Val Guest

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Val Guest (11 December 1911 – 10 May 2006) was a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for Hammer Film Productions in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Val Guest  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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The Persuaders!

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Space: 1999

(1975) Director

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Casino Royale

(1967) Screenplay

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Quatermass 2

(1957) Screenplay

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The Quatermass Xperiment

(1955) Screenplay

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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

(1961) Writer

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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

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The Abominable Snowman

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2008	Self - Segment Director	The Making of 'Casino Royale' 2008-01-01 Movie
1996	Self	A Century of Science Fiction 1996-01-01 Movie
1932	Newspaper reporter	Old Spanish Customers 1932-09-15 Movie
	Gangster	The Innocents of Chicago 1932-03-20 Movie
	Party Guest	The Maid of the Mountains 1932-03-06 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1994	Thanks	Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror 1994-08-06 Movie
1967	Additional Dialogue	Casino Royale 1967-04-13 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
	Director	Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense 1984-09-05 TV Show
1982	Director	The Boys in Blue 1982-09-20 Movie
1981	Director	Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective 1981-01-04 Movie
1980	Director	Shillingbury Tales 1980-01-06 TV Show
	Director	The Shillingbury Blowers 1980-01-06 Movie
1976	Director	The Switch 1976-06-07 Movie
	Director	Killer Force 1976-01-14 Movie
1975	Director	Space: 1999 1975-09-04 TV Show
	Director	Sporting Chance 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Director	Confessions of a Window Cleaner 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Director	The Persuaders! 1973-04-01 Movie
1972	Director	The Adventurer 1972-09-29 TV Show
	Director	Au Pair Girls 1972-07-01 Movie
1971	Director	The Persuaders! 1971-09-17 TV Show
1970	Director	When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth 1970-10-25 Movie
	Director	Toomorrow 1970-08-27 Movie
1968	Director	Assignment K 1968-02-16 Movie
1967	Director	Casino Royale 1967-04-13 Movie
1966	Director	Where the Spies Are 1966-01-26 Movie
1964	Director	The Beauty Jungle 1964-08-25 Movie
1963	Director	80,000 Suspects 1963-08-15 Movie
1962	Director	Jigsaw 1962-08-21 Movie
1961	Director	The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961-11-01 Movie
1960	Director	The Full Treatment 1960-10-01 Movie
	Director	Hell Is a City 1960-04-10 Movie
	Director	Life Is a Circus 1960-02-16 Movie
1959	Director	Expresso Bongo 1959-12-01 Movie
	Director	Yesterday's Enemy 1959-09-10 Movie
1958	Director	Further Up the Creek 1958-10-28 Movie
	Director	Up the Creek 1958-05-13 Movie
	Director	The Camp on Blood Island 1958-04-15 Movie
1957	Director	The Abominable Snowman 1957-08-26 Movie
	Director	Quatermass 2 1957-05-24 Movie
	Director	Carry on Admiral 1957-05-14 Movie
1956	Director	The Weapon 1956-09-01 Movie
	Director	It's a Wonderful World 1956-08-28 Movie
1955	Director	They Can't Hang Me 1955-10-01 Movie
	Director	The Quatermass Xperiment 1955-08-26 Movie
	Director	The Lyons in Paris 1955-02-11 Movie
	Director	Break in the Circle 1955-01-01 Movie
1954	Director	The Men of Sherwood Forest 1954-11-01 Movie
	Director	Dance Little Lady 1954-07-13 Movie
	Director	Life with the Lyons 1954-05-25 Movie
1953	Director	The Runaway Bus 1953-09-28 Movie
1952	Director	Penny Princess 1952-03-24 Movie
1951	Director	Mister Drake's Duck 1951-09-21 Movie
1950	Director	The Body Said No! 1950-03-31 Movie
1949	Director	Miss Pilgrim's Progress 1949-11-29 Movie
