- John and Roy Boulting
John and Roy Boulting were English film-makers, who became known for their popular series of satirical comedies in the 1950s and 1960s.
Biography
The twin brothers were born in
Bray, Berkshire ,England onNovember 21 1913 toArthur Boulting andRose Bennet . They worked together as producer and director whenever they could, and often alternated these duties depending on the nature of the film they were working on, although they also made films separately. The two worked as screenwriters on their own films.They began with serious, tight, economical drama films such as "
Seven Days to Noon " (1950) andGraham Greene 's "Brighton Rock" (1947) (both with producer: Roy, director: John). They then became known for a series of satirical comedy films which are considered British classics today, such as "Private's Progress " (1956), "Lucky Jim " (1957) and "I'm All Right Jack " (1959), all with the same credits as above, and usually with John as co-writer. The comedies often starredIan Carmichael as the lead, along withRichard Attenborough andTerry-Thomas ; and oftenDennis Price ,John Le Mesurier ,Irene Handl andMiles Malleson ."I'm All Right Jack" also starred
Peter Sellers and boosted his film career, winning him a BAFTA Best Actor Award. He also appeared in other Boulting brothers films later. "The Family Way " (1966) was a slightly controversial film about a young married couple and their down-to-earth family.Roy Boulting did some work in British TV in the eighties including directing one of the popular
BBC "Miss Marple" mysteries. He marriedHayley Mills , whom he met on the set of "The Family Way", in 1971, and they had a son,Crispian Mills . They divorced in 1977.John died on
June 17 ,1985 , inSunningdale ,Berkshire and Roy onNovember 5 ,2001 .Their elder brother
Sydney Boulting , became anactor and stage producer asPeter Cotes , he was the original director of The Mousetrap.Filmography
John
*"
Journey Together " (1945)
*"Brighton Rock" (1947)
*"Seven Days to Noon " (1950)
*"The Magic Box" (1951)
*"Private's Progress " (1956)
*"Lucky Jim " (1957)
*"I'm All Right Jack " (1959)
*"Heavens Above! " (1963)
*"Rotten to the Core" (1965)
*"The Number " (1979)Roy
*"Inquest" (1940)
*"Thunder Rock" (1942)
*"Tunisian Victory " (1944, documentary co-directed withFrank Capra )
*"Fame is the Spur " (1947)
*"The Guinea Pig" (1948)
*"Singlehanded" (1951)
*"High Treason" (1951)
*"Seagulls Over Sorrento " (1954)
*"Josephine and Men " (1955)
*"Run for the Sun " (1956)
*"Happy is the Bride " (1958)
*"Brothers in Law " (1957)
*"Carlton-Browne of the FO " (1959)
*"Suspect" (1960)
*"A French Mistress " (1960)
*"The Family Way " (1966)
*"Twisted Nerve " (1968)
*"There's a Girl in My Soup " (1970)
*"Soft Beds, Hard Battles " (1973)References
*Burton Alan, O'Sullivan Tim, Wells Paul; Eds. 2000. The Family Way: The Boulting Brothers and British Film Culture. Trowbridge: Flicks Books. ISBN 0-948911-59-X
External links
*imdb name|id=0099589|name=John Boulting
*imdb name|id=0099592|name=Roy Boulting
* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/galleries/boulting/ "Boulting Brothers Stills & Posters Gallery"]
**from theBritish Film Institute , (gallery navigation is on the left).
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