Roy Kellino (born Philip Roy Gislingham; 22 April 1912 – 18 November 1956) was an English film director, producer and cinematographer.

Biography

He was born Philip Roy Gislingham in Lambeth, South London, the son of the silent-era director

W.P. Kellino William Philip Gislingham (c. 1874 in London, England – 31 December 1957, in London, Middlesex, England) was a British music hall musician and acrobat (part of the Famous Kellinos) and, using the name W. P. Kellino, film director. He founded ...

. He directed his first film '' Concerning Mr. Martin'' in 1937. He worked primarily in the years during the

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, venturing into

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in the 1950s, directing many episodes of popular anthology series ''

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'', along with episodes of other anthologies like '' The Star and the Story''. Kellino was married to actress

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from 1932 to 1940. She then married actor James Mason and took his last name. Meanwhile, Kellino married '' Leave It to Beaver'' actress

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. Their marriage lasted 3 years until his death in 1956 in

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Selected filmography

Director * '' Concerning Mr. Martin'' (1937) * '' The Last Adventurers'' (1937) * '' Father O'Nine'' (1938) * '' I Met a Murderer'' (1939) * ''

Guilt Is My Shadow ''Guilt Is My Shadow'' is a 1950 British drama film directed by Roy Kellino and starring Elizabeth Sellars, Patrick Holt and Peter Reynolds. In the film, a woman is haunted by her conscience after she kills a man and hides the body. It is base ...

'' (1950) * '' Lady Possessed'' (1952) * '' Charade'' (1953) * '' The Silken Affair'' (1956) Cinematographer * '' Foreign Affaires'' (1935) * '' Wedding Group'' (1936) * '' Pot Luck'' (1936) * '' Rhythm in the Air'' (1936) * '' Aren't Men Beasts!'' (1937) * '' Calling All Ma's'' (1937) * '' Kate Plus Ten'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1943) * '' Johnny Frenchman'' (1945) Actor * '' Rob Roy'' (1922) * '' The Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant'' (1927)

References

External links

* 1912 births 1956 deaths English cinematographers Film directors from London {{UK-film-director-stub Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)