Roy Ward Baker

Career Overview

Roy Ward Baker has 57 screen credits in a career dating back to 1935. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently Dracula (Hammer) Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include A Night to Remember, The Lady Vanishes, And Now the Screaming Starts!. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

57

Birth Date

1916-12-19

Birth Place

London, England

Known For

• 

  A Night to Remember
• 

  The Lady Vanishes
• 

  And Now the Screaming Starts!
• 

  The Vampire Lovers
• 

  The Monster Club
• 

  The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

• Dracula (Hammer) Collection (2 titles)
• The John Smith Collection (2 titles)
• Tales From The Crypt Collection (1 titles)
• Karnstein (Hammer) Collection (1 titles)
• Quatermass (Hammer) Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Peter Cushing (3 collaborations)
• Geoffrey Bayldon (2 collaborations)
• Patrick Magee (2 collaborations)
• Janet Key (2 collaborations)
• John Forbes-Robertson (2 collaborations)
• Kenneth More (1 collaborations)
• Ronald Allen (1 collaborations)
• Robert Ayres (1 collaborations)
• Honor Blackman (1 collaborations)
• Anthony Bushell (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (8 credits)

  • Sodankylä Forever

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The Saint Steps In... To Television

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Inside the Fear Factory

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Von Werra

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Fists of Fire

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1975

• crew (1 credits)

  • Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

    thanks

    crew
    1994

• directing (43 credits)

  • The Masks of Death

    director

    directing
    1984
  • The Monster Club

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Death Becomes Me

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Minder

    - The Last Video Show (1989) ... director directing

    - It's a Sorry Lorry, Morrie (1989) ... director directing

    - Waiting for Goddard (1985) ... director directing

    - The Return of the Invincible Man (1985) ... director directing

    - Around the Corner (1984) ... director directing
    1979
  • The Switch

    director

    directing
    1976
  • The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Mission: Monte Carlo

    director

    directing
    1974
  • And Now the Screaming Starts!

    director

    directing
    1973
  • The Vault of Horror

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Asylum

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde

    director

    directing
    1971
  • The Persuaders!

    - The Ozerov Inheritance (1972) ... director directing

    - Read and Destroy (1972) ... director directing

    - Someone Like Me (1971) ... director directing

    - The Gold Napoleon (1971) ... director directing
    1971
  • Scars of Dracula

    director

    directing
    1970
  • The Vampire Lovers

    director

    directing
    1970
  • Foreign Exchange

    director

    directing
    1970
  • The Spy Killer

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Moon Zero Two

    director

    directing
    1969
  • The Fiction Makers

    director

    directing
    1968
  • The Anniversary

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Quatermass and the Pit

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Two Left Feet

    director

    directing
    1963
  • The Valiant

    director

    directing
    1962
  • The Saint

    - The Fiction-Makers (2) (1968) ... director directing

    - The Fiction-Makers (1) (1968) ... director directing

    - The Time to Die (1968) ... director directing

    - Legacy for the Saint (1968) ... director directing

    - Simon and Delilah (1967) ... director directing
    1962
  • Flame in the Streets

    director

    directing
    1961
  • The Singer Not the Song

    director

    directing
    1961
  • The Avengers

    - Split! (1968) ... director directing

    - The Thirteenth Hole (1966) ... director directing

    - The Girl From Auntie (1966) ... director directing

    - Room Without a View (1966) ... director directing

    - Silent Dust (1966) ... director directing
    1961
  • A Night to Remember

    director

    directing
    1958
  • The One That Got Away

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Tiger in the Smoke

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Jacqueline

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Passage Home

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Inferno

    director

    directing
    1953
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Don't Bother to Knock

    director

    directing
    1952
  • The House in the Square

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Highly Dangerous

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Morning Departure

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Paper Orchid

    director

    directing
    1949
  • The Weaker Sex

    director

    directing
    1948
  • The October Man

    director

    directing
    1947
  • What's the Next Job?

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Read All About It

    director

    directing
    1945
  • The Lady Vanishes

    assistant director

    directing
    1938

• production (5 credits)

  • Flame in the Streets

    producer

    production
    1961
  • The Singer Not the Song

    producer

    production
    1961
  • Tudor Rose

    production assistant

    production
    1936
  • First Offence

    production assistant

    production
    1936
  • Heat Wave

    production assistant

    production
    1935