Roy Ward Baker
Directing
Born December 19, 1916 in London, England
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.
Filmography
A History of Horror
Self
Sodankylä Forever
Self
The Saint Steps In... To Television
Himself
Inside the Fear Factory
Himself
Von Werra
Self
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
Self
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Self
Saracen
The Masks of Death
The Irish R.M.
Q.E.D.
The Flame Trees of Thika
The Monster Club
Minder
Danger UXB
Return of the Saint
The Switch
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Mission: Monte Carlo
And Now the Screaming Starts!
The Vault of Horror
Asylum
The Protectors
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
The Persuaders!
Jason King
Scars of Dracula
The Vampire Lovers
Foreign Exchange
The Spy Killer
Moon Zero Two
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Department S
The Fiction Makers
Journey to the Unknown
The Champions
The Anniversary
Quatermass and the Pit
The Baron
Gideon's Way
The Human Jungle
Two Left Feet
The Saint
The Valiant
Flame in the Streets
The Avengers
The Singer Not the Song
A Night to Remember
The One That Got Away
Tiger in the Smoke
Jacqueline
Passage Home
Inferno
Night Without Sleep
Don't Bother to Knock
The House in the Square
Highly Dangerous
Morning Departure
Paper Orchid
The Weaker Sex
The October Man
Night Train to Munich
The Lady Vanishes
Tudor Rose
First Offence
Heat Wave