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Peter Glenville is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 28 october 1913 at London (United-kingdom)
Peter Glenville (born Peter Patrick Brabazon Browne; 28 October 1913 – 3 June 1996) was an English film and stage actor and director.
Peter Glenville was educated by Jesuits at Stonyhurst College, one of England's leading Catholic public schools, and from there went up to Christ Church, Oxford where he read Jurisprudence. At university, he joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS) and in 1934, became its President and also made his professional stage debut. Over the next several years, Glenville was active in the theatre and films as an actor, gradually developing an interest in directing, and leading to his 1944 appointment as director for the Old Vic Company. After World War II, Glenville met Hardy William Smith (1916-2001). They became professional and life partners, Glenville as director and Smith as producer of plays both in London and New York.
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Birth name Peter Patrick Brabazon Browne
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 october 1913 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 3 june 1996 (at 82 years) at New York City (USA)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 october 1913 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 3 june 1996 (at 82 years) at New York City (USA)
Biography
Born in Hampstead, London into a theatrical family, Glenville was the son of Shaun Glenville (born John Browne, 1884–1968), an Irish-born comedian, and Dorothy Ward, both pantomime performers.Peter Glenville was educated by Jesuits at Stonyhurst College, one of England's leading Catholic public schools, and from there went up to Christ Church, Oxford where he read Jurisprudence. At university, he joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS) and in 1934, became its President and also made his professional stage debut. Over the next several years, Glenville was active in the theatre and films as an actor, gradually developing an interest in directing, and leading to his 1944 appointment as director for the Old Vic Company. After World War II, Glenville met Hardy William Smith (1916-2001). They became professional and life partners, Glenville as director and Smith as producer of plays both in London and New York.
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The Comedians in Africa (1967)
, 11minutesDirected by Peter Glenville
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Lillian Gish, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Peter Glenville
Roles Self (uncredited)
Rating62%
This short documentary chronicles the difficulties encountered by the crew and cast while filming The Comedians on location in Africa's Dahomey (since renamed the Republic of Benin). Author Graham Greene and director Peter Glenville appear in the film, as do actors Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Georg Stanford Brown, Roscoe Lee Browne, Paul Ford, Lillian Gish, James Earl Jones and Raymond St. Jacques.
Hotel Paradiso (1966)
, 1h38Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alec Guinness, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, David John Battley, Anne Beach, Marie Bell
Roles Georges Feydeau
Rating60%
Playwright Monsieur Feydeau is staying in the Parisian Hotel Paradiso. He needs to write a new play, but has writer's block. He takes the opportunity to observe his fellow guests: Monsieur Boniface, henpecked by his domineering wife, and Marcelle, the beautiful but neglected wife of Henri, a building inspector. Henri is sent to the hotel to investigate rumours of ghosts (which turn out to be caused by drains). However, the hotel is the trysting place of Marcelle and Boniface, who are having an affair.
Me and the Colonel (1958)
, 1h49Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors Danny Kaye, Curd Jürgens, Nicole Maurey, Françoise Rosay, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt
Roles le commandant du sous-marin britannique
Rating69%
In Paris during the World War II invasion of France by Nazi Germany, Jewish refugee S. L. Jacobowsky (Danny Kaye) seeks to leave the country before it falls. Meanwhile, Polish diplomat Dr. Szicki (Ludwig Stössel) gives antisemitic, autocratic Polish Colonel Prokoszny (Curt Jürgens) secret information that must be delivered to London by a certain date.
Good-Time Girl (1948)
, 1h21Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jean Kent, Dennis Price, Herbert Lom, Bonar Colleano, Peter Glenville, Diana Dors
Roles Jimmy Rosso
Rating64%
The film opens with Miss Thorpe, the chairman of the Juvenile court, giving advice to troubled teenager Lyla Lawrence. Miss Thorpe tells Lyla that her life has a similar beginning to that of Gwen Rawlings.
Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)
, 1h50Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger, Patricia Roc, Peter Glenville, John Stuart, Nancy Price
Roles Sandro Barucci
Rating61%
A buried trauma from the past holds the key to the disappearance of a respectable married woman. Maddalena has a dual personality which leads her to forsake her husband and daughter, to flee to the house of the Seven Moons in Florence as the mistress of a jewel thief.
