Robert Asher
Robert Asher (1915 – 1979) was a British film and television director, the brother of British cinematographer Jack Asher. Asher began his career as an assistant director in 1934, working with Anthony Pelissier, Robert Hamer, Maurice Elvey and Roy Ward Baker among others. During World War II he worked on such films such as When We Are Married (1943), Medal for the General (1944) and Waltz Time (1945).
Robert Asher
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- Born
- 1915 · London Borough of Brent.
- Died
- 1979 · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- director
- Languages
- English
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Robert Asher (1915 – 1979) was a British film and television director, the brother of British cinematographer Jack Asher. Asher began his career as an assistant director in 1934, working with Anthony Pelissier, Robert Hamer, Maurice Elvey and Roy Ward Baker among others. During World War II he worked on such films such as When We Are Married (1943), Medal for the General (1944) and Waltz Time (1945).
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Asher became a solo director with the Norman Wisdom vehicle Follow a Star (1959). He followed John Paddy Carstairs as the overseer of the Wisdom films, concluding with Press for Time (1966). The Morecambe and Wise film The Intelligence Men (1965), Wisdom's The Early Bird (also 1965) and the crime caper farce Make Mine Mink (1960) are among his other credits. In the late 1960s, Asher began working in television, directing episodes of ITC Entertainment productions including The Baron, The Champions, The Saint, The Prisoner and The Avengers.
• Follow a Star (1959) • Make Mine Mink (1960) • The Bulldog Breed (1960) • She'll Have to Go (1962) • On the Beat (1962) • A Stitch in Time (1963) • The Intelligence Men (1965) • The Early Bird (1965) • Press for Time (1966)
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- 1.genaues Sterbedatum laut David Jones: Film Fanatics Guide, Merlin Books Ltd., Braunton (Devon) 1988, S. 8
- 2.Robert Asher in findmypast.co.uk
- 3.Die oft zu lesenden, angeblichen Geburtsjahre Ashers 1915 oder 1916 sind mutmaßlich Fehler und beruhen wohl auf einer Verwechslung mit dem Geburtsjahr Jack Ashers (1916). Da im letzten Quartal 1979 nur ein Robert Asher starb -- das Sterbedatum ist gesichert -- und dieser Asher im Jahre 1920 geboren wurde (siehe Link) muss es sich um diesen Robert Asher handeln
- 4.Robert Asher. In: Geoff Mayer: Guide to British Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003, S. 350
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