Angus MacPhail
British screenwriter · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Lived 1903 to 1962 · aged 59
Angus Roy MacPhail was a British screenwriter who was active from the late 1920s onwards. He is best remembered for his work with Alfred Hitchcock and for coining the term "MacGuffin".
Angus MacPhail is read about 20 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 23 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Basil Dearden Directed The Goose Steps Out (1942)
Michael Balcon Produced Went the Day Well? (1942)- Will Hay Directed The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
- John Dighton Also in Let George Do It! and Sailors Three
- Gordon Harker Also in The Wrecker and The Calendar
Mervyn Johns Also in The Foreman Went to France (1942)
Alberto Cavalcanti Directed Went the Day Well? (1942)
Walter Forde Directed The Four Just Men and Sailors Three- Garry Marsh Also in The Four Just Men and Trouble Brewing
Basil Radford Also in Trouble Brewing and The Next of Kin
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Spellbound and The Wrong Man- Charles Crichton Directed Dead of Night and Train of Events
- Googie Withers Also in Trouble Brewing and Busman's Honeymoon
Robert Hamer Directed Dead of Night (1945)
Basil Sydney Also in The Four Just Men (1939)
Charles Frend Directed The Big Blockade (1942)- Frank Pettingell Also in The Good Companions (1933)
Marcel Varnel Directed Let George Do It! (1940)
T. Hayes Hunter Directed The Calendar and The Frightened Lady- John Boxer Also in The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
- Roland Pertwee Also in A Yank at Oxford and The Four Just Men
Ronald Shiner Also in Trouble Brewing (1939)
Paul Bonifas Also in The Foreman Went to France (1942)- Gordon Jackson Also in The Captive Heart and Whisky Galore!
About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1962 · aged 59