Heaven Is Round the Corner (1944)
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Leni Lynn, Austin Trevor, Peter Glenville, Magda Kun, Barbara Couper, Toni Edgar-Bruce
Roles Donald McKay
A country girl goes to Paris to sing professionally, where she falls in love with a member of the British Embassy. They are parted by the outbreak of the Second World War, but subsequently reunited again.
Uncensored (1942)
, 1h48Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Eric Portman, Phyllis Calvert, Griffith Jones, Frederick Culley, Raymond Lovell, Peter Glenville
Roles Charles Neels
Rating64%
Before the Nazi occupation of Belgium, Brussels nightclub owner André Delange (Portman) used to publish an anti-Nazi newspaper called La Libre Belgique (Free Belgium) which was distributed secretly. In the aftermath of the German occupation, his underground colleagues in the Belgian resistance suggest reviving the newspaper, to which Delange agrees. With the help of his chief assistant Julie Lanvin (Calvert) and a small band of helpers, La Libre Belgique once more begins to circulate. When the Germans find out of its existence, they offer a reward to anyone who is prepared to identify those responsible for its publication.
Return to Yesterday (1940)
, 1h9Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clive Brook, Anna Lee, May Whitty, Hartley Power, Milton Rosmer, Olga Lindo
Roles Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Rating62%
A British Hollywood star disappears and returns to the small seaside town where he had once worked as a struggling actor at the local theatre. Without anyone realising who he is, he agrees to appear in the theatre's latest production and falls in love with the leading lady.
Two for Danger (1940)
Directed by George King
Actors Barry K. Barnes, Greta Gynt, Gordon McLeod, Vera Bogetti, Peter Glenville, Peter Gawthorne
Roles Young Latin
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The Comedians in Africa (1967)
, 11minutesDirected by Peter Glenville
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Lillian Gish, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Peter Glenville
Rating62%
This short documentary chronicles the difficulties encountered by the crew and cast while filming The Comedians on location in Africa's Dahomey (since renamed the Republic of Benin). Author Graham Greene and director Peter Glenville appear in the film, as do actors Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Georg Stanford Brown, Roscoe Lee Browne, Paul Ford, Lillian Gish, James Earl Jones and Raymond St. Jacques.
The Comedians (1967)
, 2h30Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Lillian Gish, Georg Stanford Brown
Rating62%
A ship arrives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Four of the alighting passengers are: Major H. O. Jones (Alec Guinness), a British businessman with a letter of invitation to do business with the government; an elderly American couple, Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Paul Ford and Lillian Gish) who wish to set up a vegetarian complex for education and nutrition for the locals, and the central character, a cynical, washed-up hotel owner named Brown, portrayed by Richard Burton.
Hotel Paradiso (1966)
, 1h38Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alec Guinness, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, David John Battley, Anne Beach, Marie Bell
Rating60%
Playwright Monsieur Feydeau is staying in the Parisian Hotel Paradiso. He needs to write a new play, but has writer's block. He takes the opportunity to observe his fellow guests: Monsieur Boniface, henpecked by his domineering wife, and Marcelle, the beautiful but neglected wife of Henri, a building inspector. Henri is sent to the hotel to investigate rumours of ghosts (which turn out to be caused by drains). However, the hotel is the trysting place of Marcelle and Boniface, who are having an affair.
Becket (1964)
, 2h28Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown
Rating77%
During the late 12th century, about 100 years after the 1066 Norman Conquest of England, the Normans have removed the native ruling class, replacing it with a new monarchy, aristocracy, and clerical hierarchy.
Term of Trial (1962)
, 2h10Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles, Terence Stamp, Hugh Griffith, Roland Culver
Rating70%
Graham Weir is an alcoholic schoolteacher whose criminal record for refusing to fight during the Second World War has prevented him from progressing further in his teaching career. Now, years later, he is in a school where teens who don't like to be there and is married to a very embittered wife. While in school, he meets Shirley Taylor, a new girl in the school who starts to have a crush on him. Graham does not realize it, but Shirley's infatuation will lead to serious trouble, including the threat of a false sexual molestation charge.
Summer and Smoke (1961)
, 1h58Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, Rita Moreno, John McIntire, Thomas Gomez, Una Merkel
Rating68%