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J.O.C. Orton(1889-1962)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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J.O.C. Orton was born in 1889 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for Creeping Shadows (1931), Windjammer (1930) and The Celestial City (1929). He died in May 1962 in London, England, UK.
Born1889
DiedMay 1962
Born1889
DiedMay 1962
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Known for

Franklin Dyall and Margot Grahame in Creeping Shadows (1931)
Creeping Shadows
  • Writer
  • 1931
Windjammer
6.4
  • Writer(as John Orton)
  • 1930
The Celestial City
  • Writer(as John Orton)
  • 1929
Anna Lee and John Loder in New York Express (1937)
New York Express
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1937

Credits

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Writer



  • Aventure malgache (1944)
    Bon Voyage
    6.1
    Short
    • screenplay (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Time Flies (1944)
    Time Flies
    5.5
    • original screenplay
    • 1944
  • For Those in Peril (1944)
    For Those in Peril
    6.3
    • screenplay
    • 1944
  • Back-Room Boy (1942)
    Back-Room Boy
    6.2
    • original story
    • screenplay
    • 1942
  • Hi, Gang! (1941)
    Hi, Gang!
    7.0
    • original story
    • screenplay
    • 1941
  • Leslie Banks, George Cole, and John Mills in Cottage à louer (1941)
    Cottage à louer
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 1941
  • Phyllis Calvert and Gordon Harker in Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)
    Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
    6.7
    • screen play
    • 1941
  • The Ghost Train (1941)
    The Ghost Train
    6.1
    • scenario
    • 1941
  • Goofer Trouble
    7.2
    Short
    • Writer (as John Orton)
    • 1940
  • Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)
    Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
    5.8
    • screen play
    • 1940
  • Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch in Band Waggon (1940)
    Band Waggon
    5.4
    • written and devised by
    • 1940
  • The Frozen Limits (1939)
    The Frozen Limits
    5.7
    • scenario
    • 1939
  • Where's That Fire? (1939)
    Where's That Fire?
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 1939
  • Gordon Harker and Alastair Sim in Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
    Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
    6.9
    • adaptation
    • 1939
  • Ask a Policeman (1939)
    Ask a Policeman
    7.3
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1939

Director



  • The Bad Companions
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Bill and Coo
    Short
    • Director (as John Orton, devised and directed by)
    • 1931
  • Franklin Dyall and Margot Grahame in Creeping Shadows (1931)
    Creeping Shadows
    • Director (as John Orton)
    • 1931
  • Windjammer
    6.4
    • Director (as John Orton)
    • 1930
  • The Celestial City
    • Director (as John Orton)
    • 1929

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Gina Manès in Synd (1928)
    Synd
    6.4
    • assistant director (as John Orton)
    • 1928
  • Walter Summers and H. Bruce Woolfe in The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)
    The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands
    7.2
    • assistant director (as John Orton)
    • 1927

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • John Orton
  • Born
    • 1889
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • May 1962
    • London, England, UK

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    British screenwriter and occasional director, formerly an editor of silents.

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