Frank Launder

Autor, Produzent, Regie, Darsteller

28. Januar 1906 — 23. Februar 1997 (91 Jahre)
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Frank Launder (28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of them in collaboration with Sidney Gilliat.

He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and worked briefly as a clerk before becoming an actor and then a playwright. He began working as a screenwriter on British films in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic Will Hay comedy Oh, Mr Porter! (1937). After writing a number of screenplays with Gilliat, including The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and Night Train to Munich for Carol Reed; the two men wrote and directed the wartime drama Millions Like Us (1943).

After founding their own production company Individual Pictures, they produced a number of memorable dramas and thrillers including I See a Dark Stranger (1945) and Green for Danger (1946), but were best known for their comedies including The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) and most famously, the St Trinians series, based on Ronald Searle's cartoons set in an anarchic girls school. He was married to actress Bernadette O'Farrell from 1950 until his death in Monaco. The couple had two children.

Filme & Serien auf plex.tv

  • Eine Dame verschwindet
    Eine Dame verschwindet1938
  • Die kleinste Schau der Welt
    Die kleinste Schau der Welt1957
  • Millions Like Us
    Millions Like Us1943

Bekannt aus

  • Eine Dame verschwindet
    Eine Dame verschwindet1938
  • Die Schönen von St. Trinians
    Die Schönen von St. Trinians1954
  • Night Train to Munich
    Night Train to Munich1940
  • Das doppelte College
    Das doppelte College1950
  • I See a Dark Stranger
    I See a Dark Stranger1946
  • Otto, zieh die Bremse an!
    Otto, zieh die Bremse an!1937
  • Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
    Blue Murder at St. Trinian's1957
  • Der grüne Mann
    Der grüne Mann1956
  • Achtung: Grün
    Achtung: Grün1946
  • The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
    The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery1966
  • Millions Like Us
    Millions Like Us1943
  • Tödliche Botschaft
    Tödliche Botschaft1979
  • The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's1960
  • Geordie
    Geordie1955
  • Die kleinste Schau der Welt
    Die kleinste Schau der Welt1957
  • Mord nach Maß
    Mord nach Maß1972
  • So etwas lieben die Frauen
    So etwas lieben die Frauen1955
  • We Dive at Dawn
    We Dive at Dawn1943
  • Am seidenen Faden
    Am seidenen Faden1957
  • Lieben kann man nur zu zweit
    Lieben kann man nur zu zweit1962

Filmografie

1957
Big Time Operators · as Man In Grand Cinemaauf plex.tv

1985
Charters & Caldicott · as Characters
1980
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's · as Original Screenplay
1979
The Lady Vanishes · as Based On The Screenplay By
1966
1956
The Green Man · as Theatre Play
1947
1946
1940
Crook's Tour · as Characters
1937
Oh, Mr. Porter! · as Original Story
1935
1935
Emil and the Detectives · as Scenario Writer
1934
Those Were the Days · as Adaptation
1932
Old Spanish Customers · as Scenario Writer
1929
The Greenwood Tree · as Scenario Writer