Anthony Kimmins(1901-1964)
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
British writer/director Anthony Kimmins was a naval officer in World War I, and after the war
became a film actor and playwright. He wrote and directed several films
for British comedian George Formby in the
1930s, but with the outbreak of World War II Kimmins rejoined the Royal
Navy and spent the duration in the service. With the end of the war
Kimmins returned to the film industry, but his output was somewhat
erratic, ranging from the excellent and well-received psychological
thriller
Mine Own Executioner (1947)
to the major flop
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948).
His final film,
The Amorous Mr. Prawn (1962), was
an adaptation of his stage farce that was a hit on the West End.
