Basil Dearden was an English film director, born Basil Dear in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, in 1911. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Westcliff-on-Sea is a town in southeast Essex, England, within the administrative boundaries of the Borough of Southend-on-Sea. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ...

Dearden graduated from theatre direction to film, working as an assistant to Basil Dean. He later changed his own name to Dearden to avoid confusion with his mentor. Basil Dean (March 26, 1887 - April 22, 1978) was an English actor, writer, film producer/director and theatrical producer/director. ...

He first began working as a director at Ealing Studios, co-directing comedy films with Will Hay, including The Goose Steps Out (1942) and My Learned Friend (1943). In 1945, he co-directed the influential chiller compendium Dead of Night. One of his last Ealing films was The Blue Lamp (1950), a police drama which first introduced audiences to "Dixon of Dock Green". Ealing Studios, a TV and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... William Thompson Hay (December 6, 1888 – April 18, 1949) was a British comedian, actor and amateur astronomer. ... The Goose Steps Out is a zany knockabout British comedy film made in 1942. ... A British film comedy by Will Hay, who stars and co-directs. ... Dead of Night (1945) is a British anthology horror film, rare for the period, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dreaden and Robert Hamer. ... The Blue Lamp is a British crime film released in early 1950 by Ealing Studios. ... Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. ...

In later years he became associated with the writer and producer Michael Relph, and the two made films on subjects not generally tackled by films in the 1950s and early-1960s. These included homosexuality (Victim) and race relations (Sapphire). In the late 1960s Dearden also made some big-scale epics including Khartoum, with Charlton Heston, and the Victorian era black comedy The Assassination Bureau, again for Michael Relph. Michael Relphs (1915 - 2004) career in films began in 1933 working as an assistant [art director]] with Michael Balcon who was working as an art director for MGM-British and Warner Brothers. ... Victim is a 1961 British film directed by Basil Dearden, starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms. ... Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama. ... Charlton Heston (right) as Gordon with Richard Johnson (left) as Colonel J.D.H. Stewart Khartoum is a 1966 film written by Robert Ardrey and directed by Basil Dearden. ... Charlton Heston (born October 4, 1924) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor noted for heroic roles and his long involvement in political issues. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian Era of Great Britain marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... The Assassination Bureau was a movie made in 1969 based on the unfinished book by Jack London. ...

His last film was The Man Who Haunted Himself with Roger Moore, with whom he had also made some episodes of the television series The Persuaders!. Dearden was killed in a car accident in 1971. Moore and Tony Curtis in The Persuaders! (1971/72). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Persuaders! is a British television series, which first aired in 1970 and 1971 in Britains ITV and on the ABC Network in the United States. ... A vehicular collision in Yate, near Bristol, England, in July 2004. ...

His son is the screenwriter and director James Dearden.

Selected filmography

• The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) (writer, director)
• The Assassination Bureau (1969) (director)
• Only When I Larf (1968) (director)
• Khartoum (1966) (director)
• Masquerade (1965) (director)
• Woman of Straw (1964) (director)
• The Mind Benders (1963) (director)
• A Place to Go (1963) (director)
• Life for Ruth (1962) (director, producer)
• The Secret Partner (1961) (director)
• Victim (1961) (director, producer)
• All Night Long (1961) (director, producer)
• Man in the Moon (1960) (writer, director)
• Sapphire (1959) (director)
• Desert Mice (1959) (producer)
• The League of Gentlemen (1959) (director)
• Nowhere to Go (1958) (director)
• Violent Playground (1958) (director)
• Davy (1957) (producer)
• Rockets Galore! (1957) (producer)
• The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) (director)
• Who Done It? (1956) (director, producer)
• The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) (writer, director, producer)
• Out of the Clouds (1955) (director)
• The Rainbow Jacket (1954) (director)
• The Square Ring (1953) (director, producer)
• The Gentle Gunman (1952) (director)
• I Believe in You (1952) (writer, director)
• Pool of London (1951) (director)
• Cage of Gold (1950) (director)
• The Blue Lamp (1950) (director)
• Train of Events (1949) (writer, director; segments "The Actor" and "The Prisoner-of-War")
• Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) (director)
• Frieda (1947) (director)
• The Captive Heart (1946) (director)
• Dead of Night (1945) (director, segments "Hearse Driver" and "Linking Narrative")
• They Came to a City (1945) (writer, director)
• The Halfway House (1944) (director)
• My Learned Friend (1943) (co-director)
• The Bells Go Down (1943) (director)
• The Goose Steps Out (1942) (co-director)
• The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) (co-director)
• Turned Out Nice Again (1941) (writer, producer)
• Spare a Copper (1941) (writer, producer)
• Let George Do It (1940) (writer)
• This Man Is News (1938) (writer)

The Assassination Bureau was a movie made in 1969 based on the unfinished book by Jack London. ... Charlton Heston (right) as Gordon with Richard Johnson (left) as Colonel J.D.H. Stewart Khartoum is a 1966 film written by Robert Ardrey and directed by Basil Dearden. ... Women of Straw is a 1964 film, starred by Gina Lollobrigida and Sean Connery. ... Cyril Ronald Vosper (7 June 1935 – 4 May 2004) was a Scientologist and later a critic of Scientology. ... Victim is a 1961 British film directed by Basil Dearden, starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms. ... All Night Long is a 1961 British film directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Patrick McGoohan, Richard Attenborough, Paul Harris, Keith Michell, Bernard Braden, and Betsy Blair. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama. ... The League Of Gentlemen was a 1959 British crime film, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Hawkins and Nigel Patrick with Terence Alexander, Richard Attenborough, Norman Bird, Bryan Forbes, Roger Livesey and Kieron Moore. ... The Smallest Show on Earth is a 1957 British film, directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford, Bernard Miles, Leslie Phillips, Francis De Wolff, George Cross, June Cunningham and Sid James. ... Plot Spoiler warning: When the toliet over flows Greg is out to prove that Jimmy was the one who did it. ... View of the Pool of London from London Bridge, 1841 Originally, the Pool of London was the stretch of the River Thames forming the south side of the City of London. ... The Blue Lamp is a British crime film released in early 1950 by Ealing Studios. ... VHS cover for The Captive Heart The Captive Heart is a 1946 British war drama, directed by Basil Dearden. ... Dead of Night (1945) is a British anthology horror film, rare for the period, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dreaden and Robert Hamer. ... A British film comedy by Will Hay, who stars and co-directs. ... The Goose Steps Out is a zany knockabout British comedy film made in 1942. ... Made in 1942, The Black Sheep of Whitehall is a wartime comedy film, starring Will Hay, John Mills and Felix Aylmer. ... Let George Do It is a wartime British film by George Formby, widely recognised as his best. ...

External link

• Basil Dearden at the Internet Movie Database