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Roy Ward Baker
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Directed The Anniversary after original director Alvin Rakoff was dismissed due to Bette Davis' refusal to work with him when he insisted using television techniques.
Sold his production files and letters at auction in 2002/2003.
Was hired to direct Hammer Films'
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
after
Val Guest
turned it down due to other commitments.
Fought for the British during World War II.
For the last decade of his life worked as an occasional guest lecturer in Film Studies at Roehampton University, London.
Baker's real name was Roy Horace Baker but had to change it to Roy Ward Baker in order to avoid confusion with a Hammer Films studio sound technician.
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