	Director	Murder at the Windmill 1949-06-06 Movie
1948	Director	William Comes to Town 1948-12-31 Movie
1947	Director	Just William's Luck 1947-12-17 Movie
1945	Director	I'll Be Your Sweetheart 1945-07-30 Movie
1944	Director	Give Us the Moon 1944-07-31 Movie
	Director	Bees in Paradise 1944-03-20 Movie
1943	Director	Miss London Ltd. 1943-06-14 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1982	Screenplay	The Boys in Blue 1982-09-20 Movie
1981	Screenplay	Birds of Paradise 1981-12-04 Movie
	Screenplay	Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective 1981-01-04 Movie
1976	Screenplay	Killer Force 1976-01-14 Movie
1974	Writer	Mission: Monte Carlo 1974-01-01 Movie
	Screenplay	Confessions of a Window Cleaner 1974-01-01 Movie
1972	Screenplay	Au Pair Girls 1972-07-01 Movie
1971	Writer	The Persuaders! 1971-09-17 TV Show
1970	Writer	When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth 1970-10-25 Movie
	Writer	Toomorrow 1970-08-27 Movie
1968	Screenplay	Assignment K 1968-02-16 Movie
1967	Screenplay	Casino Royale 1967-04-13 Movie
1966	Screenplay	Where the Spies Are 1966-01-26 Movie
1964	Screenplay	The Beauty Jungle 1964-08-25 Movie
1963	Screenplay	80,000 Suspects 1963-08-15 Movie
1962	Screenplay	Jigsaw 1962-08-21 Movie
1961	Writer	The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961-11-01 Movie
1960	Screenplay	The Full Treatment 1960-10-01 Movie
	Screenplay	Dentist in the Chair 1960-08-08 Movie
	Screenplay	Hell Is a City 1960-04-10 Movie
	Writer	Life Is a Circus 1960-02-16 Movie
1958	Writer	Further Up the Creek 1958-10-28 Movie
	Writer	Up the Creek 1958-05-13 Movie
	Screenplay	The Camp on Blood Island 1958-04-15 Movie
1957	Screenplay	Quatermass 2 1957-05-24 Movie
	Screenplay	Carry on Admiral 1957-05-14 Movie
1956	Writer	It's a Wonderful World 1956-08-28 Movie
	Writer	Women Without Men 1956-06-01 Movie
	Original Story	Blonde Bait 1956-04-01 Movie
1955	Screenplay	They Can't Hang Me 1955-10-01 Movie
	Screenplay	The Quatermass Xperiment 1955-08-26 Movie
	Writer	The Lyons in Paris 1955-02-11 Movie
	Writer	Break in the Circle 1955-01-01 Movie
1954	Writer	Dance Little Lady 1954-07-13 Movie
1953	Writer	The Runaway Bus 1953-09-28 Movie
1952	Writer	Penny Princess 1952-03-24 Movie
1951	Writer	Another Man's Poison 1951-11-20 Movie
	Writer	Mister Drake's Duck 1951-09-21 Movie
	Screenplay	Happy Go Lovely 1951-03-06 Movie
1949	Writer	Miss Pilgrim's Progress 1949-11-29 Movie
	Writer	Murder at the Windmill 1949-06-06 Movie
	Screenplay	Paper Orchid 1949-04-01 Movie
	Story	Once Upon a Dream 1949-02-01 Movie
1948	Writer	William Comes to Town 1948-12-31 Movie
1947	Screenplay	Just William's Luck 1947-12-17 Movie
1946	Writer	Walking on Air 1946-11-01 Movie
1945	Screenplay	I'll Be Your Sweetheart 1945-07-30 Movie
1944	Writer	Give Us the Moon 1944-07-31 Movie
	Writer	Bees in Paradise 1944-03-20 Movie
1943	Writer	Miss London Ltd. 1943-06-14 Movie
1942	Writer	King Arthur Was a Gentleman 1942-12-28 Movie
	Original Story	Back-Room Boy 1942-04-15 Movie
	Screenplay	Back-Room Boy 1942-04-15 Movie
1941	Screenplay	I Thank You 1941-10-20 Movie
	Writer	Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It 1941-05-17 Movie
	Writer	Gasbags 1941-02-01 Movie
	Writer	The Ghost Train 1941-01-01 Movie
1939	Writer	Where's That Fire 1939-06-29 Movie
	Screenplay	Ask a Policeman 1939-04-29 Movie
1938	Writer	Convict 99 1938-09-26 Movie
1937	Screenplay	Oh, Mr. Porter! 1937-10-05 Movie
	Writer	Good Morning, Boys! 1937-05-27 Movie
1936	Screenplay	All In! 1936-10-29 Movie
	Dialogue	All In! 1936-10-29 Movie
	Writer	Public Nuisance No. 1 1936-02-15 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1966	Producer	Where the Spies Are 1966-01-26 Movie
1964	Producer	The Beauty Jungle 1964-08-25 Movie
1963	Producer	80,000 Suspects 1963-08-15 Movie
1962	Producer	Jigsaw 1962-08-21 Movie
1961	Producer	The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961-11-01 Movie
1960	Producer	The Full Treatment 1960-10-01 Movie
1959	Producer	Expresso Bongo 1959-12-01 Movie
1953	Producer	The Runaway Bus 1953-09-28 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv