Vivian Milroy

Vivian Milroy (1917–2009) was an English director and producer working in both film and television,^[1][2] and was also a screenwriter in both mediums. He first trained as an actor at RADA,^[3] graduating in 1939, and for a short time at the very start of his career, he performed as an actor in television films. He is best known for the films Don't Say Die^[4] (1950), which he both directed and wrote, and Crow Hollow^[5] (1952); and also for directing Armchair Theatre and Coronation Street.^[6]

Vivian Milroy
Born	(1917-06-03)3 June 1917 London, England
Died	2 September 2009(2009-09-02) (aged 92)
Occupation	Film director Television director Film producer Screenwriter

Filmography

Television (Director)

• Torchy the Battery Boy (Series Two, 1959-60)
• Coronation Street (1961-63)
• ITV Play of the Week (1961)
• Armchair Theatre (1957)
• Hour of Mystery (1957)
• Those Kids (1956)

Television (Producer)

• Jack and the Beanstalk (Short) (1956)
• The Star of Bethlehem (TV Short) (1956)
• Wednesday Theatre (TV Series) (1953)
• The Practical Jokers (1953)
• Huckleberry Finn (TV Series) (1952)
• Back to the River (1952)
• The Auction (1952)
• The Wilks' Fortune (1952)
• The Rightful King of France? (1952)
• Life on the Mississippi (1952)
• The Man in Armour (1952)
• All's Well (1952)
• Lost Property (1952)
• Fancy Dress (1952)
• Teaching Teacher (1952)
• Back in Armour (1952)
• 1952 Persephone (1952)

Film (Director)

• Don't Say Die (1950)

Film (Producer)

• The Fish and the Angel (TV Movie) (1953)
• Skippy Smith Goes to the Circus (TV Movie) (1953)
• Tom's Goblin (TV Movie) (1953)
• An American Gentleman (TV Movie) (1953)
• The Princess and the Pea (TV Movie) (1952)
• The Princess and the Woodcutter (TV Movie) (1952)
• The Locked Room (TV Movie) (1952)
• The Princess and the Swineherd (TV Movie) (1951)
• Rumpelstiltskin (TV Movie) (1951)
• John of the Fair (TV Movie) (1951)
• Don't Say Die (1950)
• The Song in the Forest (TV Movie) (1950)
• Cupid and the Commander (TV Movie) (1949)
• The Bishop's Candlesticks (TV Short) (1949)
• The Ghost of Monsieur Tronjolly (TV Movie) (1949)

Screenwriter and writer

• Formula for Danger (1960)
• Crow Hollow (1952)
• The Sunday Break (1958)
• 1954 Earthquake in Macedonia (1954)
• 1953 The Fish and the Angel (1953)
• Don't Say Die (1950)
• The Song in the Forest (TV Movie) (1950)
• The Innocent Crocodile (TV Movie) (1948)

Actor

• Big Ben (TV Movie) (1949)
• 1948 The Rivals (TV Movie) (1948)
• 1948 Take Back Your Freedom (TV Movie) (1948)

External links

• Vivian Milroy at IMDb