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Roy William Neill

10 films · 1918 to 1946
Born 4 September 1887, Ireland · Died 14 December 1946

Roy William Neill was an Irish-born American film director best known for producing and directing almost all of the Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1942 and 1946 and released by Universal Pictures. He also directed Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), an entry in the popular Universal Monsters franchise.

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Roy William Neill

Photo: Quigley Publishing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Films

Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill
1946
Terror by Night
Terror by Night
1946
The Woman in Green
The Woman in Green
1945
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
Black Angel
Black Angel
1946
The Pearl of Death
The Pearl of Death
1944
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
Black Moon
Black Moon
1934
Vive la France!
Vive la France!
1918

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