Writing
Frank Launder
EN, DE cinema · 70 credits
Born
28 January 1906
Died
23 February 1997 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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
Ooh...You Are Awful
Executive Producer
Endless Night
Executive Producer
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Writer, Director
Joey Boy
Director, Screenplay
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Writer, Director, Producer
The Bridal Path
Director, Screenplay
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Director, Writer, Producer
Fortune Is a Woman
Screenplay, Producer
The Green Man
Theatre Play, Producer, Screenplay
Geordie
Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Constant Husband
Producer
The Belles of St Trinian's
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Folly to Be Wise
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Writer, Director
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Director, Producer, Screenplay
State Secret
Producer
The Blue Lagoon
Producer, Screenplay, Director
London Belongs to Me
Producer
Captain Boycott
Director, Writer, Producer
I See a Dark Stranger
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
Green for Danger
Producer
The Rake's Progress
Screenplay, Producer
Two Thousand Women
Director, Screenplay
Soldier, Sailor
Screenplay
Millions Like Us
Director, Screenplay
The Young Mr. Pitt
Screenplay
Partners in Crime
1942
Partners in Crime
Director, Writer
Kipps
Screenplay
Night Train to Munich
Screenplay
Crook's Tour
Characters
The Lady Vanishes
Screenplay
Oh, Mr. Porter!
Original Story
Emil and the Detectives
Scenario Writer
So You Won't Talk
Dialogue, Screenplay
Happy
Writer
Facing the Music
Screenplay
Old Spanish Customers
1932
Old Spanish Customers
Scenario Writer
How He Lied to Her Husband
Scenario Writer
The W Plan
Writer
Under the Greenwood Tree
Scenario Writer, Dialogue