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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-11-09 (122 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England

Anthony Asquith

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Anthony Asquith (9 November 1902 –20 February 1968) was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy (1948) and The Browning Version (1951), among other adaptations. His other notable films include Pygmalion (1938), French Without Tears (1940), The Way to the Stars (1945), and a 1952 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

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Known For

Acting

1960

1957

Bernard Shaw as Self

1929

A Cottage on Dartmoor as Bespectacled Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Directing

1964

1962

Guns of Darkness as Director

1961

1960

The Millionairess as Director

1959

Libel as Director

1958

Orders to Kill as Director

1956

On Such a Night as Director

1954

Carrington V.C. as Director
The Young Lovers as Director

1953

The Final Test as Director
The Net as Director

1951

1950

1948

The Winslow Boy as Director

1947

1945

1944

Fanny by Gaslight as Director
Two Fathers as Director

1943

We Dive at Dawn as Director
The Demi-Paradise as Director

1942

Uncensored as Director

1941

Cottage to Let as Director
Quiet Wedding as Director
Freedom Radio as Director
Rush Hour as Director

1940

Channel Incident as Director

1939

Pygmalion as Director

1935

Brown on Resolution as Assistant Director

1934

Moscow Nights as Director

1933

The Lucky Number as Director

1931

Tell England as Director
Dance Pretty Lady as Director

1929

1928

Underground as Director
Shooting Stars as Director

Writing

1961

1944

Two Fathers as Writer

1932

Marry Me as Writer

1931

Tell England as Writer

1929

1928

Underground as Screenplay
Shooting Stars as Writer

1927

Boadicea as Writer