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Harold French is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Script Supervisor and Additional Dialogue British born on 23 april 1897 at London (United-kingdom)

Harold French

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 23 april 1897 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 10 october 1997 (at 100 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Harold French (23 April 1897 in London – 19 October 1997) was an English film director, screenwriter and actor.

As an actor, most of his roles occurred between 1912 and 1936, not gaining as much attention as later he would as a director.

He worked as a screenwriter on three of the four films produced by Marcel Hellman's and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s production company Criterion Film Productions in the late 1930s, before switching to film direction in 1937, often with Marcel Hellman as producer. From 1940 to 1955, he had several box-office successes as director. This successful period was clouded by the 1941 death of his wife Phyllis in a Luftwaffe bombing raid.

Although he did some TV work after 1955, he appears to have retired from directing and acting after 1963. He died in 1997 at the age of 100.

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Filmography of Harold French (46 films)

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The Girl in the Crowd
The Girl in the Crowd (1935)
, 52minutes
Directed by Michael Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Patricia Hilliard, Googie Withers, Harold French, Patric Knowles, Eve Lister, John Wood
Roles Bob
Rating60% 3.0441753.0441753.0441753.0441753.044175
The wife of a bookseller gives advice about picking up woman to her husband's friend (whom she has never met) over the phone. She advises him simply to follow the first pretty woman he sees. Unfortunately, when he takes her advice, she is the girl in the crowd he ends up following, leading to his arrest.
The Diplomatic Lover
The Diplomatic Lover (1934)

Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Harold French, Tamara Desni, Davy Burnaby, Morton Selten, Reginald Gardiner, Peggy Novak
Roles Nottingham

A young ambitious British diplomat goes to take up his post in an embassy abroad.
I Adore You
I Adore You (1933)
, 1h14
Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Margot Grahame, Peggy Novak, Harold French, Clifford Heatherley, Errol Flynn, O. B. Clarence
Roles Norman Young
Rating66% 3.3273853.3273853.3273853.3273853.327385
Norman Young (Harold French) wants to marry Margot Grahame (Margot Grahame) but he contract with a producer prohibits her from marrying during a five year period. Norman spends millions to take over the contact.
Mannequin
Mannequin (1933)
, 54minutes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Harold French, Richard Cooper, Ben Welden, Anna Lee, Toni Edgar-Bruce, Judy Kelly
Roles Peter Tattersall
Rating50% 2.533962.533962.533962.533962.53396
The Star Reporter
The Star Reporter (1931)
, 44minutes
Directed by Michael Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors Harold French, Garry Marsh, Anthoney Holles, Spencer Trevor
Roles Major Starr
Rating64% 3.232633.232633.232633.232633.23263
Major Starr (French) is an ambitious newspaper reporter who has taken undercover employment as chauffeur to Lady Susan Loman (Isla Bevan) in the hope of witnessing high-society goings-on which he can use in a feature article he is planning. Lady Susan's father Lord Longbourne (Spencer Trevor) meanwhile is experiencing financial embarrassment, and is persuaded by professional criminal Mandel (Marsh) to conspire in an insurance scam whereby Mandel will steal a diamond belonging to Lady Susan from the West End jeweller where it is currently on display, Longbourne will claim the cash and Mandel will return the diamond to him for a cut of the proceeds.
East Lynne on the Western Front
East Lynne on the Western Front (1931)

Directed by George Pearson
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Herbert Mundin, Mark Daly, Alf Goddard, Wilfrid Lawson, Roger Livesey, Harold French
Roles Reggie Pitt

During the First World War a group of British soldiers serving on the Western Front stage a comic performance of the play East Lynne to entertain their comrades.