Vivian Cox (1915 – 2009) was a British film producer and writer, and school teacher. He worked for Rank Studios between 1959 and 1967. Between 1960 and 1976, he produced the stage shows supporting the
Royal Command Film Performance. From 1967 to 1975, he taught at the
Cranleigh School
Cranleigh School is a Private school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey.
History
It was opened on 29 September 1865 as a boys' school 'to provide a sound and plain education, on the principle ...
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Bio
at Cranleigh]
Select films
*'' The Astonished Heart (film), The Astonished Heart'' (1950) - associate producer
*''The Clouded Yellow
''The Clouded Yellow'' is a 1950 British mystery film directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty E. Box for Carillon Films. It stars Jean Simmons and Trevor Howard. A dismissed secret service agent falls in love with a disturbed young woma ...
'' (1950) - associate producer
*''So Long at the Fair
''So Long at the Fair'' (US re-release title ''The Black Curse'') is a 1950 British thriller film directed by Terence Fisher and Antony Darnborough, and starring Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde. It was adapted from the 1947 novel of the same name ...
'' (1950) - producer
*'' Tread Softly'' (1952) - producer, dialogue
*''Father Brown
Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective. He is featured in 53 short stories by English author G. K. Chesterton, published between 1910 and 1936. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and ...
'' (1954) - associated producer
*''The Prisoner
''The Prisoner'' is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan. McGoohan portrays Number Six (The Prisoner), Number Six, an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a The Village (The Prisoner), mysteri ...
'' (1955) - producer
*'' Tears for Simon'' (1956) aka ''Lost'' - producer
*'' House of Secrets'' (1956) - producer
*''Bachelor of Hearts
''Bachelor of Hearts'' is a 1958 British comedy film directed by Wof Rilla starring Hardy Krüger as a German who studies at Cambridge University. It was written by Leslie Bricusse and Frederic Raphael.
Plot
Young German maths scholar Wolf H ...
'' (1958) - producer
*'' Deadly Record'' (1959) - producer, writer
*'' Watch Your Stern'' (1960) - writer
*''Two Way Stretch
''Two-Way Stretch'', also known as ''Nothing Barred'', is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Robert Day and starring Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Lionel Jeffries and Bernard Cribbins. The screenplay is by Vivian Cox, John Warren ...
'' (1960) - producer, writer
*''We Joined the Navy
''We Joined the Navy'' is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Wendy Toye and starring Kenneth More, Lloyd Nolan, Joan O'Brien, Derek Fowlds, Graham Crowden, Esma Cannon and John Le Mesurier. Produced by Daniel M. Angel, it was based on the ...
'' (1962) - associate producer
*''The Iron Maiden
''The Iron Maiden'' is a 1963 British comedy film. The film was directed by Gerald Thomas, and stars Michael Craig (actor), Michael Craig, Anne Helm, Jeff Donnell and Alan Hale Jr. There are minor roles for ''Carry On (series), Carry On'' stal ...
'' (1962) - writer
*''West 11
''West 11'' (also known as ''West II'' and ''West Eleven'') is a 1963 British crime film directed by Michael Winner and starring Alfred Lynch, Kathleen Breck, Eric Portman, Diana Dors, and Kathleen Harrison. It is based on ''The Furnished Room ...
'' (1963) - associate producer
*''The Very Edge
''The Very Edge'' is a 1963 British drama film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Anne Heywood, Richard Todd, Jack Hedley, Jeremy Brett and Maurice Denham. It was written by Leslie Bricusse and Vivian Cox. A young woman is assaulted and ...
'' (1963) - original story
*''The Long Duel
''The Long Duel'' is a 1967 British adventure film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Charlotte Rampling and Harry Andrews. It is set in British-ruled India of the 1920s but was filmed in Spain.
Plot
Superintende ...
'' (1967) - producer (uncredited)
References
External links
Vivian Cox
at IMDb
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Telegraph obituary
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1915 births
2009 deaths
British film producers
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