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Basil Keys(1917-2009)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Manager
  • Producer
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Basil Keys was born in 1917 in Rochford, Essex, England, UK. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Zulu (1964), Sitting Target (1972) and Sword of the Valiant (1984). He was married to Margaret Lucy Wacher. He died in 2009.
Born1917
Died2009
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Known for

Michael Caine and Stanley Baker in Zulu (1964)
Zulu
7.7
  • Producer
  • 1964
Sitting Target (1972)
Sitting Target
6.6
  • Producer
  • 1972
Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Cyrielle Clair, and Miles O'Keeffe in Sword of the Valiant (1984)
Sword of the Valiant
4.4
  • Producer
  • 1984
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
The Phantom of the Opera
6.4
  • Producer
  • 1962

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Dana Andrews and Peggy Cummins in Curse of the Demon (1957)
    Curse of the Demon
    7.4
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • Seven Days from Now (1957)
    Seven Days from Now
    7.5
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • Circus Friends (1956)
    Circus Friends
    7.0
    • assistant director
    • 1956
  • Donna Reed, Eddie Calvert, Cornel Wilde, and Ron Randell in Beyond Mombasa (1956)
    Beyond Mombasa
    5.7
    • first assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Kenneth More in Reach for the Sky (1956)
    Reach for the Sky
    7.2
    • assistant director
    • 1956
  • Doris Day and James Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
    The Man Who Knew Too Much
    7.4
    • second assistant director: London (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • The Harassed Hero (1954)
    The Harassed Hero
    5.7
    • first assistant director
    • 1954
  • Court Martial (1954)
    Court Martial
    6.9
    • assistant director
    • 1954
  • The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
    The Sea Shall Not Have Them
    6.3
    • assistant director
    • 1954
  • Malaga (1954)
    Malaga
    5.1
    • assistant director
    • 1954
  • Land of Fury (1954)
    Land of Fury
    5.5
    • assistant director
    • 1954
  • Front Page Story (1954)
    Front Page Story
    6.8
    • assistant director
    • 1954
  • The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953)
    The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
    4.6
    • assistant director
    • 1953
  • Break to Freedom (1953)
    Break to Freedom
    6.6
    • assistant director
    • 1953
  • Top of the Form (1953)
    Top of the Form
    5.5
    • assistant director
    • 1953

Production Management

  • Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, Rex Harrison, Oliver Reed, George C. Scott, David Hemmings, and Mark Lester in Crossed Swords (1977)
    Crossed Swords
    6.3
    • production supervisor
    • 1977
  • Sharon Fussey, Simon Gipps-Kent, and Vincent Hall in The Firefighters (1975)
    The Firefighters
    7.3
    • production manager
    • 1975
  • Mafia Junction (1973)
    Mafia Junction
    6.1
    • production manager (as Basil Beys)
    • 1973
  • Albert Finney in Gumshoe (1971)
    Gumshoe
    6.4
    • production manager
    • 1971
  • Raquel Welch in The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
    The Biggest Bundle of Them All
    5.3
    • production supervisor
    • 1968
  • Judy Geeson, Vanessa Howard, Diane Keen, Adrienne Posta, Angela Scoular, and Sheila White in Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968)
    Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
    6.1
    • production supervisor
    • 1968
  • The Trap (1966)
    The Trap
    7.1
    • production manager
    • 1966
  • Cornel Wilde in The Naked Prey (1965)
    The Naked Prey
    7.3
    • production supervisor
    • 1965
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • production manager
    • 1960–1963
  • Herbert Lom, James Donald, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, and Michael Rennie in Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
    Third Man on the Mountain
    7.0
    • production manager
    • 1959
  • Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
    Ten Seconds to Hell
    6.5
    • production manager
    • 1959
  • Philip Friend, Julia Lockwood, and Barbara Shelley in The Solitary Child (1958)
    The Solitary Child
    5.8
    • production manager
    • 1958
  • Kenneth Griffith, Susan Shaw, and Dermot Walsh in Chain of Events (1958)
    Chain of Events
    6.5
    • production manager
    • 1958
  • The Duke Wore Jeans (1958)
    The Duke Wore Jeans
    5.0
    • production manager
    • 1958
  • John Mills in The Circle (1957)
    The Circle
    6.6
    • production manager
    • 1957

Producer

  • Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Cyrielle Clair, and Miles O'Keeffe in Sword of the Valiant (1984)
    Sword of the Valiant
    4.4
    • associate producer
    • 1984
  • John Gielgud, Malcolm McDowell, Ray Milland, Christopher Plummer, Trevor Howard, Peter Firth, Richard Johnson, and Simon Ward in Aces High (1976)
    Aces High
    6.6
    • associate producer
    • 1976
  • Malcolm McDowell in O Lucky Man! (1973)
    O Lucky Man!
    7.6
    • associate producer
    • 1973
  • Sitting Target (1972)
    Sitting Target
    6.6
    • associate producer
    • 1972
  • All the Way Up (1970)
    All the Way Up
    4.6
    • associate producer
    • 1970
  • Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
    Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
    6.1
    • associate producer
    • 1969
  • Dave Clark and Barbara Ferris in Having a Wild Weekend (1965)
    Having a Wild Weekend
    5.6
    • associate producer
    • 1965
  • Michael Caine and Stanley Baker in Zulu (1964)
    Zulu
    7.7
    • associate producer
    • 1964
  • The Old Dark House (1963)
    The Old Dark House
    5.5
    • associate producer (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • Paranoiac (1963)
    Paranoiac
    6.7
    • associate producer
    • 1963
  • The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
    The Phantom of the Opera
    6.4
    • associate producer
    • 1962
  • Carry on Regardless (1961)
    Carry on Regardless
    6.0
    • associate producer
    • 1961
  • Leslie Phillips and Noel Purcell in Beware of Children (1960)
    Beware of Children
    5.6
    • associate producer
    • 1960
  • Kevin Corcoran, Sessue Hayakawa, Tommy Kirk, James MacArthur, Dorothy McGuire, John Mills, and Janet Munro in Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
    Swiss Family Robinson
    7.1
    • associate producer
    • 1960

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Basil Beys
  • Born
    • 1917
    • Rochford, Essex, England, UK
  • Died
    • 2009
  • Spouse
    • Margaret Lucy Wacher1940 - 2009 (his death)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Son of Nelson Keys. Brother of John Paddy Carstairs, Anthony Nelson Keys, and Rod Nelson-Keys.

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