Roy Ward Baker

About

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...

Known for

The AvengersSeries • 1961The SaintSeries • 1962MinderSeries • 1979The ChampionsSeries • 1968The Persuaders!Series • 1971The ProtectorsSeries • 1972Return of the SaintSeries • 1978Jason KingSeries • 1971Department SSeries • 1969Gideon's WaySeries • 1965The Human JungleSeries • 1963A Night to RememberMovie • 1958The Vampire LoversMovie • 1970Quatermass and the PitMovie • 1967Don't Bother to KnockMovie • 1952The Lady VanishesMovie • 1938The Legend of the 7 Golden VampiresMovie • 1974AsylumMovie • 1972Dr. Jekyll & Sister HydeMovie • 1971The Monster ClubMovie • 1981Scars of DraculaMovie • 1970The Vault of HorrorMovie • 1973Night Train to MunichMovie • 1940And Now the Screaming Starts!Movie • 1973