Vivian Milroy
Born(1917-06-03)3 June 1917
London, England
Died2 September 2009(2009-09-02) (aged 92)
Occupation
  • Film director

Television director
Film producer
Screenwriter

Vivian Milroy (1917-2009) was an English director and producer working in both film and television,[1][2] and was also a screenwriter in both mediums. He first trained as an actor at RADA,[3] graduating in 1939, and for a short time at the very start of his career, he performed as an actor in television films. He is best known for the films Don't Say Die[4] (1950), which he both directed and wrote, and Crow Hollow[5] (1952); and also for directing Armchair Theatre and Coronation Street.[6]

Filmography

Television (Director)

Television (Producer)

  • Jack and the Beanstalk (Short) (1956)
  • The Star of Bethlehem (TV Short) (1956)
  • Wednesday Theatre (TV Series) (1953)
  • The Practical Jokers (1953)
  • Huckleberry Finn (TV Series) (1952)
  • Back to the River (1952)
  • The Auction (1952)
  • The Wilks' Fortune (1952)
  • The Rightful King of France? (1952)
  • Life on the Mississippi (1952)
  • The Man in Armour (1952)
  • All's Well (1952)
  • Lost Property (1952)
  • Fancy Dress (1952)
  • Teaching Teacher (1952)
  • Back in Armour (1952)
  • 1952 Persephone (1952)

Film (Director)

  • Don't Say Die (1950)

Film (Producer)

  • The Fish and the Angel (TV Movie) (1953)
  • Skippy Smith Goes to the Circus (TV Movie) (1953)
  • Tom's Goblin (TV Movie) (1953)
  • An American Gentleman (TV Movie) (1953)
  • The Princess and the Pea (TV Movie) (1952)
  • The Princess and the Woodcutter (TV Movie) (1952)
  • The Locked Room (TV Movie) (1952)
  • The Princess and the Swineherd (TV Movie) (1951)
  • Rumpelstiltskin (TV Movie) (1951)
  • John of the Fair (TV Movie) (1951)
  • Don't Say Die (1950)
  • The Song in the Forest (TV Movie) (1950)
  • Cupid and the Commander (TV Movie) (1949)
  • The Bishop's Candlesticks (TV Short) (1949)
  • The Ghost of Monsieur Tronjolly (TV Movie) (1949)

Screenwriter and writer

  • Formula for Danger (1960)
  • Crow Hollow (1952)
  • The Sunday Break (1958)
  • 1954 Earthquake in Macedonia (1954)
  • 1953 The Fish and the Angel (1953)
  • Don't Say Die (1950)
  • The Song in the Forest (TV Movie) (1950)
  • The Innocent Crocodile (TV Movie) (1948)

Actor

  • Big Ben (TV Movie) (1949)
  • 1948 The Rivals (TV Movie) (1948)
  • 1948 Take Back Your Freedom (TV Movie) (1948)

References

  1. ↑ British Film Institute: Vivian Milroy
  2. ↑ IMDB: Vivian Milroy
  3. ↑ RADA: Vivian Milroy
  4. ↑ IMDB: Vivian Milroy 'Don't Say Die'
  5. ↑ IMDB: Vivian Milroy: 'Crow Hollow'
  6. ↑ British Film Institute: Vivian Milroy: Coronation Street
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