Mike Craig

…es rep for Huntley and Palmer's, and most famously a prolific comedy writer for television and radio. He started writing seriously in 1964 and was responsible for writing and producing more than 1,200…

Harry Manley

Aged 7, he began at Birkenhead Prep. In 1942 his father was killed during the North African landings whilst serving in the Royal Navy. He left school at 16 with two *0' levels.

Robert M (Bob) Angell

…arlborough; joined the TAs at the age of 17, called up September 1939 into. the Royal Artillery; de-mobbed in1946, tried to get into the Regents Street Polytechnic to take the cine course but it was f…

Norman Chapman

…alace, and his meeting with Phil Dorte (Head of OBs and Film) and early days of television newsreel.His first meeting with Mr Kirk, Head of BBC Research Dept., the trip to the USA with Bob Verrall and…

Les Hilling

Joined King’s Shropshire Light Infantry – Church Stretton, Shropshire, for basic training. 1942, regiment changed to Royal Artillery. 17-pound anti-tank guns.

Alfred E. (Alfie) Cox

Sound DepartmentEditorEditorial DepartmentIMDbProSTARMETERSee rankAlfred Cox was born in 1925 in London, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Death Wish (1974), Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and The Pirates of Blood River (1962). He died in 2005 in Somerset, England, UK.Died2005behp0267-alfie-cox-filmographyHonorary Secretary of the Guild of British Film Editors and The Cine Guilds of Great Britain.Entered Cutting Rooms in 1942 and worked on government documentaries until 1949.Films worked on include:F= Feature; S=Short1949 Celia (F). Film Editor.          Room to Let (F). Film Editor.1949-54 Worked as First Assistant to Jimmy Needs1954-55 Dubbed pilots of Aggie and Mitch-Sailor of Fortune TV series.1955 Joe MacBeth (F). Sound editor.1956 X-The Unknown (F). Sound Editor.          The Steel Bayonet (F). Sound Editor.1957 Robbery Under Arms (F). Uncredited Second sound editor.          The Abominable Snowman (F). Sound Editor.           The Snorkel (F). Sound Editor.            Clean Sweep (S). Film Editor.             Danger List (S). Film Editor.             Man with a Dog (S). Film Editor.1958    The Revenge of Frankenstein (F). Film Editor.              I Only Arsked (F). Film Editor.              The Hound of the Baskervilles (F). Film Editor.1959     Yesterday’s Enemy (F). Film Editor.               Ticket to Happiness (S). Film Editor.                The Mummy (F). Film Editor.                The Stranglers of Bombay (F). Film Editor.                 Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (F). Film Editor                 Hell is a City (F). Uncredited Sound Editor.1960         The Brides of Dracula (F). Film Editor.                  Visa to Canton (F). Editor.                   The Curse of the Werewolf (F). Editor.                    The Shadow of the Cat (F). Sound Editor.1961 Watch it Sailor! (F). Editor.           The Pirates of Blood River (F). Sound Editor.            The Phantom of the Opera (F) [Re-make]. Film Editor.1962   The Primitives (F). Film Editor.             Jason and the Argonauts (F). Sound Editor.1962-3 The Leather Boys (F). Sound Editor.1963    Siege of the Saxons (F). Sound Editor.              The Comedy Man (F). Sound Editor.              Becket (F). Uncredited Second Sound Editor.1964     The First Men in the Moon (F). Uncredited Sound Editor.1964-5  I’ve Gotta Horse (F). Sound Editor.1965      Die Monster, Die (F). Film Editor.               Tomb of Ligeia (F). Film Editor.1965-6   The Lost Command (F). [Spain/US] Sound Editor.1966       One Million Years BC (F). Sound Editor.1966-7    Far from the Madding Crowd (F). Sound Editor.1967-8    Arabella (F) [Rome] Sound Editor.1968-9    Better a Widow (F). [Rome] Sound Editor.1969-70  Cromwell (F). Sound Editor. [GBFE nomination].1970        Puppet on a Chain (F). Uncredited Sound Editor.1970-1     The Trojan Women (F). Sound Editor.1971-2      Pope Joan (F). Sound Editor.1972          The Adventures of Black Beauty (TV series) Sound Editor on 4 episodes, series 1.1973          The Adventures of Marco Polo (F). Sound Editor.                   Paul McCartney Special (F). Sound Editor.1974           Death Wish (F). Sound Editor. [GBFE Nomination]1975           Death of a Snowman (F). [RSA] Film & Sound Editor.1976           Beauty and the Beast (F). [UK/US remake]. Sound Editor.1977            Leopard in the Snow (F). Sound Editor.1978   Dominique (F). Sound Editor.            Ike- The War Years (TV Special). [British segment] Uncredited Sound Editor.             Out (6 x 60 min TV Serial). Sound Editor.1978-9 The Lady Vanishes (F). [Remake] Sound Editor.1979-80 Fox (13 x 60 min TV Serial). Sound Editor.1980       Dangerous Davies. (TV Special). Sound Editor.1980-1    The Shillingbury Tales. (6 x 60 min TV series). Sound Editor.1982        Funny Money (F).  Sound Editor.                  Marlowe – Private Investigator. (5 x 60 min TV Series). Sound Editor.1983         Kennedy. (TV Special). Sound Editor.1984          The First Modern Olympics. (TV Special) Sound Editor.1985           Parker. (F). Sound Editor.                     King David. (F). Sound Editor.1986            Paradise Postponed. (12 x 60 min TV Series). Sound Editor. [Pyral Diapason D’Or                Award].                     Monte Carlo. [TV Special] Uncredited Sound Editor,1987            Puss in Boots. (F). Sound Editor.1988            Troubles. (TV Serial). Uncredited Sound Editor.1989             The Free Frenchman. (6 x 60 min TV Serial). Sound Editor.1990             Golden Eye. [US Version, TV Special]. Uncredited Sound Editor.1991              Double X – The Name of the Game. (F). Additional Editor & Sound Editor.[END of LIST] 

Cyril Frankel

Cyril Frankel  is a retired British film and television director. His career in television began in 1953 and he directed for over 30 TV programmes He directed and was the creative force…

Sheelagh Rees

…Square.Alexandra Palace.Marylebone Road (half the script department).Lime Grove.Television Centre.Threshold House.And Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester and Belfast.PEOPLEDirectors, memorable: J…

Geoffrey Baines

…and director with government film units in East and West Africa. Joined the BBC Television Film Department and for five years directed and cut documentary/drama and compilation films. Seven years with…

A F (Peter) Birch

Born in Lewes, Sussex, Birch served in the Royal Army Flying Corps during the first world war, and then in the Merchant Navy until 1925. He worked briefly for the J.L.