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