Name John Carstairs Role Film director | Parents Nelson Keys | |
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 | ||
Cecil Parker - Tony Draws a Horse - 1950
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.