Reginald Denham
Encyclopedia
Reginald Denham was an English writer
, theater and film director
, actor
and film producer
.
Denham was born in London, England in 1894.
He spent a good part of his career directing Broadway theatre
, with a career spanning from the melodrama
Rope's End
(1929) by Patrick Hamilton
, to the courtroom drama Hostile Witness (1966).
He was married to Belfast
actress Moyna Macgill
(1917–1924), English
actress Lilian Oldland
, and American
actress and writer Mary Orr
(from 1947 until his death). While they were married, Denham and Orr were writing partners. His daughter with Macgill, Isolde, married actor Peter Ustinov
when they were both 17.
He died following a stroke in Englewood, New Jersey
.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, theater and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
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Denham was born in London, England in 1894.
He spent a good part of his career directing Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
, with a career spanning from the melodrama
Melodrama
The term melodrama refers to a dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions. It may also refer to the genre which includes such works, or to language, behavior, or events which resemble them...
Rope's End
Rope (play)
Rope is a 1929 British play by Patrick Hamilton. In formal terms, it is a well-made play with a three-act dramatic structure that adheres to the classical unities. Its action is continuous, punctuated only by the curtain fall at the end of each act. It may also be considered a thriller whose...
(1929) by Patrick Hamilton
Patrick Hamilton (dramatist)
Patrick Hamilton was an English playwright and novelist.He was well regarded by Graham Greene and J. B. Priestley and study of his novels has been revived recently because of their distinctive style, deploying a Dickensian narrative voice to convey aspects of inter-war London street culture...
, to the courtroom drama Hostile Witness (1966).
He was married to Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
actress Moyna Macgill
Moyna MacGill
Moyna Macgill was an Irish stage and film actress and the mother of actress Angela Lansbury and producers Edgar Lansbury and Bruce Lansbury.-Life and career:...
(1917–1924), English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress Lilian Oldland
Lilian Oldland
Lilian Oldland was a British actress who appeared in more than twenty films between 1925 and 1935. Born in Gloucester in 1903, she made her film debut in The Secret Kingdom and was soon cast as a regular in the Bindle Series of films. In 1930 she changed her name to Mary Newland and was credited...
, and American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress and writer Mary Orr
Mary Orr
Mary Caswell Orr was an American actress and short story author whose "The Wisdom of Eve," written in 1946, was the basis of the Academy Award-winning film All About Eve...
(from 1947 until his death). While they were married, Denham and Orr were writing partners. His daughter with Macgill, Isolde, married actor Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter...
when they were both 17.
He died following a stroke in Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is a city located in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 27,147.Englewood was incorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township and the remaining portions of...
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Writer
- Paradies der alten Damen (1971) (TV) (criminal play)
- The Mad Room (1969) (earlier screenplay) (play Ladies in RetirementLadies in RetirementLadies in Retirement is a 1941 film starring Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward. It is based on a 1940 Broadway play of the same title by Reginald Denham and Edward Percy which starred Flora Robson in the lead role....
) - Lux Video TheatreLux Video TheatreLux Video Theatre, is a weekly television anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays....
(2 episodes, 1954–1957)
- Dark Hammock (1957) TV episode (play, with Mary Orr)
- Ladies in Retirement (1954) TV episode (play, with Mary Orr)
- Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAlfred Hitchcock PresentsAlfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades...
(1 episode, 1956)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Help Wanted (1956) TV episode (adaptation, with Mary Orr)
- The Motorola Television HourThe Motorola Television HourThe Motorola Television Hour was an hour-long anthology series which alternated bi-weekly with The United States Steel Hour on ABC. The show premiered on November 3, 1953 and was last aired on June 1, 1954. It was sponsored by Motorola.-External links:...
(1 episode, 1954)
- The Motorola Television Hour
- A Dash of Bitters (1954) TV episode (teleplay, with Mary Orr)
- Broadway Television Theatre (1 episode, 1952)
- Suspect (1952) TV episode (play, with Mary Orr)
- Mr. & Mrs. North (1952) TV series (unknown episodes)
- Suspense (4 episodes, 1949–1950)
- The Suicide Club (1950) TV episode
- Help Wanted (1949) TV episode (with Mary Orr)
- Murder Through the Looking Glass (1949) TV episode (teleplay)
- Dead Ernest (1949) TV episode
- Wallflower (1948) (play, with Mary Orr)
- Ladies in RetirementLadies in RetirementLadies in Retirement is a 1941 film starring Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward. It is based on a 1940 Broadway play of the same title by Reginald Denham and Edward Percy which starred Flora Robson in the lead role....
