B. E. Doxat-Pratt
Bernard Edwin Doxat-Pratt (1886 – unknown)[1][2] was a British film director who worked for Anglo-Hollandia and Granger-Binger.[2]
Biography
Doxat-Pratt was born in Norwood, Surrey.[3] He served with the Royal Air Force during World War I.
He married Jessie Doxat-Pratt in 1912 and abandoned her a few months later; she divorced him in 1915.[4] He moved to Haarlem in 1920 with his second wife and three children. He divorced in 1929, and was never heard of again by his family, apart from a chance encounter with Norman, his son, in 1940.[2]
He was sent to prison for fraud in 1925 and again in 1927. In 1931, he was sentenced to three months in prison for writing fraudulent checks.[5]
His wife, Ethel,[6] and children Betty,[7] Jack[8] and Norman[9] appeared in several of his films.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Original title | English title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Het verborgen leven | Hidden Lives | advisor |
| 1919 | Zonnetje | director | |
| 1920 | De heldendaad van Peter Wells | The Little Hour of Peter Wells | director |
| 1920 | De vrouw van den minister | John Heriot's Wife | director, writer |
| 1920 | Hard tegen hard | The Skin Game | director, writer |
| 1920 | Wat eeuwig blijft | Fate's Plaything | actor, director |
| 1920 | Zooals ik ben | As God Made Her | director, writer |
| 1920 | Zuster Brown | Sister Brown | director |
| 1921 | Een lach en een traan | Laughter and Tears (Circus Jim) | director |
| 1921 | Onder spiritistischen dwang | The Other Person | director |
| 1922 | Bulldog Drummond | writer | |
| 1922 | De Jantjes | The Bluejackets | director |
| 1927 | My Lord The Chauffeur | director |
References
- ↑ "B.E. Doxat-Pratt". BFI. Archived from the original on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2026-01-28.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bernard Edwin Doxat-Pratt". Archived from the original on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ↑ 1911 England Census
- ↑ "Bad in Everyone's Eyes". Weekly Dispatch. 26 December 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ↑ Registers of Habitual Criminals and Police Gazettes, 1834–1934
- ↑ "Ethel Doxat-Pratt". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
- ↑ "Betty Doxat-Pratt". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
- ↑ "Jack Doxat-Pratt". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
- ↑ "Norman Doxat-Pratt". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-02-15.