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Roy William Neill
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Irish-American film director (1887–1946)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1887
- Died
- 1946
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Sherlock Holmes and the secret weapon
- The scarlet claw
- House of fear
- Terror by night
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington
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Film & TV
Ireland, United Kingdom
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…
Known for
- A Corner in Colleens — Dan Allen1916
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 20
- Total plays
- 38
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Roy-William-Neill-1921.jpg
- Work location
- Republic of Ireland
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1887-09-04
- date of death
- 1946-12-14
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Roy William Neill
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Roy William Neill
- start of work period
- 1917-00-00
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