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Alfred Wallace Roome (22 December 1908 – 19 November 1997) was an English film editor and occasional director.[2][3]
Alfred Roome | |
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Born | Alfred Wallace Roome 22 December 1908 |
Died | 19 November 1997 88) | (aged
Nationality | English |
Other names | Alfie Roome A. W. Room[1] |
Occupation(s) | Film editor Film director |
Years active | 1932–1975 |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Born in London, in 1908, he first worked in the film industry as a film editor on the 1932 British comedy film Thark. He went on to edit mostly comedies over the next forty years including many of the Aldwych Farces films, and Will Hay films such as Boys Will Be Boys.
He directed crime film My Brother's Keeper (1948) and comedy film It's Not Cricket (1949).
In the latter years of his career he edited the Carry On series of films alongside the director, Gerald Thomas. He retired in 1975 after editing Carry On Behind.
Roome married the actress Janice Adair on 20 February 1936;[4] they remained married until her death in 1996. The couple had two children, a daughter Deirdre, and a son, Christopher Wallace (1937–1987) who was killed in the King's Cross tube station fire of 1987 at age 50.[5] Alfred Roome died on 19 November 1997, in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire at the age of 88.
His granddaughter Olivia works in the film industry.[1]
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