Roy William Neill

Director, Productor, Escritor

4 de septiembre de 1887 — 14 de diciembre de 1946 (59 años)
Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was a film director best known today for directing several of the Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios.

With his father as the captain, Neill was born on a ship off the coast of Ireland named Roland de Gostrie. He began directing silent movies in 1917 and went on to helm 107 films, 40 of them silent. Although most of Neill's films were for the most part low-budget B-movies, he was known for directing films with meticulously lit scenes with carefully layered shadows that would become the style of film noir in the late 1940s. In fact, his last film, Black Angel (1946), is considered a film noir.

He was also credited in some works as R. William Neill, Roy W. Neill, and Roy Neill. Neill lived in the United States for most of his career and was a U.S. citizen. He did go to London from 1935 until 1940 where better opportunities existed for American directors. During this period, British film producer Edward Black hired Neill to direct The Lady Vanishes. However, due to delays in production, Black hired Alfred Hitchcock to direct instead.

Neill died in London, England from a heart attack.

Películas y series en Plex

  • El caso de los dedos cortados
    El caso de los dedos cortados1945
  • Terror en la noche
    Terror en la noche1946
  • Vestida para un asesinato
    Vestida para un asesinato1946
  • Sherlock Holmes y el arma secreta
    Sherlock Holmes y el arma secreta1942
  • La garra escarlata
    La garra escarlata1944
  • La mujer araña
    La mujer araña1943
  • Sherlock Holmes desafía a la muerte
    Sherlock Holmes desafía a la muerte1943
  • La perla maldita
    La perla maldita1944
  • Sherlock Holmes en Washington
    Sherlock Holmes en Washington1943
  • Persecución en Argel
    Persecución en Argel1945

Conocido por

  • Frankenstein y el hombre lobo
    Frankenstein y el hombre lobo1943
  • El caso de los dedos cortados
    El caso de los dedos cortados1945
  • Terror en la noche
    Terror en la noche1946
  • Vestida para un asesinato
    Vestida para un asesinato1946
  • Sherlock Holmes y el arma secreta
    Sherlock Holmes y el arma secreta1942
  • La garra escarlata
    La garra escarlata1944
  • La casa del miedo
    La casa del miedo1945
  • La mujer araña
    La mujer araña1943
  • Sherlock Holmes desafía a la muerte
    Sherlock Holmes desafía a la muerte1943
  • La perla maldita
    La perla maldita1944
  • Sherlock Holmes en Washington
    Sherlock Holmes en Washington1943
  • Persecución en Argel
    Persecución en Argel1945
  • Ángel negro
    Ángel negro1946
  • Horror en el cuarto negro
    Horror en el cuarto negro1935
  • Black Moon
    Black Moon1934
  • La locura del dólar
    La locura del dólar1932
  • El viking
    El viking1928
  • Doctor Syn
    Doctor Syn1937
  • Alma zíngara
    Alma zíngara1944
  • That's My Boy
    That's My Boy1932

Filmography

1944
The Scarlet Claw · as ScreenplayEn Plex
1940
Hoots Mon · as Screenplay
1940
1928

1943
1930
Cock o' the Walk · as Cinematographer