Brian Desmond Hurst

Biography

Brian Desmond Hurst was an Irish film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst was hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director by BBC film critic Mike Catto. He is perhaps best known for the 1951 A Christmas Carol adaptation Scrooge.

Directed

1. Scrooge (1951) — Director
2. Malta Story (1953) — Director
3. Simba (1955) — Director
4. The Lion Has Wings (1939) — Director
5. Theirs Is the Glory (1946) — Director
6. On the Night of the Fire (1939) — Director
7. His and Hers (1961) — Director
8. Dangerous Moonlight (1941) — Director
9. The Black Tent (1956) — Director
10. The Mark of Cain (1947) — Director
11. Behind the Mask (1958) — Director
12. Hungry Hill (1947) — Director
13. Dangerous Exile (1957) — Director
14. The Playboy of the Western World (1962) — Director
15. Alibi (1942) — Director
16. Trottie True (1949) — Director
17. The Tell-Tale Heart (1934) — Director
18. Miss Grant Goes to the Door (1940) — Director
19. The Tenth Man (1936) — Director
20. Sensation (1936) — Director
21. Glamorous Night (1937) — Director
22. Ourselves Alone (1936) — Director
23. Prison Without Bars (1938) — Director
24. Riders to the Sea (1935) — Director
25. The Hundred Pound Window (1944) — Director
26. A Letter from Ulster (1943) — Director
27. A Call for Arms! (1940) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Hangman's House (1928) — Horse Race Spectator