Carol Reed

1906-1976

Biography: life and films

Carol Reed was an English film director. He was born in Putney, London, England on 30th December 1906 and died in Chelsea, London, England on 25th April 1976, aged 69.

His best films as a film director include Midshipman Easy (1935), Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949) and The Key (1958), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Talk of the Devil (1936), Jack Raymond's comedy No Parking (1938) and The Third Man (1949).

Carol Reed directed 31 films, scripted 3 films and appeared in 2 films.

His most frequent genres include: drama (16 films), comedy (8), Thriller (7), comedy-drama (5), War (4), romance (3), history (2), crime-thriller (2), comedy-thriller (2) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Carol Reed over all films is: 3.4

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

Red Aces (1929) [a]

The Flying Squad (1929) [a]

It Happened in Paris (1935) [d]

Midshipman Easy (1935) [d]

Laburnum Grove (1936) [d]

Talk of the Devil (1936) [d]

Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937) [d]

Bank Holiday (1938) [d]

Climbing High (1938) [d]

No Parking (1938) [w]

Penny Paradise (1938) [d]

A Girl Must Live (1939) [d]

Girl in the News (1940) [d]

Night Train to Munich (1940) [d]

The Stars Look Down (1940) [d]

Kipps (1941) [d]

The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) [d]

The Way Ahead (1944) [d]

The True Glory (1945) [d]

Odd Man Out (1947) [d]

The Fallen Idol (1948) [d]

The Third Man (1949) [d,w]

Outcast of the Islands (1952) [d]

The Man Between (1953) [d]

A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) [d]

Trapeze (1956) [d]

The Key (1958) [d]

Our Man in Havana (1959) [d]

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) [d]

The Running Man (1963) [d]

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) [d]

Oliver! (1968) [d]

Flap (1970) [d]

Follow Me! (1972) [d]



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