Roy Ward Baker

Died at 109

born December 19, 1916

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Roy Ward Baker was an English film director born in London on 19 December 1916. His best known film is A Night to Remember which won a Golden Globe for best foreign English language film in 1959. His later career was varied, and included many horror films and television shows. Baker worked for television during the 1960s and early 1970s, directing shows including The Avengers, The Saint, The Persuaders!, The Human Jungle, The Champions, and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). He continued to work in films, directing, among others, Quatermass and the Pit (1967), The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Scars of Dracula (1970) for Hammer, and Asylum (1972) and The Vault of Horror (1973) for Amicus. He also directed Bette Davis in the black comedy The Anniversary (1968), and co-directed (with Hong Kong director Chang Cheh) the Hammer-Shaw Brothers Studio collaboration The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974).

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A Night to Remember

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Titanic (1957)

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Dr. Who's Greatest Adventure (1985)

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Sherlock Holmes and the Tales of Frankenstein

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Jurassic Park (1983)

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Jurassic Park (1975)

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Interview with the Vampire (1984)

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Harry Potter

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Nosferatu (1974)

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Metal Gear Solid (1978)

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