Gordon Parry (film director)
# Gordon Parry (film director)

Gordon Parry (24 July 1908 – 6 May 1981) was a British film director and producer.

## Early life

He was born in Aintree, Liverpool, on 24 July 1908.

## Career

He worked on the crew of such films as Strictly Illegal (1935) and was a key member of the team at Two Cities Films.

He directed his first film Bond Street in 1948. He died on 6 May 1981.

## Personal life

He had 2 daughters, the actress Natasha Parry, who was married to the director Peter Brook, and Nina.

## Selected filmography

### Non director

* Strictly Illegal (1935) - unit producer
* The Stoker (1937) - unit producer
* In Which We Serve (1942) - location manager
* The Demi-Paradise (1943) - assistant to producer
* The Way to the Stars (1945) - associate producer
* Night Was Our Friend (1951) - producer

### As director

* Bond Street (1948)
* Third Time Lucky (1948)
* Now Barabbas (1949)
* Golden Arrow (1949)
* Midnight Episode (1950)
* Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)
* Twilight Women (1952)
* Innocents in Paris (1953)
* Front Page Story (1954)
* Fast and Loose (1954)
* A Yank in Ermine (1955)
* Sailor Beware! (1956)
* A Touch of the Sun (1956)
* The Surgeon's Knife (1957)
* Tread Softly Stranger (1958)
* Friends and Neighbours (1959)
* The Navy Lark (1959)
* The Adventures of Robin Hood (1960) (TV series)
