Robert Day (director)
| Robert Day | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 September 1922 Sheen, England |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1956-1991 |
| Spouse(s) | Eileen Pamela Day (1948[1]-1969; divorce; 1 child) Dorothy Provine (1968-2010; her death; 1 child) |
| Children | Roberta Jane Simons (15 Oct 52[2]) Robert Day Jr. (28 May 69) |
Robert Day (born 11 September 1922) is an English film director. He directed more than 40 films between 1956 and 1991. Day was born in Sheen, England
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 TV mini-series Peter and Paul (1981).
In the 1970s and 1980s, Day would direct episodes for numerous American television shows, including Barnaby Jones, The F.B.I., Dallas, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, and Matlock.
Personal life
Day was married to Eileen Day[3] and then, following their divorce, to actress Dorothy Provine until her death.
Selected filmography
- The Green Man (1956)
- The Haunted Strangler (1958)
- Corridors of Blood (1958)
- First Man into Space (1959)
- Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959)
- Two Way Stretch (1960)
- Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
- The Rebel (1961)
- Operation Snatch (1962)
- Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963)
- She (1965)
- Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
- Tarzan and the Great River (1967)
- The Reluctant Heroes (1971) (TV film)
- The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
- Peter and Paul (1981)
- The Lady from Yesterday (1985)
- Celebration Family (1987)
- The Quick and the Dead (1987)
References
External links
- Robert Day at the Internet Movie Database
- Robert Day at AllMovie
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