Maurice Elvey
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday11 November 1887
Died28 August 1967 (age 79)
Place of birthStockton-on-Tees, England, UK
Known credits157
Biography
Maurice Elvey was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, the oldest son of William Clarence Folkard, an inspecting engineer, and Sarah Anna Seward Folkard (formerly Pearce). He never had a formal education, and was working on the streets of London by the age of nine after having run away from home. For a time he worked as a page boy in the Hyde Park Hotel, and a lucky encounter with a wealthy American set him on the road to a career in first the theatre and then in films. It was while in New York when working as a stage producer that he saw his first film, The Flying Dutchman (1923)…
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases
2025 · Director
Second Fiddle
1957 · Director
Stars in Your Eyes
1956 · Director
Dry Rot
1956 · Director
Fun at St. Fanny's
1955 · Director
Room in the House
1955 · Director
You Lucky People!
1955 · Director
The Happiness of Three Women
1954 · Director
The Happiness of Three Women
1954 · Theatre Play
What Every Woman Wants
1954 · Director
The Gay Dog
1954 · Director
The Harassed Hero
1954 · Director
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
1953 · Director
House of Blackmail
1953 · Director
The Great Game
1953 · Director
My Wife's Lodger
1952 · Director
The Late Edwina Black
1951 · Director
The Third Visitor
1951 · Director
Beware of Pity
1946 · Director
Beware of Pity
1946 · Producer
Strawberry Roan
1944 · Director
Medal for the General
1944 · Director
Medal for the General
1944 · Associate Producer
The Lamp Still Burns
1943 · Director
The Gentle Sex
1943 · Co-Director
Salute John Citizen
1942 · Director
Room for Two
1940 · Director
Under Your Hat
1940 · Director
For Freedom
1940 · Director
The Spider
1940 · Director
Sons of the Sea
1939 · Director
Sons of the Sea
1939 · Screenplay
Sword of Honour
1939 · Director
Sword of Honour
1939 · Producer
The Return of the Frog
1938 · Director
Who Killed John Savage?
1938 · Director
Who Goes Next?
1938 · Director
Change for a Sovereign
1937 · Director
A Romance in Flanders
1937 · Director
The Man in the Mirror
1936 · Director
Spy of Napoleon
1936 · Director
The Tunnel
1935 · Director
The Clairvoyant
1935 · Director
Heat Wave
1935 · Director
Road House
1934 · Director
My Song for You
1934 · Director
Lily of Killarney
1934 · Director
Princess Charming
1934 · Director
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