Compton Bennett
Directing
Born: 1900-01-15 · Turnbridge Wells, Kent, U.K.
Died: 1974-08-13
Biography
Herbert William Compton Bennett (15 January 1900 – 11 August 1974), better known as Compton Bennett, was an English film director, writer and producer. He is perhaps best known for directing the 1945 film The Seventh Veil and the 1950 version of the film King Solomon's Mines, an adaptation of an Allan Quatermain story. Bennett was born in Tunbridge Wells, England. At the beginning of his career, he worked as a band leader and a commercial artist before trying his hand at amateur filmmaking. One
🎬 Movies (20)
How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment
1965
Director
Beyond the Curtain
1960
Director
That Woman Opposite
1957
Director
The Flying Scot
1957
Director
After the Ball
1957
Director
Desperate Moment
1953
Director
Gift Horse
1952
Director
It Started in Paradise
1952
Director
So Little Time
1952
Director
King Solomon's Mines
1950
Director
That Forsyte Woman
1949
Director
Daybreak
1948
Director
My Own True Love
1948
Director
The Years Between
1946
Director
The Seventh Veil
1945
Director
29 Acacia Avenue
1945
Associate Producer
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I
1945
Production Design
The Flemish Farm
1943
Editor
Find, Fix and Strike
1942
Director
The Big Blockade
1942
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