| Carol Reed | |
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| Born | 30 December 1906 Putney, London, England, UK |
| Died | 25 April 1976 (aged 69) Chelsea, London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Film director, producer |
| Years active | 1935 ~ 1972 |
| Spouse | Diana Wynyard (1943–1947) Penelope Dudley-Ward (1948–1976; his death) |
Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director, most famous for directing The Third Man, Odd Man Out and The Fallen Idol. He won the Palme d'Or in 1949 for The Third Man and the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!
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The son of actor-producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress, May Pinney Reed,[1] Carol Reed was born in Putney, and educated at The King's School, Canterbury. Reed served in the British Army during the Second World War, giving him many experiences which appeared in his later films.
He embarked on an acting career while still in his teens, but soon went into the role of producer/director, and was responsible for The Stars Look Down (1939), Kipps (1941), Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), Outcast of the Islands (1952), Our Man in Havana (1959), and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, and Our Man in Havana are based on the work of Graham Greene.
From 1943 until 1947, he was married to the British film star 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 Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and Duke of Windsor. They had one son, Max. A nephew was the actor Oliver Reed. His stepdaughter, Miss Ward's daughter, Tracy Reed, acted in numerous films.
In 1953, he became only the second British film director to be knighted for his craft. The first was Sir Alexander Korda in 1942.
Carol Reed died from a heart attack on 25 April 1976 at his home in Chelsea, aged 69.
| Year | Film | Notes |
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| 1935 | It Happened in Paris | |
| Midshipman Easy | ||
| 1936 | Laburnum Grove | |
| 1937 | Talk of the Devil | Also Writer |
| Who's Your Lady Friend? | ||
| 1938 | Penny Paradise | |
| Bank Holiday | ||
| 1939 | Climbing High | |
| A Girl Must Live | ||
| The Stars Look Down | ||
| 1940 | Girl in the News | |
| Night Train to Munich | ||
| 1941 | Kipps | |
| A Letter from Home | ||
| 1942 | The Young Mr Pitt | |
| 1943 | The New Lot | |
| 1944 | The Way Ahead | |
| 1945 | The True Glory | uncredited |
| 1947 | Odd Man Out | Also Producer |
| 1948 | The Fallen Idol | Also Producer New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director |
| 1949 | The Third Man | Also Producer Grand Prize of the Cannes Film Festival BAFTA Award for Best British Film |
| 1952 | Outcast of the Islands | Also Producer |
| 1953 | The Man Between | Also Producer |
| 1955 | A Kid for Two Farthings | Also Producer |
| 1956 | Trapeze | |
| 1958 | The Key | |
| 1959 | Our Man in Havana | Also Producer |
| 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty | replaced by Lewis Milestone; uncredited |
| 1963 | The Running Man | Also Producer |
| 1965 | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Also Producer |
| 1968 | Oliver! | Academy Award for Best Director |
| 1970 | Flap | |
| 1972 | Follow Me! |
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