Robert Hamer
British film director and screenwriter (1911-1963) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 52
Robert Hamer was a British film director and screenwriter best known for the 1949 black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets and the now acknowledged 1947 classic It Always Rains on Sunday.
Robert Hamer is read about 39 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 September 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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1963Died4 December 19631960
School for ScoundrelsFilm, Director1959
The ScapegoatFilm, Director, Writer1957
Bernard ShawFilm, Director1955
To Paris with LoveFilm, Director1954
Father BrownFilm, Director, Writer1953
The Long MemoryFilm, Director, Writer1952
His ExcellencyFilm, Director, Writer1949
Kind Hearts and CoronetsFilm, Director, Writer
The Spider and the FlyFilm, 1949Director1947
It Always Rains on SundayFilm, Director, Writer1945
Dead of NightFilm, Director
Pink String and Sealing WaxFilm, 1945Director1943
San Demetrio LondonFilm, Writer, Producer1911Born31 March 1911
School for ScoundrelsFilm, Director1959The ScapegoatFilm, Director, Writer1957Bernard ShawFilm, Director1955To Paris with LoveFilm, Director1954Father BrownFilm, Director, Writer1953The Long MemoryFilm, Director, Writer1952His ExcellencyFilm, Director, Writer1949Kind Hearts and CoronetsFilm, Director, WriterThe Spider and the FlyFilm, 1949Director1947It Always Rains on SundayFilm, Director, Writer1945Dead of NightFilm, DirectorPink String and Sealing WaxFilm, 1945Director1943San Demetrio LondonFilm, Writer, Producer1911Born31 March 1911Known for
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Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949
Dead of Night 1945
School for Scoundrels 1960
It Always Rains on Sunday 1947
People around Robert
Close ties
Alec Guinness Robert directed Kind Hearts and Coronets (1957)
Michael Balcon Produced Dead of Night (1945)- Googie Withers Robert directed Dead of Night (1945)
Edward Chapman Robert directed School for Scoundrels (1960)
Mervyn Johns Robert directed Dead of Night (1945)- Gordon Jackson Robert directed San Demetrio London (1944)
Joan Greenwood Robert directed Kind Hearts and Coronets (1957)- Cecil Parker Robert directed Father Brown and His Excellency
- Dennis Price Robert directed Kind Hearts and Coronets (1957)
- Geoffrey Keen Robert directed The Scapegoat (1960)
Eric Portman Robert directed The Spider and the Fly (1949)- John McCallum Robert directed It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Sally Ann Howes Robert directed Dead of Night (1945)- Miles Malleson Robert directed Kind Hearts and Coronets (1957)
Elizabeth Sellars Robert directed The Long Memory (1952)- Ralph Michael Robert directed San Demetrio London (1943)
- Austin Trevor Robert directed To Paris with Love (1955)
- John Horsley Robert directed Father Brown (1954)
- John Slater Robert directed It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
- Peter Jones Also in The Long Memory (1953)
Charles Victor Robert produced My Learned Friend (1943)
Bette Davis Robert directed The Scapegoat (1960)
Peter Finch Robert directed Father Brown (1954)
Jack L. Warner Robert directed It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 14
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About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1963 · aged 52