(1941) (play) (screenplay) - Suspect (1939) (TV)
- Trunk Crime (1939) (play)
- Calling the Tune (1936)
- Ebb Tide (1932)
- Hombre que asesinó, El (1931) (adaptation)
- Stamboul (1931)
Director
- Blind FollyBlind FollyBlind Folly is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Clifford Mollison, Lilli Palmer and Leslie Perrins. A man inherits a nightclub that belonged to his brother but soon discovers that it is the headquarters for a dangerous criminal gang.-Cast:* Clifford Mollison -...
(1940) - Flying Fifty-FiveFlying Fifty-FiveFlying Fifty-Five is a 1939 British, black-and-white, drama, racing film, directed by Reginald Denham and starring Ronald Shiner as Scrubby Oaks, Derrick De Marney, Nancy Burne, John Warwick and Peter Gawthorne. It was produced by Admiral Films...
(1939) - Kate Plus TenKate Plus Ten (film)Kate Plus Ten is a 1938 British thriller film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Jack Hulbert, Genevieve Tobin and Noel Madison. It was adapted from the Edgar Wallace novel Kate Plus Ten. It was also released as Queen of Crime. Kate, the leader of a gang of criminals, works as secretary to an...
(1938)
- aka Queen of Crime (USA)
- aka The Vanishing Train (USA: TV title)
- Dreams Come TrueDreams Come True (film)Dreams Come True is a 1984 adventure film directed by Max Kalmanowicz and distributed by Troma Entertainment....
(1936) - The House of the SpaniardThe House of the SpaniardThe House of the Spaniard is a 1936 British crime film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Allan Jeayes, Peter Haddon and Brigitte Horney. It is set in Lancashire and Spain, during the ongoing Spanish Civil War. It was shot at Ealing Studios in west London, England, and on location in Spain...
(1936) - Calling the Tune (1936)
- The Crimson Circle (1936)
- Lucky DaysLucky DaysLucky Days , also known as I Love You in the Second Round, is a currently airing Taiwanese Drama starring Tammy Chen and Chris Wang which first premiered on January 8, 2010 on TTV and SETTV.-Main cast:...
(1935) - The Silent PassengerThe Silent PassengerThe Silent Passenger is a British black-and-white film made in 1935 at Ealing Studios, London.-Synopsis:A detective mystery in which a lord sets out to prove that a man did not kill his wife's blackmailer....
(1935) - The Village SquireThe Village SquireThe Village Squire is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring David Horne, Leslie Perrins, Moira Lynd and Vivien Leigh. It was based on a play by Arthur Jarvis Black...
(1935) - The Price of Wisdom (1935)
- Lieut. Daring R.N. (1935)
- Dreams Come True
- aka Lieutenant Daring R.N.
- Borrow a Million (1934)
- Death at Broadcasting HouseDeath at Broadcasting HouseDeath at Broadcasting House, also known as Death at a Broadcast, is a 1934 British mystery film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Ian Hunter, Austin Trevor, Henry Kendall, and Jack Hawkins.-Cast:...
(1934)
- aka Death at a Broadcast (USA)
- aka Death of a Broadcast
- The Primrose PathThe Primrose PathThe Primrose Path is an 1875 novel by Bram Stoker. It was the writer's first novel, published 22 years before Dracula and serialized in five installments in The Shamrock, a weekly Irish magazine, from February 6, 1875 to March 6, 1875....
(1934) - Brides to Be (1934)
- Lucky Loser (film) (1934)
- Called Back (1933)
- The JewelThe JewelThe Jewel is a 1933 British crime film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Hugh Williams, Frances Drake and Jack Hawkins. A family heirloom is stolen, and the family attempt to recover it.-Cast:* Hugh Williams ... Frank Hallam...
(1933)
- The Primrose Path