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Jan Bussell(1909-1984)

  • Producer
  • Actor
  • Writer
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Jan Bussell was born on 20 July 1909 in Oxford, England, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for R.U.R. (1938), R.U.R. (1948) and The Man Who Was Thursday (1947). He was married to Ann Hogarth. He died in April 1984 in Exeter, Devon, England, UK.
BornJuly 20, 1909
DiedApril 1984
BornJuly 20, 1909
DiedApril 1984
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

R.U.R. (1938)
R.U.R.
6.6
TV Movie
  • Producer
  • 1938
R.U.R. (1948)
R.U.R.
TV Movie
  • Producer
  • 1948
The Man Who Was Thursday (1947)
The Man Who Was Thursday
TV Movie
  • Producer
  • 1947
Exercise Bowler
TV Movie
  • Producer
  • 1946

Credits

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Producer

  • Shooting Star
    TV Movie
    • television presentation
    • 1949
  • The Haunted
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1948
  • Peter Jones, Eric Lander, Patricia Neal, John Neville, Peter Sallis, Ursula O'Leary, Pieter Geldenhuys, Alan Nunn, Edna Fryer, Lempriere Hammond, Zilla Tomlin, Jane Newell, and John Harris in For the Children (1946)
    For the Children
    6.2
    TV Series
    • television presentation
    • 1948
  • Ten-Shilling Doll
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1948
  • The Innocent Crocodile
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1948
  • The Immortal Lady
    TV Short
    • television presentation
    • 1948
  • Without Witness
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1948
  • Liberation
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1948
  • R.U.R. (1948)
    R.U.R.
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1948
  • The Great Adventure
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1947
  • Query
    TV Short
    • producer
    • 1947
  • Six Gentlemen in a Row
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1947
  • One Fine Day
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1947
  • The Man Who Was Thursday (1947)
    The Man Who Was Thursday
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1947
  • He Who Gets Slapped
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1947

Actor

  • Those Kids
    TV Series
    • 1956
  • Shadow Pictures
    TV Series
    • Puppeteer
    • 1951
  • The Bookworms of Bookland
    TV Series
    • (voice)
    • 1951
  • Peter Jones, Eric Lander, Patricia Neal, John Neville, Peter Sallis, Ursula O'Leary, Pieter Geldenhuys, Alan Nunn, Edna Fryer, Lempriere Hammond, Zilla Tomlin, Jane Newell, and John Harris in For the Children (1946)
    For the Children
    6.2
    TV Series
    • 1946
  • As the Story Goes
    TV Short
    • 1939

Writer

  • R.U.R. (1948)
    R.U.R.
    TV Movie
    • adaptation
    • 1948
  • The Man Who Was Thursday (1947)
    The Man Who Was Thursday
    TV Movie
    • adapted by
    • 1947
  • Operation Stocking
    TV Movie
    • writer
    • 1946
  • All This Is Ended
    TV Movie
    • arranged for the screen by
    • 1946
  • Exercise Bowler
    TV Movie
    • arranged for the screen by
    • 1946
  • Sea Fever
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1946
  • So Much to Do
    TV Movie
    • television adaptation
    • 1938
  • The Hogarth Puppet Grotesques
    TV Short
    • Writer
    • 1938

Personal details

  • Born
    • July 20, 1909
    • Oxford, England, UK
  • Died
    • April 1984
    • Exeter, Devon, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • Ann Hogarth

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He was the co-director with his wife Ann Hogarth of The Hogarth Puppets a travelling cast of 500 marionettes, of whom "Muffin" was always the most famous

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