · Director
Read All About It
movieRead All About It
1945 · Director
movieNight Train to Munich
1940 · Second Unit Director
movieThe Lady Vanishes
1938 · Assistant Director
movieTudor Rose
1936 · Production Assistant
movieFirst Offence
1936 · Production Assistant
movieHeat Wave
1935 · Production Assistant