Frank Launder
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 28, 1906
- Died
- February 23, 1997 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Launder (28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of them in collaboration with Sidney Gilliat. He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and worked briefly as a clerk before becoming an actor and then a playwright. He began working as a screenwriter on British films in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic Will Hay comedy Oh, Mr Porter! (1937). After writing a number of screenplays with Gilliat, including The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and Night Train to Munich for Carol Reed; the two men wrote and directed the wartime drama Millions Like Us (1943). After founding their own production company Individual Pictures, they produced a number of memorable dramas and thrillers including I See a Dark Stranger (1945) and Green for Danger (1946), but were best known for their comedies including The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) and most famously, the St Trinians series, based on Ronald Searle's cartoons set in an anarchic girls school. He was married to actress Bernadette O'Farrell from 1950 until his death in Monaco. The couple had two children.
Known For
Filmography
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Movie · Writer
Joey Boy
Movie · Screenplay
Ring of Spies
Movie · Writer
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Movie · Writer
The Bridal Path
Movie · Screenplay
Fortune Is a Woman
Movie · Screenplay
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Movie · Writer
The Green Man
Movie · Theatre Play, Screenplay
Geordie
Movie · Screenplay
The Belles of St Trinian's
Movie · Screenplay
Folly to Be Wise
Movie · Screenplay
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Movie · Writer
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Movie · Screenplay
The Blue Lagoon
Movie · Screenplay
Captain Boycott
Movie · Writer
I See a Dark Stranger
Movie · Story, Screenplay
The Rake's Progress
Movie · Screenplay
Two Thousand Women
Movie · Screenplay
Soldier, Sailor
Movie · Screenplay
Millions Like Us
Movie · Screenplay
We Dive at Dawn
Movie · Writer
The Young Mr. Pitt
Movie · Screenplay
Partners in Crime
Movie · Writer
Kipps
Movie · Screenplay
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Movie · Writer
Night Train to Munich
Movie · Screenplay
Crook's Tour
Movie · Characters
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Movie · Writer
A Girl Must Live
Movie · Writer
The Lady Vanishes
Movie · Screenplay
Oh, Mr. Porter!
Movie · Original Story
Seven Sinners
Movie · Writer
Twelve Good Men
Movie · Writer
Educated Evans
Movie · Writer
Emil and the Detectives
Movie · Scenario Writer
Get Off My Foot
Movie · Writer
The Black Mask
Movie · Writer
Rolling Home
Movie · Writer
So You Won't Talk
Movie · Screenplay, Dialogue
A Southern Maid
Movie · Writer
Hawleys of High Street
Movie · Writer
You Made Me Love You
Movie · Writer
Happy
Movie · Writer
Facing the Music
Movie · Screenplay
After Office Hours
Movie · Writer
The Last Coupon
Movie · Screenplay
For the Love of Mike
Movie · Writer
Old Spanish Customers
Movie · Scenario Writer
Josser in the Army
Movie · Writer
How He Lied to Her Husband
Movie · Scenario Writer
Lucky children
Movie · Screenplay
Hobson's Choice
Movie · Writer
Keepers of Youth
Movie · Writer
The W Plan
Movie · Writer
Children of Chance
Movie · Writer
Song of Soho
Movie · Writer
Under the Greenwood Tree
Movie · Scenario Writer, Dialogue