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Name
  
Reginald Denham

Role
  
Writer


Children
  
Isolde Denham

Books
  
Minor murder

Died
  
February 4, 1983, Englewood, New Jersey, United States

Movies
  
Death at Broadcasting House, Lieutenant Daring R.N.

Spouse
  
Mary Orr (m. 1947–1983), Lilian Oldland (m. 1924), Moyna Macgill (m. 1919–1924)

Similar People
  
Mary Orr, Moyna Macgill, Tamara Ustinov, Bruce Lansbury, Edgar Lansbury

Reginald Denham (10 January 1894 – 4 February 1983) was an English writer, theater and film director, actor and film producer.

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Biography

Denham was born in London, England, in 1894.

He spent a good part of his career directing Broadway theatre, with a career spanning from the melodrama Rope's End (1929) by Patrick Hamilton, to the courtroom drama Hostile Witness (1966).

He was married to Belfast actress Moyna Macgill (1917–1924), English actress Lilian Oldland, and American actress and writer Mary Orr (from 1947 until his death). While they were married, Denham and Orr were writing partners. His daughter with Macgill, Isolde, married actor Peter Ustinov when they were both 17.

He died following a stroke in Englewood, New Jersey.

Writer

  • Paradies der alten Damen (1971) (TV) (criminal play)
  • The Mad Room (1969) (earlier screenplay) (play Ladies in Retirement)
  • Lux Video Theatre (2 episodes, 1954–1957)
  • Dark Hammock (1957) TV episode (play, with Mary Orr) Ladies in Retirement (1954) TV episode (play, with Mary Orr)
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode, 1956)
  • Help Wanted (1956) TV episode (adaptation, with Mary Orr)
  • The Motorola Television Hour (1 episode, 1954)
  • A Dash of Bitters (1954) TV episode (teleplay, with Mary Orr)
  • Broadway Television Theatre (1 episode, 1952)
  • Suspect (1952) TV episode (play, with Mary Orr)
  • Mr. & Mrs. North (1952) TV series (unknown episodes)
  • Suspense (4 episodes, 1949–1950)
  • The Suicide Club (1950) TV episode Help Wanted (1949) TV episode (with Mary Orr) Murder Through the Looking Glass (1949) TV episode (teleplay) Dead Ernest (1949) TV episode
  • Wallflower (1944) (play, with Mary Orr)
  • Ladies in Retirement (1941) (play) (screenplay)
  • Suspect (1939) (TV)
  • Trunk Crime (1939) (play)
  • Calling the Tune (1936)
  • Ebb Tide (1932)
  • Hombre que asesinó, El (1931) (adaptation)
  • Stamboul (1931)
  • Director

  • Blind Folly (1940)
  • Flying Fifty-Five (1939)
  • Kate Plus Ten (1938)
  • a.k.a. Queen of Crime (USA) a.k.a. The Vanishing Train (USA: TV title)
  • Dreams Come True (1936)
  • The House of the Spaniard (1936)
  • Calling the Tune (1936)
  • The Crimson Circle (1936)
  • Lucky Days (1935)
  • The Silent Passenger (1935)
  • The Village Squire (1935)
  • The Price of Wisdom (1935)
  • Lieut. Daring R.N. (1935)
  • a.k.a. Lieutenant Daring R.N.
  • Borrow a Million (1934)
  • Death at Broadcasting House (1934)
  • a.k.a. Death at a Broadcast (USA) a.k.a. Death of a Broadcast
  • The Primrose Path (1934)
  • Brides to Be (1934)
  • Lucky Loser (1934)
  • Called Back (1933)
  • The Jewel (1933)
  • Producer

  • The Primrose Path (1934)
  • Brides to Be (1934)
  • Actor

  • Nothing Else Matters as Flash Harry (1920)
  • References

    Reginald Denham Wikipedia