Anthony Harvey

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Director, Editor
Born:
June 3, 1931 in London, England, UK
Biography:A stage actor by the early '40s, "Harvey" appeared in the 1945 film "Caesar and Cleopatra", and by the end of the decade was working as an editor. "Harvey" cut such notable films as "John Boulting"'s "I'm All Right, Jack", "Bryan Forbes"' "The L-Shaped Room" and "The Whisperers", "Stanley Kubrick"'s "Lolita" and "Dr. Strangelove", and "Martin Ritt"'s "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold". He debuted as a director in 1967 with "Dutchman", an adaptation of LeRoi Jones' two-character play, which he also edited. "Harvey" had his first popular success with his second film, the historical drama "The Lion in Winter", with "Peter O'Toole" and "Katharine Hepburn"; he also guided Hepburn in a television film of "Tennessee Williams"' "The Glass Menagerie" and the black comedy "Grace Quigley" (aka "The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley"). Among his other theatrical features are "They Might Be Giants"... Full Biography
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