DIED
March 23, 1971

RECENT CREDITS
Man in the Moon (FILM)  Oct. 4, 1991
The Assassination Bureau (FILM)  Jan. 20, 1969
Only When I Larf (FILM)  Oct. 1, 1968
Khartoum (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1966
Masquerade (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1965

BIOGRAPHY
Initially an actor with the Ben Greet repertory company, Briton Basil Dear later became a stage manager for director Basil Dean. To avoid being confused with Dean, Dear added a "den" to his professional name. When Dean....
Initially an actor with the Ben Greet repertory company, Briton Basil Dear later became a stage manager for director Basil Dean. To avoid being confused with Dean, Dear added a "den" to his professional name. When Dean became a staff director at Ealing films, Dearden went along as a scriptwriter, production manager and associate producer. He co-directed several comedies featuring such major stars as George Formby and Will Hay, finally getting a chance to solo with the morale-boosting wartimer The Bells Go Down (1942). From 1949 through 1971, Dearden was associated with producer Michael Relph; the team won British Film Academy Awards for the quasi-documentary The Blue Lamp (1951) and the racially charged romantic melodrama Sapphire (1959). Dearden's efficient if impersonal technique enabled him to direct comedies (Smallest Show on Earth), psychological dramas (Victim) and murder mysteries (Woman of Straw) with equal success. He also helmed the 1966 historical epic Khartoum, starring Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier. In 1959, Dearden directed several half-hour installments of the internationally produced TV series The Four Just Men. Basil Dearden died in an auto crash at the age of 60; he was survived by his son, writer/director James Dearden.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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