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Ian Hay(1876-1952)

  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
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Ian Hay was born on 17 April 1876 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The 39 Steps (1935), Sabotage (1936) and The Frog (1937). He was married to Helen Margaret Speirs. He died on 22 September 1952 in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK.
BornApril 17, 1876
DiedSeptember 22, 1952(76)
BornApril 17, 1876
DiedSeptember 22, 1952(76)
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Known for

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The 39 Steps
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1935
Sabotage (1936)
Sabotage
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1936
The Frog (1937)
The Frog
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1937
Lillian Hall-Davis and Henry Victor in Tommy Atkins (1928)
Tommy Atkins
  • Writer
  • 1928

Credits

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Writer

  • Charlotte Ernst, Judy Gringer, Lone Hertz, Gunnar Lauring, Ib Mossin, Baard Owe, Poul Reichhardt, Jessie Rindom, and Karl Stegger in Sikke'n familie (1963)
    Sikke'n familie
    6.0
    • play
    • 1963
  • ITV Television Playhouse (1955)
    ITV Television Playhouse
    8.3
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1959
  • Henry Calvin, Britt Lomond, and Guy Williams in The Sign of Zorro (1958)
    The Sign of Zorro
    6.9
    • screenplay (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Girls at Sea (1958)
    Girls at Sea
    6.2
    • play
    • 1958
  • BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1958
  • Saturday Playhouse (1958)
    Saturday Playhouse
    TV Series
    • play "Off the Record"
    • 1958
  • The Ship Was Loaded (1957)
    The Ship Was Loaded
    5.3
    • based on the stage play "Off the Record"
    • 1957
  • The Fourpenny Box
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1956
  • Het witte schaap van de familie
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1955
  • Peter Sellers, Margot Grahame, and Brian Reece in Orders Are Orders (1954)
    Orders Are Orders
    4.8
    • play
    • 1954
  • Off the Record (1950)
    Off the Record
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1950
  • Housemaster
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1949
  • Tilly of Bloomsbury
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1948
  • The Middle Watch
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1948
  • The Middle Watch
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1946

Additional Crew

  • Gloria Swanson in Male and Female (1919)
    Male and Female
    7.0
    • technical advisor (uncredited)
    • 1919
  • Mary Pickford in The Little American (1917)
    The Little American
    6.3
    • technical advisor (uncredited)
    • 1917

Personal details

  • Born
    • April 17, 1876
    • Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Died
    • September 22, 1952
    • Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Helen Margaret Speirs1915 - September 22, 1952 (his death)
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote "The Sport of Kings", performed at the Savoy Theatre in London, England, with Mary Jerrold, E. Holman Clark, Rosaline Courtneidge and Adele Dixon in the cast.
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Did you know

  • Trivia
    He joined Durham School in 1902 as junior science master, and also coached the rugby and boating crews. Durham featured in one of his best books 'The Housemaster' (1938), which includes the famous differentiation between 'funny peculiar' and 'funny ha-ha'.

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