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John Paddy Carstairs

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Name
  
John Carstairs

Role
  
Film director

Parents
  
Nelson Keys



Died
  
December 12, 1970, London, United Kingdom

Siblings
  
Anthony Nelson Keys, Roderick Keys, Basil Keys

Movies
  
The Square Peg, Trouble in Store, One Good Turn, Sleeping Car to Trieste, Up in the World

Similar People
  
Norman Wisdom, Jerry Desmonde, Edward Chapman, Lana Morris, Eddie Leslie

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John Paddy Carstairs (born John Keys, 11 May 1910 in London – 12 December 1970 in London) was a prolific British film director (1933–62) and television director (1962–64), usually of light-hearted subject matter. He was also a comic novelist and painter.

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Biography

The son of Nelson Keys, Carstairs changed his name in order to avoid the appearance of nepotism. He directed 37 films in total. He had a long association with the character of Simon Templar (the character's creator, Leslie Charteris, dedicated the 1963 book, The Saint in the Sun to Carstairs). Aside from directing the 1939 Saint film, The Saint in London, he also directed two episodes of The Saint in the 1960s, making him the only individual (other than Charteris himself) to be connected to both the Hollywood film and British series of The Saint. Carstairs directed many British comedies including many of Norman Wisdom's films.

References

John Paddy Carstairs Wikipedia