Cecil Hepworth
English film director and film producer (1874-1953) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 78
Cecil Milton Hepworth was a British film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s at his Hepworth Studios. In 1923 his company Hepworth Picture Plays went into receivership.
Cecil Hepworth is read about 16 times a day, in 13 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 22 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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1953Died9 February 19531927The House of MarneyFilm, Director1923
Comin' Thro the RyeFilm, Director1922
Little Red Riding HoodFilm, Producer1920
Alf's ButtonFilm, Director, Producer1919
Broken in the WarsFilm, Director1916Molly BawnFilm, Director1914
An Engagement of ConvenienceFilm, Producer1909
Burnham BeechesFilm, Director1908The Dog Outwits the KidnapperFilm, The Kidnapper1905
Prehistoric PeepsFilm, Producer1904A Day in the HayfieldsFilm, Director1902How to Stop a Motor CarFilm, The Driver1901
Funeral of Queen VictoriaFilm, Director1899
Ladies on BicyclesFilm, Director, Writer1874Born19 March 1874
Comin' Thro the RyeFilm, Director1922Little Red Riding HoodFilm, Producer1920Alf's ButtonFilm, Director, Producer1919Broken in the WarsFilm, Director1916Molly BawnFilm, Director1914An Engagement of ConvenienceFilm, Producer1909Burnham BeechesFilm, Director1908The Dog Outwits the KidnapperFilm, The Kidnapper1905Prehistoric PeepsFilm, Producer1904A Day in the HayfieldsFilm, Director1902How to Stop a Motor CarFilm, The Driver1901Funeral of Queen VictoriaFilm, Director1899Ladies on BicyclesFilm, Director, Writer1874Born19 March 1874People around Cecil
Close ties
Alma Taylor Cecil directed The Man Who Stayed at Home (1915)
James Carew Cecil directed Alf's Button (1920)
May Clark Cecil directed Alice in Wonderland (1903)
Stewart Rome Cecil produced The Chimes and Barnaby Rudge
Gerald Ames Cecil produced Alf's Button and Tansy
Lewin Fitzhamon Directed Rescued by Rover and Falsely Accused
Percy Stow Directed Alice in Wonderland (1903)- Hay Plumb Cecil directed The Cloister and the Hearth (1913)
Chrissie White Cecil produced Barnaby Rudge (1915)- Jean Cadell Cecil produced Alf's Button (1920)
- Anson Dyer Also in Oh'phelia: A Cartoon Burlesque (1919)
Barbara Hepworth Cecil directed Rescued by Rover (1905)
George "Gabby" Hayes Cecil produced Hamlet (1913)
Henry Edwards Cecil directed Broken in the Wars (1919)
Ralph Forbes Cecil directed Comin' Thro the Rye (1923)
Tom Powers Cecil directed Barnaby Rudge (1915)
Edna May Cecil produced David Copperfield (1913)Gertrude Elliott Cecil produced Hamlet (1913)
Johnston Forbes-Robertson Cecil produced Hamlet (1913)
Leslie Henson Cecil produced Alf's Button (1920)
Reginald Sheffield Cecil produced David Copperfield (1913)
Filmography 40
90 credits on file
Media & music
About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1874 to 1953 · aged 78