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John Croydon

1907 – 1994

British film producer and production manager

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Lived 1907 – 1994 (aged 86–87). John Croydon was a British screenwriter and film producer.

John Croydon (3 November 1907 – February 1994) was a British film producer and production manager.

He was employed at Ealing Studios for a number of years during the Michael Balcon era. He then moved to Highbury Studios in the late 1940s to head up production of second features for the Rank Organisation, and later turned to independent production once Highbury had been closed.

Selected filmography Champagne Charlie (1944) Dead of Night (1945) Nicholas Nickleby (1947) Colonel Bogey (1948) Love in Waiting (1948) A Piece of Cake (1948) Penny and the Pownall Case (1948) To the Public Danger (1948) Badger's Green (1949) Stop Press Girl (1949) White Corridors (1951) One Wild Oat (1951) Operation Malaya (1953) Delavine Affair (1954) Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) The Haunted Strangler (1958) Corridors of Blood (1958) First Man into Space (1959) A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) The Projected Man (1966)

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1994, Haywards Heath
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Who was John Croydon?

British film producer and production manager

When was John Croydon born?

John Croydon was born on 3 November 1907 in London.

When did John Croydon die?

John Croydon died in 1994 in Haywards Heath.

What was John Croydon's occupation?

John Croydon was a screenwriter and film producer.

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John Croydon was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Croydon

· Wikidata: Q28946828

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