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Harry Anthony Compton Pelissier was an English actor, screenwriter, producer and director. Pelissier was born in Barnet and came from a theatrical family. His parents were the theatre producer H. G. Pelissier and the distinguished actress Fay Compton. His uncle was Compton MacKenzie, who wrote... Whisky Galore. Pelissier began acting in the 1930s. In 1935 and 1936, he was featured in Noël Coward's play cycle, Tonight at 8.30, both in Britain and on Broadway. He also played in Coward's Set to Music He began writing in 1937 and directing in 1949. He was the screenwriter and director of three popular films, The History of Mr Polly , based on a novel by H. G. Wells, The Rocking Horse Winner , based on a short story by D. H. Lawrence and Personal Affair starring Gene Tierney written by Lesley Storm. He also directed Encore . He also directed Ealing's satire on television Meet Mr Lucifer . He later headed the experimental production unit at the BBC. Pelissier was married four times: first to actress Penelope Dudley Ward . The couple had one daughter, actress Tracy Reed.
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Harold French was an English director and actor of stage and screen. As an actor most of his roles occurred between 1912 and 1936. He did not garner as much attention as an actor as he would as a director. From 1940 to 1955 he had a several solid box-office successes. This successful period was... clouded by the 1941 death of his wife Phyllis in a bombing raid. Although he did some TV work after 1955 he appears to have retired from directing or acting after 1963. He died in 1997, aged 100.
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Patrick Douglas Selmes Jackson was an English film and television director. Born in Eltham, Jackson worked as a production assistant on the 1936 short film Night Mail. He directed a number of documentaries in the mid-1930's. His debut feature film was 1944's Western Approaches. Jackson spent some... time in Hollywood. He directed Shadow on the Wall , based on the novel Death in the Doll's House by Lawrence P. Bachmann and Hannah Leessuch. He was nominated for the Grand Prize at Cannes in 1952. In his later career Jackson worked in television including episodes of Danger Man and The Prisoner . Jackson died on 3 June 2011 at 95. Obituaries commemorating his life appeared in most major British newspapers given his outstanding contribution to the UK film industry.
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