Walter Forde
Walter Forde ( * April 21, 1896 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England as Thomas Seymour, † January 7, 1984 in Los Angeles, California ) was a British film director, screenwriter, actor, editor and film producer, who lived mainly in England, where numerous films directed, among other things, Chu Chin Chow, The Singing land, The weavers of Bankdam and Great days.
Life
Walter Forde, born 1896 in Bradford, Yorkshire as Thomas Seymour, his show business career began on the stage of the music - halls in the North of England. In 1920 he entered the film business for the first time as a screenwriter and actor in a series of two -reel comedies in appearance. During the silent film era he played in a number of popular slapstick comedies.
In the early 1920s Walter Forde spent some time in Hollywood, but as his career was not given a decisive impulse there, he returned in 1925 to England. He worked from 1928 as director for the film Nettlefold Studios, later also for the great British film - production company Gainsborough. Forde was mainly active as a director and screenwriter in a variety of genres, where he staged mainly comedies, but also some dramas and the occasional thriller or mystery movies.
In 1947 he led at the elaborate British literary adaptation The weavers of Bankdam with Anne Crawford, Dennis Price and Linden Travers to the novel The Crowthers of Bankdam by Thomas Armstrong Director. Walter Fordes last film was 1949, the opulent costume drama parody Great days with Sid Field and Margaret Lockwood in the lead roles.
Walter Forde wrote numerous screenplays in his career, worked as an actor and editor, produced and even with more than 50 feature films directed. At 20 productions he was involved as a writer and he appeared in more than 20 films as an actor in appearance.
On January 7, 1984, he died in his adopted home of Los Angeles later in the State of California at the age of 87 years.