Robert Hamer

Date of Birth: 31 Mar 1911

Country: UK

Biography: The son of the Welsh character actor Gerald Hamer was educated at Cambridge University where he wrote some poetry and was published in a collection 'Contemporaries and Their Maker', along with the spy Donald Maclean. Hamer's cinematic career began as a clapper boy at London Films and worked for the GPO Film. He joined Ealing in as an editor, later becoming an associate producer. Nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for Kind Hearts and Coronets. He died on December 4, 1963.

Biography submitted by driscarpin

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