Biography: life and films
Sidney Gilliat was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK on 15th February 1908 and died in Wiltshire, England, UK on 31st May 1994, aged 86.His best films as a screenwriter include Marcel Varnel's comedy Ask a Policeman (1938), Alfred Hitchcock's comedy-thriller The Lady Vanishes (1938), Millions Like Us (1943), Waterloo Road (1945) and Green for Danger (1946), and whose best work as a film director include Millions Like Us (1943), Waterloo Road (1945) and Green for Danger (1946).
Sidney Gilliat scripted 60 films, directed 13 films and appeared in 3 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Walter Forde (16 films), Frank Launder (6), Carol Reed (4), Herbert Mason (2), Alfred Hitchcock (2) and Albert de Courville (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (24 films), drama (21), Thriller (11), comedy-drama (8), romance (6), comedy-thriller (6), War (6), comedy-romance (5), crime-thriller (4), Horror (2) and Biography (2).
Our average rating for Sidney Gilliat over all films is: 3.0
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor
Bed and Breakfast (1930) [w]
Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930) [w]
Would You Believe It! (1930) [a]
You'd Be Surprised! (1930) [a,w]
A Gentleman of Paris (1931) [w]
The Ghost Train (1931) [w]
The Happy Ending (1931) [w]
Third Time Lucky (1931) [w]
Jack's the Boy (1932) [w]
Lord Babs (1932) [w]
Rome Express (1932) [w]
Facing the Music (1933) [w]
Falling for You (1933) [w]
Friday the Thirteenth (1933) [w]
Chu Chin Chow (1934) [w]
Jack Ahoy (1934) [w]
Mon coeur t'appelle (1934) [w]
Orders Is Orders (1934) [w]
Bulldog Jack (1935) [w]
King of the Damned (1935) [w]
Seven Sinners (1936) [w]
Strangers on Honeymoon (1936) [w]
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) [w]
Twelve Good Men (1936) [w]
Where There's a Will (1936) [w]
Take My Tip (1937) [w]
A Yank at Oxford (1938) [w]
Strange Boarders (1938) [w]
The Gaunt Stranger (1938) [w]
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) [w]
Girl in the News (1940) [w]
Night Train to Munich (1940) [w]
They Came by Night (1940) [w]
Kipps (1941) [w]
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) [w]
Uncensored (1942) [w]
Unpublished Story (1942) [w]
Millions Like Us (1943) [d,w]
Two Thousand Women (1944) [w]
The Rake's Progress (1945) [a,d,w]
Waterloo Road (1945) [d,w]
Green for Danger (1946) [d,w]
I See a Dark Stranger (1946) [w]
London Belongs to Me (1948) [d,w]
State Secret (1950) [d,w]
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) [d]
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) [w]
Geordie (1955) [w]
The Constant Husband (1955) [d,w]
The Green Man (1956) [w]
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) [w]
Fortune Is a Woman (1957) [d,w]
Left Right and Centre (1959) [d,w]
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960) [w]
Only Two Can Play (1962) [d]
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966) [d,w]
Endless Night (1972) [d,w]
The Lady Vanishes (1979) [w]
The Boys in Blue (1982) [w]
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