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Norman Priggen(1924-1999)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
  • Production Manager
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Norman Priggen was born on 7 July 1924 in London, England, UK. He was an assistant director and producer, known for Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Modesty Blaise (1966) and Black Gunn (1972). He died in December 1999 in Uckfield, East Sussex, England, UK.
BornJuly 7, 1924
DiedDecember 1999
BornJuly 7, 1924
DiedDecember 1999
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Known for

Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Kind Hearts and Coronets
8.0
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1949
Terence Stamp and Monica Vitti in Modesty Blaise (1966)
Modesty Blaise
5.0
  • Producer
  • 1966
Black Gunn (1972)
Black Gunn
5.8
  • Producer
  • 1972
The Servant (1963)
The Servant
7.7
  • Producer
  • 1963

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Sheila Sim and Anthony Steel in West of Zanzibar (1954)
    West of Zanzibar
    5.6
    • first assistant director
    • 1954
  • The Love Lottery (1954)
    The Love Lottery
    5.5
    • assistant director
    • 1954
  • Joan Collins, Robert Beatty, Kay Kendall, Bill Owen, Maxwell Reed, and Jack Warner in The Square Ring (1953)
    The Square Ring
    6.5
    • assistant director
    • 1953
  • Stanley Baker and Jack Hawkins in The Cruel Sea (1953)
    The Cruel Sea
    7.4
    • assistant director
    • 1953
  • The Gentle Gunman (1952)
    The Gentle Gunman
    6.4
    • assistant director
    • 1952
  • Crash of Silence (1952)
    Crash of Silence
    7.3
    • assistant director
    • 1952
  • I Believe in You (1952)
    I Believe in You
    6.8
    • assistant director (as Spike Priggen)
    • 1952
  • Secret People (1952)
    Secret People
    6.1
    • assistant director (as Spike Priggen)
    • 1952
  • Alec Guinness, Alfie Bass, Stanley Holloway, and Sidney James in The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
    The Lavender Hill Mob
    7.5
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • Pool of London (1951)
    Pool of London
    7.1
    • assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • The Magnet (1950)
    The Magnet
    6.7
    • assistant director
    • 1950
  • Diana Dors, Petula Clark, Jane Hylton, and Natasha Parry in Dance Hall (1950)
    Dance Hall
    6.1
    • assistant director
    • 1950
  • Dirk Bogarde and Peggy Evans in The Blue Lamp (1950)
    The Blue Lamp
    6.8
    • assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • A Run for Your Money (1949)
    A Run for Your Money
    6.4
    • assistant director
    • 1949
  • Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
    Kind Hearts and Coronets
    8.0
    • assistant director
    • 1949

Producer

  • Jenny Agutter, Brian Blessed, Ben Kingsley, Phyllis Logan, Victor Maddern, John Sessions, and Billie Whitelaw in Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)
    Freddie as F.R.O.7.
    5.1
    • producer
    • 1992
  • Peter Cushing and John Mills in Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984)
    Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1984
  • Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
    Tales That Witness Madness
    5.6
    • producer
    • 1973
  • Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Lorna Heilbron in The Creeping Flesh (1973)
    The Creeping Flesh
    6.1
    • executive producer
    • 1973
  • Black Gunn (1972)
    Black Gunn
    5.8
    • produced by: for Champion Production Company
    • 1972
  • Richard Burton and Alain Delon in The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
    The Assassination of Trotsky
    5.7
    • producer
    • 1972
  • The Go-Between (1971)
    The Go-Between
    7.1
    • producer
    • 1971
  • Robert Mitchum, Elizabeth Taylor, and Mia Farrow in Secret Ceremony (1968)
    Secret Ceremony
    6.3
    • producer
    • 1968
  • Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in Boom! (1968)
    Boom!
    5.5
    • producer
    • 1968
  • Accident (1967)
    Accident
    6.8
    • producer
    • 1967
  • Terence Stamp and Monica Vitti in Modesty Blaise (1966)
    Modesty Blaise
    5.0
    • associate producer
    • 1966
  • King & Country (1964)
    King & Country
    7.5
    • producer
    • 1964
  • The Servant (1963)
    The Servant
    7.7
    • producer
    • 1963
  • George Chakiris, Jocelyn Lane, Alfred Lynch, and Janette Scott in The Girl Swappers (1962)
    The Girl Swappers
    6.1
    • executive producer
    • 1962
  • Kraft Mystery Theater (1961)
    Kraft Mystery Theater
    7.8
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1961

Production Management

  • Peter Sellers and Constance Cummings in The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
    The Battle of the Sexes
    6.6
    • production supervisor
    • 1960
  • Maggie Smith and George Nader in Nowhere to Go (1958)
    Nowhere to Go
    6.8
    • unit production manager
    • 1958
  • Dunkirk (1958)
    Dunkirk
    7.1
    • unit production manager
    • 1958
  • The Shiralee (1957)
    The Shiralee
    6.7
    • unit production manager
    • 1957
  • Donald Pleasence, Eddie Byrne, Walter Fitzgerald, Jack Hawkins, and Elizabeth Sellars in Decision Against Time (1957)
    Decision Against Time
    6.7
    • unit production manager
    • 1957
  • The Third Key (1956)
    The Third Key
    7.0
    • unit production manager
    • 1956
  • The Gentle Touch (1956)
    The Gentle Touch
    5.7
    • unit production manager
    • 1956
  • John Fraser, Jack Hawkins, Margaret Johnston, and June Thorburn in Touch and Go (1955)
    Touch and Go
    6.1
    • unit production manager
    • 1955
  • The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
    The Night My Number Came Up
    7.0
    • unit production manager
    • 1955
  • Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell, and Michel Ray in The Divided Heart (1954)
    The Divided Heart
    6.9
    • unit production manager
    • 1954

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Spike Priggen
  • Born
    • July 7, 1924
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • December 1999
    • Uckfield, East Sussex, England, UK

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  • Trivia
    Grandfather to Gemma Priggen.

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