John Crockett (director), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Crockett (director)

British television director

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1918

Place of Birth: Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Oct-1986

Profession: television director, film director, theater director

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About John Crockett (director)

  • John Angus Basil Crockett (31 January 1918 – 11 October 1986) was a stage and television director. He directed the Doctor Who story The Aztecs in 1964, one of the most highly regarded of the black and white stories.
  • In the 2002 DVD release the actor John Ringham was effusive in his praise for Crockett.
  • He also directed episode 4 of Marco Polo, which is entitled The Wall of Lies. Crockett was the second son of Colonel Basil Crockett DSO.
  • He was educated at Bryanston School In 1938 he was a student of art at Goldsmiths' College, New Cross, London, UK.
  • He also attended the Slade School to study theatre design, along with classes at the London Theatre Studio.In 1940 he married Anne Marguritte Stern She was the first daughter of Dr.
  • William Joseph Stern OBE, an eminent physicist. In 1944 he established a theatre company called The Compass Players.
  • It was a travelling company that intended to perform high quality theatre to audiences who would not normally have access to it.
  • Their base was Crockett's own home, an old house and estate in Gloucestershire.
  • Crockett resigned as artistic director in 1951 and the company formally closed in the following year.
  • In the late 1950s and early 1960s he produced a number of plays for both the Birmingham and Dundee Repertory Theatres.
  • From Sept.1969 until Dec.1976 he was a teacher of Art and Drama at Downside School, Somerset, UK.The Crocketts were parents to two children: a daughter, Mary, and a son who was to become Dr.
  • Antony Crockett FRCGP.

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