Val Guest
Val Guest was born on Dec 11, 1911 in UK. Val Guest's big-screen debut came with Good Morning, Boys! directed by Marcel Varnel in 1937. Val Guest is known for Sporting Chance directed by Val Guest, Tony Curtis stars as Danny Wilde and Roger Moore as Lord Brett Sinclair. Val Guest has got 2 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Val Guest achieved is Fantafestival. The upcoming new movie Val Guest plays is Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective which will be released on Jan 04, 1981.
Val Guest began his career as an actor on the British stage and in early sound films. He ran the one-man London office of "The Hollywood Reporter" until an encounter with director Marcel Varnel led to a screen writing job at Gainsborough Studios. Guest's directing career began in the early 1940s with a Ministry of Information short about the perils of sneezing (!), an inauspicious start to a lengthy roster of films that includes the science-fiction classics Le monstre (1955), La marque (1957), Le Redoutable Homme des neiges (1957) and Le Jour où la Terre prit feu (1961). He was married to the actress Yolande Donlan from 1954 until his death in 2006, aged 94.
Birthday
Dec 11, 1911Place of Birth
Maida Vale, London, England, UK
Known For
Awards
2 wins & 4 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 1981
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
director, writer
7.0 - 1977
director
5.3 - 1975
director
7.2 - 1974
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
writer, director
4.6 - 1970
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
writer, director
5.1 - 1970
writer, director
5.1 - 1968
writer, director
5.4 - 1967
director, writer
5.0 - 1965
producer, writer, director
5.6 - 1963
producer, writer, director
6.0 - 1962
producer, writer, director
7.2 - 1961
director, producer, writer
7.2 - 1960
writer
5.1 - 1960
writer, director
7.0 - 1959
producer, director
6.2 - 1959
director
7.1 - 1958
writer, director
5.6 - 1958
director, writer
6.1 - 1958
director, writer
6.5 - 1957
writer, director
5.3 - 1957
writer, director
6.8 - 1956
writer, director
5.3 - 1956
director
6.2 - 1955
writer, director
6.6 - 1955
writer, director
4.7 - 1955
writer, director
6.6 - 1954
director, producer, writer
6.1 - 1954
writer, director
5.1 - 1954
writer, director
6.7 - 1954
director
5.7 - 1951
writer
6.8 - 1951
writer
6.4 - 1951
writer, director
5.7 - 1949
writer
5.8 - 1949
writer, director
6.1 - 1949
writer
5.9 - 1948
writer, director
6.1 - 1948
writer, director
6.3 - 1946
writer
5.8 - 1945
writer, director
6.2 - 1944
writer, director
5.7 - 1944
writer, director
4.9 - 1942
writer
6.2 - 1941
writer
6.2 - 1940
writer
5.3 - 1938
writer
5.8 - 1937
writer
5.9 - 1937
writer
6.6