B. E. Doxat-Pratt
Bernard Edwin Doxat-Pratt (1886 – unknown)[1][2] was a British film director who worked for Anglo-Hollandia and Granger-Binger.[2]
Biography
[edit]Doxat-Pratt was born in Norwood, Surrey.[3] He served with the Royal Air Force during World War I.
He married Jessie Doxat-Pratt in 1912 and abandoned her a few months later; she divorced him in 1915.[4] He moved to Haarlem in 1920 with his second wife and three children. He divorced in 1929, and was never heard of again by his family, apart from a chance encounter with Norman, his son, in 1940.[2]
He was sent to prison for fraud in 1925 and again in 1927. In 1931, he was sentenced to three months in prison for writing fraudulent checks.[5]
His wife, Ethel,[6] and children Betty,[7] Jack[8] and Norman[9] appeared in several of his films.[2]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Original title | English title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Het verborgen leven | Hidden Lives | advisor |
| 1919 | Zonnetje | director | |
| 1920 | De heldendaad van Peter Wells | The Little Hour of Peter Wells | director |
| 1920 | De vrouw van den minister | John Heriot's Wife | director, writer |
| 1920 | Hard tegen hard | The Skin Game | director, writer |
| 1920 | Wat eeuwig blijft | Fate's Plaything | actor, director |
| 1920 | Zooals ik ben | As God Made Her | director, writer |
| 1920 | Zuster Brown | Sister Brown | director |
| 1921 | Een lach en een traan | Laughter and Tears (Circus Jim) | director |
| 1921 | Onder spiritistischen dwang | The Other Person | director |
| 1922 | Bulldog Drummond | writer | |
| 1922 | De Jantjes | The Bluejackets | director |
| 1927 | My Lord The Chauffeur | director |
References
[edit]- ^ B.E. Doxat-Pratt at the British Film Institute
- ^ a b c d "Bernard Edwin Doxat-Pratt".
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ "Bad in Everyone's Eyes". Weekly Dispatch. 26 December 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Registers of Habitual Criminals and Police Gazettes, 1834–1934
- ^ "Ethel Doxat-Pratt".
- ^ "Betty Doxat-Pratt".
- ^ "Jack Doxat-Pratt".
- ^ "Norman Doxat-Pratt".
