Roy Ward Baker

Roy Ward Baker

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1916-12-19
Deathday: 2010-10-05 (93 years old)

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Biography

Roy Ward Baker is 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 superiors at the time was novelist Eric Ambler. It was he who gave Baker his first big break directing The October Man, from an Ambler screenplay, in 1947. Ambler also adapted Walter Lord's A Night to Remember for Baker's 1958 screen version.


During the early 1950s, Baker worked for three years in Hollywood where he directed Marilyn Monroe in Don't Bother to Knock (1952) and Robert Ryan in 3D film noir Inferno (1953). He returned to the UK for the latter part of the decade, but defected to television in the early 1960s.


He directed episodes of The Avengers, The Saint and The Champions - all adventure series created with an eye on the American market. The low-budget ethic of television production made him well-suited to his next career move into cheaply produced but lavish-looking British horror films. He directed, amongst others, Quatermass and the Pit (1967) The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Scars of Dracula (1970) for Hammer, and Asylum (1972) for Amicus.


In the latter part of the 1970s he returned to television, and throughout the 1980s continued to work in Television.  He retired in 1992.

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Filmography

all 71

Director 59

Movies 51

TV Shows 20

self 10

Self
A History of Horror

A History of Horror (2010)

TV
Self
Sodankylä Forever

Sodankylä Forever (2010)

Movie
Self
The Saint Steps In... To Television

The Saint Steps In... To Television (2008)

Movie
Self
Inside the Fear Factory

Inside the Fear Factory (2003)

Movie
Self
Von Werra

Von Werra (2002)

Movie
Self
Hitchcock: The Early Years

Hitchcock: The Early Years (1999)

Movie
Self
We Remember Marilyn

We Remember Marilyn (1996)

Movie
Self
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)

Movie
Self
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'

The Making of 'A Night to Remember' (1993)

Movie
Director
Saracen

Saracen (1989)

TV
Director
The Masks of Death

The Masks of Death (1984)

Movie
Director
The Irish R.M.

The Irish R.M. (1983)

TV
Director
Q.E.D.

Q.E.D. (1982)

TV
Director
The Flame Trees of Thika

The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)

TV
Director
The Monster Club

The Monster Club (1981)

Movie
4.5
Director
Minder

Minder (1979)

TV
6
Director
Danger UXB

Danger UXB (1979)

TV
Director
Death Becomes Me

Death Becomes Me (1979)

Movie
Director
Return of the Saint

Return of the Saint (1978)

TV
Director
The Switch

The Switch (1976)

Movie
Self
Fists of Fire

Fists of Fire (1975)

Movie
Director
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

Movie
5.26
Director
Mission: Monte Carlo

Mission: Monte Carlo (1974)

Movie
Director
And Now the Screaming Starts!

And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)

Movie
4
Director
The Vault of Horror

The Vault of Horror (1973)

Movie
4.76
Director
Asylum

Asylum (1972)

Movie
Director
The Protectors

The Protectors (1972)

TV
Director
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde

Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)

Movie
3.5
Director
The Persuaders!

The Persuaders! (1971)

TV
1
Director
Jason King

Jason King (1971)

TV
Director
Scars of Dracula

Scars of Dracula (1970)

Movie
5.38
Director
The Vampire Lovers

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Movie
5.42
Director
Foreign Exchange

Foreign Exchange (1970)

Movie
Director
The Spy Killer

The Spy Killer (1969)

Movie
Director
Moon Zero Two

Moon Zero Two (1969)

Movie
Director
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969)

TV
Director
Department S

Department S (1969)

TV
Director
The Fiction Makers

The Fiction Makers (1968)

Movie
Director
Journey to the Unknown

Journey to the Unknown (1968)

TV
Director
The Champions

The Champions (1968)

TV
Director
The Anniversary

The Anniversary (1968)

Movie
Director
Quatermass and the Pit

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Movie
4.64
Director
The Baron

The Baron (1966)

TV
Director
Gideon's Way

Gideon's Way (1965)

TV
Director
The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle (1963)

TV
Director
Two Left Feet

Two Left Feet (1963)

Movie
Director
The Saint

The Saint (1962)

TV
5
Director
The Valiant

The Valiant (1962)

Movie
Director
Flame in the Streets

Flame in the Streets (1961)

Movie
Director
The Avengers

The Avengers (1961)

TV
6
Director
The Singer Not the Song

The Singer Not the Song (1961)

Movie
Director
A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember (1958)

Movie
6
Director
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away (1957)

Movie
Director
Tiger in the Smoke

Tiger in the Smoke (1956)

Movie
Director
Jacqueline

Jacqueline (1956)

Movie
Director
Passage Home

Passage Home (1955)

Movie
Director
Inferno

Inferno (1953)

Movie
Director
The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

Movie
Director
Night Without Sleep

Night Without Sleep (1952)

Movie
Director
Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Movie
Director
The House in the Square

The House in the Square (1951)

Movie
Director
Highly Dangerous

Highly Dangerous (1950)

Movie
Director
Morning Departure

Morning Departure (1950)

Movie
Director
Paper Orchid

Paper Orchid (1949)

Movie
Director
The Weaker Sex

The Weaker Sex (1948)

Movie
Director
The October Man

The October Man (1947)

Movie
Director
What's the Next Job?

What's the Next Job? (1945)

Movie
News Vendor
Read All About It

Read All About It (1945)

Movie
Second Unit Director
Night Train to Munich

Night Train to Munich (1940)

Movie
Assistant Director
The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Movie
6
Production Assistant
Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose (1936)

Movie

Ratings

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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1916-12-19

Deathday
2010-10-05 (93 years old)

Birth Place
London, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Roy Baker


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