Gerald Thomas

Gerald Thomas ( born December 10, 1920 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, † November 9, 1993 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire ) was a British film director, known for the Carry-on ... Movie series of comedies.

Life

Thomas started in film editing. The mid-1950s he began to work as a director and initially turned detective films. Later, his success niche was from 1958 ( "Carry On Sergeant " ) in the 30 "low budget" comedies of the Carry-on ... film series, which he also shared with his friend Peter Rogers produced and filmed at Pinewood Studios. The series ebbed in the late 1970s from ( a latecomer " Carry on Columbus " 1992). In addition, he also turned thrillers such as " The Vicious Circle" in 1957 by Francis Durbridge with John Mills or " The Second victory" in 1986 by Morris L. West with Mario Adorf and Max von Sydow to a murder in occupied Austria shortly after the Second World War. He is the brother of director Ralph Thomas and the uncle of producer Jeremy Thomas. Ralph Thomas was also involved in various "Carry On " films as a director ( in the credits but not mentioned).