Anthony Havelock-Allan
| Anthony Havelock-Allan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
28 February 1904 Darlington, County Durham, England, UK |
| Died | 11 January 2003 (aged 98) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | British film producer and screenwriter |
| Spouse(s) |
Valerie Hobson (1939–52; divorced) Sara Ruiz de Villafranca (1979–2003; his death) |
Sir Anthony James Allan Havelock-Allan, 4th Baronet (28 February 1904 – 11 January 2003) was a British film producer and screenwriter whose credits included This Happy Breed, Blithe Spirit, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet and Ryan's Daughter.
Havelock-Allan was born at the family home of Blackwell Grange near Darlington, County Durham, and was educated at Charterhouse and schools in Switzerland. Before becoming a film producer, he worked as a , jeweller, record company executive and cabaret manager.
In 1935, Havelock-Allan joined the short-lived British and Dominions Imperial Studios, producing films with them like Lancashire Luck (1937) until and even shortly after the studios burnt down in 1936. After working with her on This Man in Paris, Havelock-Allan married actress Valerie Hobson on 12 April 1939. Their sons were Simon Anthony Clerveaux Havelock-Allan (born May 1944) and Mark Havelock-Allan (born 4 April 1951). They divorced in 1952.
Havelock-Allan served as associated producer on the 1942 war film In Which We Serve, which starred Noël Coward, who co-directed the picture with David Lean. The film was shot by cinematographer Ronald Neame, who along with Havelock-Allan and Lean, founded their own company, Cineguild. Cineguild's first production was a film adaptation of Coward's 1939 play This Happy Breed, which was produced by Coward, directed by Lean, and shot by Neame. All three partners -- Havelock-Allan, Lean and Neame -- collaborated on the script.
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