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Birth Name: Carol Reed

Born: 30 December 1906 Died: 25 April 1976

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Penelope Dudley-Ward

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Description: Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949) and Oliver! (1968). Early life and education The illegitimate son of actor-producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress, May Pinney Reed, Carol Reed was born in Putney, and educated at The King's School, Canterbury, an independent school. He embarked on an acting career while still in his teens, became involved in the film industry taking a few roles in films. Career as a film director He worked as an Assistant Director with Basil Dean on the films Aut Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949) and Oliver! (1968).

Early life and education

The illegitimate son of actor-producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress, May Pinney Reed, Carol Reed was born in Putney, and educated at The King's School, Canterbury, an independent school. He embarked on an acting career while still in his teens, became involved in the film industry taking a few roles in films.

Career as a film director

He worked as an Assistant Director with Basil Dean on the films Autumn Crocus, Lorna Doone and Loyalties and with Thorold Dickinson on Java Head. His earliest films as director were 'quota quickies', but his career began to take off with The Stars Look Down (1939). He followed this with Night Train to Munich (1940) and Kipps (1941), Reed served in the British Army during the Second World War working under Thorold Dickinson in the film unit. A training film The New Lot (1943) was.remade as The Way Ahead (1944) recounting the experiences of five new recruits

Reed made his most highly regarded films just after the war: Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and The Third Man (1949), which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. The last two films were made from screenplays by Graham Greene.

Outcast of the Islands (1952), based on a novel by Joseph Conrad, is often thought to make the start of his creative decline. Our Man in Havana (1959) reunited him with the work of Graham Greene, while Trapeze (1956) and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) were American films. Oliver (1968), made at Shepperton in Surrey, was financially backed by Columbia, and won the Academy Award for Best Director. "The movie may have been over-produced but it seemed everyonwe liked it that way", writes Thomas Hischak.

Personal life

From 1943 until 1947, he was married to the British actress Diana Wynyard. After their divorce, he married, in 1948, the actress Penelope Dudley-Ward, also known as Pempie, the elder daughter of Freda Dudley Ward, who had been a mistress of the Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) when he was Prince of Wales. They had one son, Max. His stepdaughter Tracy Reed, Ward's daughter, also had an acting career. Actor Oliver Reed was his nephew.

In 1953, he became only the second British film director to be knighted for his craft. The first was Sir Alexander Korda in 1942, who was the producer of some of Reed's most admired films.

Carol Reed died from a heart attack on 25 April 1976 at his home in Chelsea, aged 69. He is buried in Kensington Cemetery, Gunnersbury, West London. ... (more)

Tags: Oscar Winner (2), Captain (1), Directed A Best Picture Winner (1), Oscar Winning Director (1), Motion Picture Unit (1), Directors In The Military (1), World War II Veteran (1), Born December 30 (1), British Military (1), Died Aged 69 (1), Died 1976 (1), Born 1906 (1), British Army (1), British (1), Screenwriter (1), Director (1), Military Officer (1), Army Officer (1), Veteran (1)

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1. The Third Man (1949)

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1. Omnibus (1967)

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2. This Is Your Life (1955)

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3. The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969)

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"1968-Oliver!"

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The Favourite Films of Critics and Filmmakers (32 movies items)

"1. City Lights (1931, Charles Chaplin) 2. Ninotchka (1939, Ernst Lubitsch) 3. Children of Paradise (1945, Marcel Carne) 4. Gone with the Wind (1939, Victor Fleming) 5. La Ronde (1950, Max Ophuls) 6. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930, Lewis Milestone) 7. Carnival in Flanders (1935, Jacques Feyder) 8. Variety (1925, E.A. Dupont) 9. The Baker's Wife (1938, Marcel Pagnol) 10. Pygmalion (1938, Anthony Asquith/Leslie Howard)"

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"British Major Works: The Third Man (1949) Oliver! (1968) The Fallen Idol (1948) • Director, Writer. •"

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Oscars 1950 Winners (My Version) (26 movies items)

"Best Director! Winner: Carol Reed, The Third Man! Nominees: Robert Rossen - All the King's Men William A. Wellman - Battleground William Wyler - The Heiress Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives"


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