This Is Your Life: Anthony Kimmins

Captain Anthony KIMMINS OBE (1901-1964)

THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Anthony Kimmins, playwright and film director, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews outside the BBC Television Theatre, distracted by a 'mock' film set while on his way to an appointment elsewhere.

Anthony, who was born in Harrow, was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and served as a naval officer during the First World War. While in the Navy, he wrote a play, While Parents Sleep, which was a smash hit. After retiring from the Navy, he entered films, writing and directing several films, including starring vehicles for George Formby.

He rejoined the Navy during the Second World War, serving in the Fleet Air Arm in Intelligence and the Admiralty before retiring as a captain in 1945. On his return to films, he produced and directed an eclectic mix of films, such as the psychological thriller Mine Own Executioner. He also re-established his position in theatre with a successful run of his farcical comedy The Amorous Prawn.

programme details...

Edition No: 156
Subject No: 157
Broadcast live: Mon 20 Mar 1961
Broadcast time: 7.30-8.00pm
Venue: BBC Television Theatre
Series: 6
Edition: 27

on the guest list...

Cicely Courtneidge
Muriel Powell
Brian - brother
Mrs Senecque
Capt John Ellerton
Betty - wife
Diana Beaumont
Capt Howard Clarke
Flt Lt Tommy Rose
Elizabeth Allan
Verena - daughter
Barbara Copcutt
Barry Harding
William Monksfield
William Forrester
Miss Barnard
Evelyn Laye
Hugh McDermott
Walter Fitzgerald

production team...

Researcher: Ronald Vivian
Writer: Robert Stuart
Director: Michael Goodwin
Producer: T Leslie Jackson

names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life

related pages...

Reel Life

cinematic celebrations

Evelyn Laye

Edith Powell

Series 6 subjects