Roy Ward Baker

Date of Birth: 19 Dec 1916
Country: UK
Total Credits at Criticker: 5 (Actor), 37 (Director), 1 (Writer)
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A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for employment... (imdb)
The Titanic disaster is depicted in straightforward fashion without the addition of fictional subplots. (imdb)
An ancient Martian spaceship is unearthed in London, and proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
An airline pilot, dumped by his girlfriend, pursues a baby-sitter in his hotel...and gradually realizes she's dangerous. (imdb)
Count Dracula journies to a remote Chinese village in the guise of a warlord to support six vampires who are dispirited after the loss of a seventh member of their cult. (imdb)
20th Century-Fox put a lot of eggs in this 1953 film---3-D and stereophonic sound on prints for the few theatres equipped for that sound system in 1953, and the result was possibly the best 3-D film made during the craze... (imdb)
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air? (imdb)
Five men trapped in the basement vault of an office building share visions with each other of thier demise. Stories revolve around vampires, bodily dismemberment, east indian mysticism, an insurance scam, and an artist who kills by painting his victims' deaths. (imdb)
A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs. In the end, it's recognized he's the greatest monster of all ... (imdb)
When British Intelligence discovers that an Iron Curtian country is developing insects as weapons they persuade eminent entomologist Frances Gray to get into the country to collect some specimens. On arrival her cover is almost immediately blown and her contact murdered. The future looks grim for her and also perhaps for the world. (imdb)
A young man, Paul Carlson, is on a trip and spends the night on count Dracula's castle. Needless to say, he is murdered. When some time has passed, the young man's brother Simon comes to the small town where all the traces ends to look for him. (imdb)
Mrs. Taggart is the one-eyed monster-mother, who, every year, demands the presence of her three grown sons at the celebration of her wedding anniversary. But the father has been dead for years and Mrs. Taggart has dominated and manipulated her sons so they will always stay close by. (imdb)
The Countess is called away to tend a sick friend and imposes on the General to accept her daughter Marcilla as a houseguest. Some of the villagers begin dying, however, and the General's daughter Laura soon gets weak and pale, but Marcilla is there to comfort her... (imdb)
A space salvage expert and his partner become involved with a group of criminals intent on hijacking a small asteroid made of sapphire and crashing it into the moon for later recovery. The only place that they can bring the asteroid down without drawing attention to themselves is a far side mining claim. But first they must dispose of the miner. Little known to them, however, is the fact that the miners sister has hired the same salvage team to help her locate her missing brother. (imdb)
Set in 1795 England, newlyweds Catherine (Stephanie Beacham) and Charles Fengriffen (Ian Ogilvy) move into the Fengriffen ancestral family mansion. On their wedding night, Catherine is raped by a malevolent spirit and is further plagued by haunting visions of an eyeless woodsman and a murderous disembodied hand. Charles calls for assistance from Dr. Whittle (Patrick Magee) and his colleague Dr. Pope (Peter Cushing), who uses reason and logic to combat what he assumes to be a mental disorder. (Dark Sky Films)
Dr. Henry Jekyll, in attempting to find a toxin that will wipe out all common diseases, accidentally stumbles upon a formula that transforms him into a gorgeous but evil woman. He needs female hormones for his experiments, so a number of London women meet bloody deaths. (imdb)
A scientist obsessed with the past transports himself back in time to 18th-century London, where he falls in love with a beautiful young woman. (imdb)
This is the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war taken in Britain during the Second World War who escaped from numerous British POW camps and got back to Germany. (imdb)
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed. (imdb)
A priest defies a Mexican bandit to bring religion to a Western town. (TCM.com)
Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There has been some mysterious murders, and there are no visible causes for the deaths. At the same time Holmes gets this case, Graf Udo Von Felseck gives him another case: find a young and missing prince to prevent war between Germany and England. But Von Felseck is not as honest as he seems. (imdb)
A union leader in a large company tries to win equal rights for the handful of West Indian workers at the company, but finds it is an uphill battle. After being successful, and rightly proud of his efforts, he finds that he and his wife have a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that his only daughter intends to marry a West Indian. (imdb)
Awaking one morning out of a drunken stupor, composer Richard Morton can't shake the feeling he has murdered a woman during the night. (imdb)
Meg, a WWII widow, is about to marry the affluent Geoffrey, but over the last three months, she's been receiving envelopes that include a photo of a man who appears to be her dead husband, Martin. Accompanying the last photo was a note telling her to meet Martin on the 3:23 Southend train on the 1st of November. Fearing blackmail, Meg and Geoffrey have contacted the police, and Chief Inspector Luke (Christopher Rhodes) and a handful of men are there to grab the man who may or may not be Martin.
Roger Moore stars as Simon Templar, a handsome soldier-of-fortune of dubious principles and morals, but a handy man to have around whenever someone truly deserving is in distress. The Fiction Makers originated as a two-part Saint adventure, first telecast as episodes #104 and #105 in 1968 then released theatrically as a feature film. This time, Templar is assigned to protect famed novelist Amos Klein from vengeful gangsters. (allrovi.com)
Foreign Exchange (1970) - TV Movie
A former British Secret Service agent is persuaded to negotiate a spy exchange with Russia, only to find himself drawn into political intrigues. (imdb)
Captivating drama of a lovable little Irish girl and how she helps her tippler father find work. (imdb)
The Spy Killer (1969) - TV Movie
John Smith, a secret agent turned private eye, is framed for murder. Smith is released, but only after promising that he'll track down a book containing a list of government agents who are operating covertly in Red China. The reluctant spy discovers that he can't completely trust anyone in this endeavor.... not even his former chief. (themoviedb.org)
Captain Lucky Ryland is about to retire. We flashback several years to a voyage on a ship he was captaining from South America. He is forced to give a lift to a British governess who is returning home. Both Ryland and his first mate fall for her.
Alan Crabbe is a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl who can offer him the experience he lacks. Every time Alan tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a trip-and-stumble. Then he meets Eileen, the new waitress at the corner cafe, who signal unmistakable messages with her large inviting eyes. (imdb)
Life on the home front during World War 2. Martha Dacre tries to keep her home running as normal, during the run up to the D Day landings. With several lodgers to contend with, and her son and daughter away serving in the Navy, she has chosen to stay as a housewife. When her son's ship is damaged during the landings, she begins to regret, not taking a war job. (imdb)
Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War, the two man crew of an Italian miniature submarine are captured and held prisoner whist the crew try and discover the nature of their mission.
The Avengers (1961) - TV Series
A quirky spy show of the adventures of an eccentricly suave British agent and his predominately female partners.
Read All About It (1945) - Short Film
An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act.
The Flame Trees of Thika (1981) - TV Mini-Series
Elspeth and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth, as she encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature, and new friendships with Africans and British expatriates. A side plot involves the beautiful and bored British Lettice Palmer, who enters into an affair with a handsome safari guide. Eventually, however, the excitement of Elspeth's life is disrupted by the on-set of World War I. (imdb)