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Roy Ward Baker was an English film and television director. He was best known for directing the classic horror films The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and The Vampire Lovers (1970). He also directed the classic war film A Night to Remember (1958) and the psychological thriller Don't Look Now (1973). Baker was born in London in 1916. He began his career as an assistant director in the 1930s, working on films such as The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) and The 39 Steps (1935). He then moved into directing, helming the crime drama The October Man (1947) and the comedy The Smallest Show on Earth (1957). In the 1950s, Baker directed a number of horror films, including The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), The Abominable Snowman (1957) and The Terror of the Tongs (1961). He also directed the classic war film A Night to Remember (1958). In the 1970s, Baker directed the psychological thriller Don't Look Now (1973) and the horror film The Vampire Lovers (1970). He also directed the comedy The Cat and the Canary (1979). Baker died in London in 2010, aged 93.

Popular As Roy Horace Baker
Occupation director,assistant_director,miscellaneous
Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 19 December 1916
Birthday 19 December
Birthplace London, England, UK
Date of death 5 October, 2010
Died Place London, England, UK
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is Roy Ward Baker's Wife?

His wife is Joan Davies (14 February 1948 - ?) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Muriel Bradford (? - ?) ( divorced)

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Roy Ward Baker Net Worth

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Source of Income Director

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2002

Sold his Production files and letters at Auction in 2002/2003.

1952

He then went to Hollywood in 1952 and stayed for seven years, returning to Britain in 1958, when he directed one of his best films, A Night to Remember (1958).

1947

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 Baker his first opportunity to direct a film, The October Man (1947).