Roy Ward Baker

1916-2010

Biography: life and films

Roy Ward Baker was an English film director whose birth name was Roy Horace Baker. He was born in London, England on 19th December 1916 and died in London, England on 5th October 2010, aged 93.

His best films as a film director include A Night to Remember (1958), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), The Anniversary (1968), The Vampire Lovers (1970) and -- And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973).

Roy Ward Baker directed 33 films and scripted 1 film.

His most frequent genres include: drama (17 films), Horror (10), Thriller (8), comedy (5), Fantasy (5), romance (2), Western (2) and War (2).

Our average rating for Roy Ward Baker over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer

The October Man (1947) [d]

The Weaker Sex (1948) [d]

Paper Orchid (1949) [d]

Highly Dangerous (1950) [d]

Morning Departure (1950) [d]

The House in the Square (1951) [d]

Don't Bother to Knock (1952) [d]

Night Without Sleep (1952) [d]

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) [d]

Inferno (1953) [d]

Passage Home (1955) [d]

Jacqueline (1956) [d]

Tiger in the Smoke (1956) [d]

The One That Got Away (1957) [d]

A Night to Remember (1958) [d]

Flame in the Streets (1961) [d]

The Singer Not the Song (1961) [d]

The Valiant (1962) [d]

Two Left Feet (1963) [d,w]

Quatermass and the Pit (1967) [d]

Journey to Midnight (1968) [d]

The Anniversary (1968) [d]

The Fiction Makers (1968) [d]

Moon Zero Two (1969) [d]

Scars of Dracula (1970) [d]

The Vampire Lovers (1970) [d]

Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971) [d]

Asylum (1972) [d]

-- And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) [d]

The Vault of Horror (1973) [d]

Mission: Monte Carlo (1974) [d]

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) [d]

The Monster Club (1980) [d]



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