Roy William Neill
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-09-04 (59 years old)
Deathday
1946-12-14
Place of Birth
Ireland, United Kingdom
Also known As
R. William Neill
Roy William Neill
Biography
Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was a film director best known today for directing several of the Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios. With his father as the captain, Neill was born on a ship off the coast of Ireland named Roland de Gostrie. He began directing silent movies in 1917 and went on to helm 107 films, 40 of them silent. Although most of Neill's films were for the most part low-budget B-movies, he was known for directing films with meticulously lit scenes with carefully layered shadows that would become the style of film ...
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1943
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1933
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1928
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1945
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1943
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1946
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1942
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1943
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