Roy William Neill
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday4 September 1887
Died14 December 1946 (age 59)
Place of birthIreland, United Kingdom
Known credits103
Biography
Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was a film director best known today for directing several of the Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios. With his father as the captain, Neill was born on a ship off the coast of Ireland named Roland de Gostrie. He began directing silent movies in 1917 and went on to helm 107 films, 40 of them silent. Although most of Neill's films were for the most part low-budget B-movies, he was known for directing films with meticulously lit scenes with carefully la…
Black Angel
1946 · Director
Black Angel
1946 · Producer
Dressed to Kill
1946 · Director
Dressed to Kill
1946 · Producer
Terror by Night
1946 · Director
Terror by Night
1946 · Producer
Pursuit to Algiers
1945 · Director
Pursuit to Algiers
1945 · Producer
The Woman in Green
1945 · Producer
The Woman in Green
1945 · Director
The House of Fear
1945 · Producer
The House of Fear
1945 · Director
Gypsy Wildcat
1944 · Director
The Pearl of Death
1944 · Producer
The Pearl of Death
1944 · Director
The Scarlet Claw
1944 · Producer
The Scarlet Claw
1944 · Director
The Scarlet Claw
1944 · Screenplay
The Spider Woman
1943 · Director
The Spider Woman
1943 · Producer
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943 · Director
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943 · Producer
Two Tickets to London
1943 · Story
Rhythm of the Islands
1943 · Director
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943 · Director
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943 · Producer
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943 · Director
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942 · Director
Madame Spy
1942 · Director
Eyes of the Underworld
1942 · Director
Hoots Mon
1940 · Director
Hoots Mon
1940 · Screenplay
His Brother’s Keeper
1940 · Director
His Brother’s Keeper
1940 · Script
Murder Will Out
1939 · Director
Murder Will Out
1939 · Writer
Murder Will Out
1939 · Producer
A Gentleman's Gentleman
1939 · Director
The Good Old Days
1939 · Director
Everything Happens to Me
1938 · Director
Thank Evans
1938 · Director
Quiet, Please
1938 · Director
The Viper
1938 · Director
Double or Quits
1938 · Director
Simply Terrific
1938 · Director
Doctor Syn
1937 · Director
Gypsy
1936 · Director
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935 · Director
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