Brian Desmond Hurst
Belfast-born film director (1895-1986) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 91
Brian Desmond Hurst was an Irish film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst was hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director by BBC film critic Mike Catto. He is perhaps best known for the 1951 A Christmas Carol adaptation Scrooge.
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1986Died26 September 19861962
The Playboy of the Western WorldFilm, Director, Writer1958
Behind the MaskFilm, Director1957
Dangerous ExileFilm, Director1955
SimbaFilm, Director1951
ScroogeFilm, Director, Producer1949
Trottie TrueFilm, Director1946
Theirs Is the GloryFilm, Director1943A Letter from UlsterFilm, Director1941
Dangerous MoonlightFilm, Director1940A Call for Arms!Film, Director, Writer1938
Prison Without BarsFilm, Director1936
Ourselves AloneFilm, Director1935
Riders to the SeaFilm, Director, Writer1928
Hangman's HouseFilm, Horse Race Spectator1895Born12 February 1895
The Playboy of the Western WorldFilm, Director, Writer1958Behind the MaskFilm, Director1957Dangerous ExileFilm, Director1955SimbaFilm, Director1951ScroogeFilm, Director, Producer1949Trottie TrueFilm, Director1946Theirs Is the GloryFilm, Director1943A Letter from UlsterFilm, Director1941Dangerous MoonlightFilm, Director1940A Call for Arms!Film, Director, Writer1938Prison Without BarsFilm, Director1936Ourselves AloneFilm, Director1935Riders to the SeaFilm, Director, Writer1928Hangman's HouseFilm, Horse Race Spectator1895Born12 February 1895People around Brian
Close ties
John Davis Lodge Brian directed Ourselves Alone and Sensation
Maire O'Neill Also in Riders to the Sea and Ourselves Alone
Ralph Richardson Brian directed The Lion Has Wings (1939)
Flora Robson Brian directed Malta Story (1953)
Diana Wynyard Brian directed On the Night of the Fire (1939)
Hermione Baddeley Brian directed Scrooge (1951)
Margaret Lockwood Brian directed Hungry Hill and Alibi
Martita Hunt Brian directed Dangerous Exile (1957)
Michael Hordern Brian produced Scrooge (1951)
Anthony Steel Brian directed Malta Story and The Black Tent- Cecil Parker Brian directed Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
Donald Sinden Brian directed Simba and The Black Tent- Francis de Wolff Brian directed Scrooge (1951)
- Derrick De Marney Brian directed Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
Rodney Ackland Also in A Call for Arms! (1940)
Earl St. John Produced Malta Story and The Black Tent
Sara Allgood Brian directed Riders to the Sea (1936)
Siobhán McKenna Brian directed The Playboy of the Western World (1962)- Michael Medwin Brian directed Trottie True (1949)
Sally Gray Brian directed Dangerous Moonlight (1941)- Austin Trevor Brian directed The Lion Has Wings (1939)
- Ronald Adam Brian directed The Lion Has Wings (1939)
- Dermot Walsh Brian directed Hungry Hill (1947)
- Jean Gillie Brian produced The Call for Arms (1940)
Also in Deutsch
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39 credits on file
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About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1895 to 1986 · aged 91
