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A stage actor from 1925, Esmond made his first film appearance in 77 Park Lane (1931) for Michael Powell for whom he eventually made 11 films.
Esmond served in the Royal Navy during WWII and lost one eye and was almost totally blinded in the other during an engagement against The Bismarck. This didn't stop him later portraying a Royal Naval officer in Sink the Bismarck! (1960).- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Writer
Robert Day worked his way up from clapper boy to camera operator to full-fledged lensman in his native England before giving directing a shot in the mid-1950s. His first film as director, the black-comic The Green Man (1956) for the writer-producer team of 'Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, garnered fine reviews and a classic notoriety; using this as a starting point, Day went on to become one of the industry's busiest directors. He relocated to Hollywood in the 1960s and began directing scads of TV episodes and made-for-TV movies on this side of the Atlantic. He occasionally turns up in bits in his own productions, including The Haunted Strangler (1958), Two Way Stretch (1960), the mini-series Peter and Paul (1981), etc.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Peter Graham Scott was born on 27 October 1923 in East Sheen, Surrey, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The Onedin Line (1971), The Avengers (1961) and Danger Man (1960). He was married to Eve Martell. He died on 5 August 2007 in Windlesham, Surrey, England, UK.- John Gerrard was born in East Sheen, Surrey, England, UK. John was a writer, known for Trapped (1950) and Playbill (1953). John was married to Maxine Miller. John died in June 1963.
- Pat Hornsby-Smith was born on 17 March 1914 in East Sheen, Surrey, England, UK. She died on 3 July 1985 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Renowned British show-jumper of the 1950s and 1960s, winning a bronze medal as part of the Great Britain show-jumping team in the 1956 Olympic Games at Stockholm. In these games, herself and Belgium's Brigitte Schockaert were the first women to compete in Olympic show-jumping. She also wrote a number of successful equestrian and autobiographical books, as well as a number of children's books. In 1956 she was awarded an OBE.
- Music Department
- Composer
Denis Moonan was born on 29 November 1904 in East Sheen, Surrey, England, UK. Denis was a composer, known for Sing Along with Me (1952), Under the Frozen Falls (1948) and London Playhouse (1955). Denis died in May 1979 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Desmond Hawkins was born on 20 October 1908 in East Sheen, Surrey, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Wednesday Theatre (1952), The World About Us (1967) and Fool's Paradise (1954). He was married to Barbara Skidmore. He died on 6 May 1999 in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, UK.