Gordon Parry (film director)

Gordon Parry
Born	(1908-07-24)24 July 1908 Aintree, Liverpool, UK
Died	6 May 1981(1981-05-06) (aged 72) Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France
Occupation(s)	Film director and producer
Children	2, including Natasha
Relatives	Irina Brook (granddaughter) Simon Brook (grandson)

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. Parry was half-Greek. ^{[1] [2]}

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. ^{[3] [4]}

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)
• Women of Twilight (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)

References

1. "Actress Natasha Parry dies aged 84". The Telegraph. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
2. Igney, Natja (1 March 2025). "Sad Farewell: Natasha Parry Has Left The Stage Forever – Riviera Buzz" . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
3. BFI | Film & TV Database | PARRY, Gordon. Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
4. Round the British Studios WITH Mepean, Edith. Picture Show; London Vol. 57, Iss. 1496, (1 Dec 1951): 11.

External links

• Gordon Parry at IMDb