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Roy Ward Baker (born Roy Horace Baker; 19 December 1916 – 5 October 2010) was an English film director. [1] He was known professionally as Roy Baker until 1967, when he adopted Roy Ward Baker as his screen credit. Early life. Baker was born in Hornsey, London, where his father was a Billingsgate wholesale fish merchant.
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Roy Ward Baker. Director: A Night to Remember. Roy Ward Baker's first job in films was as a teaboy at the Gainsborough Studios in London, England, but within three years he was working as an assistant director. During World War II, he worked in the Army Kinematograph Unit under Eric Ambler, a writer and film producer, who, after the war, gave ...
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- October 5, 2010
- December 19, 1916
Oct 8, 2010 · Obituary. Roy Ward Baker obituary. Film director whose quirky career covered sci-fi, westerns, drama and Hammer horror. Ronald Bergan. Fri 8 Oct 2010 11.08 EDT. Roy Ward Baker, who has...
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Oct 8, 2010 · Roy Ward Baker, an undersung British filmmaker who directed “A Night to Remember,” a vivid black-and-white rendering of the sinking of the Titanic revered by history and movie buffs alike,...
Oct 8, 2010 · Press Association. Thu 7 Oct 2010 20.06 EDT. The director who made A Night to Remember, the 1958 film recounting the final night aboard the Titanic, has died, his son confirmed today. Roy Ward...
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Oct 8, 2010 · British director Roy Ward Baker, whose 1958 film A Night to Remember memorably recreated the sinking of the Titanic, has died in London at the age of 93. Born in 1916, he began as a teaboy at...
Oct 5, 2010 · He retired in 1992. 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.
