Teddy Baird
Teddy Baird (1901–1975) was a British assistant director and film producer.
He is known for a long collaboration with Anthony Asquith.[1][2] He gave early lead roles to Kay Kendall.[3]
From 1941–1946 Baird worked for the RAF Film Unit.[4]
Select credits
[edit]- Windjammer (1930) – assistant diector
- Tell England (1931) – assistant director
- Dance Pretty Lady (1931) – assistant director
- Soldiers of the King (1933) – assistant director
- Britannia of Billingsgate (1933) – assistant director
- Just Smith (1933) – assistant director aka Leave It To Smith
- A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933) – assistant director
- Moscow Nights (1935) – assistant director
- As You Like It (1936) – assistant director
- Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936) – production manager
- Elephant Boy (1937) – assistant director[5]
- Under the Red Robe (1937) – assistant director
- Vessel of Wrath (1938) – assistant director
- Pygmalion (1938) – assistant director
- Stolen Life (1939) – assistant director
- French Without Tears (1940) – assistant director
- School for Danger (1947) – writer, director
- While the Sun Shines (1947) – producer
- Bond Street (1948) – producer
- The Winslow Boy (1948) – producer
- The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949) – associate producer
- Now Barabbas (1949) – producer
- Golden Arrow (1949) – producer
- The Woman in Question (1950) – producer
- The Browning Version (1950) – producer
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) – producer[6]
- Fast and Loose (1954) – producer
- Carrington V.C. (1954) – producer
- Simon and Laura (1955) – producer
- Don't Panic Chaps (1959) – producer
- Two Living, One Dead (1961) – producer
References
[edit]- ^ "No rest for film producers". Sunday Sun. 24 August 1952. p. 2.
- ^ Ryall, Tom (2005). Anthony Asquith. Manchester: New York. p. 15.
- ^ Golden, Eve (2002). The brief, madcap life of Kay Kendall. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. p. 67.
- ^ McFarlane, Brian (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 42. ISBN 9780719091391.
- ^ Fowler, Roy (5 July 1990). "Interview with Adam Dawson". British Entertainment History Project.
- ^ "£1000-a-Week Actor Really Lives His Parts". Truth. No. 2758. Queensland, Australia. 1 February 1953. p. 18. Retrieved 24 May 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Teddy Baird at IMDb