Roy Ward Baker is a British film director born in 1916. The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...
His most famous film was A Night to Remember (1958 as Roy Baker), although in later years he directed a number of noteable British horror films, including Hammer'sQuatermass and the Pit (1967) and Asylum (1972) for Amicus Productions. See also A Night to Remember (album) for the Cyndi Lauper album by this name. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Hammer horror refers to horror films produced in the late 1950s through the 1970s by the British film studio Hammer Films. ... The 1987 BBC VHS release of the serial. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term asylum can mean: a psychiatric hospital political asylum a 1985 album named Asylum by KISS a sociology book by Erving Goffman studying total institutions A band from Preston, http://www. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Amicus Productions was founded in the UK by American producer and screenwriter Milton Subotsky, and served primarily as vehicle for Subotskys anthology horror films such as Dr Terrors House Of Horrors and The House That Dripped Blood. ...
Baker’s other credits include Asylum (1971), Scars of Dracula (1970), Vault of Horror (1973), The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) and The Monster Club (1980).
Baker began his film career as a teaboy at the Gainsborough Studios in London and worked his way up to assistant director.
Baker eventually made his way to Hollywood in 1952 where he worked in film for several years before returning to to Britain to direct A Night to Remember about the sinking of the Titanic.
RoyWardBaker is a British film director born in London on 19 December 1916.
Baker's early career, from 1934 to 1939, was spent working for Gainsborough Pictures, a British film production company based in Islington, North London, famous for its prestige productions.
It was he who gave Baker his first big break directing The October Man, from an Ambler screenplay, in 1947.