Roy William Neill
Director | Writer | Screenplay | Producer | Cinematography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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...
Place of Birth: Ireland, United Kingdom
Date of Birth: Sep 4, 1887
Date of Death: Dec 14, 1946
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