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Compton Bennett

1900 - 1974 (age 74) • Directing

Born: 1/15/1900 in Turnbridge Wells, Kent, U.K.

Died: 8/13/1974 (age 74)

Known for: Directing

Compton Bennett

Herbert William Compton Bennett (15 January 1900 – 11 August 1974), better known as Compton Bennett, was an English film director, writer and producer. He is perhaps best known for directing the 1945 film The Seventh Veil and the 1950 version of the film King Solomon's Mines, an adaptation of an Allan Quatermain story.

Known For

King Solomon's Mines

65%

Director

1950

The Seventh Veil

66%

Director

1945

Gift Horse

66%

Director

1952

The Adventures of Robin Hood

64%

Director

1955

The Flying Scot

61%

Director

1957

That Forsyte Woman

60%

Director

1949

Daybreak

60%

Director

1948

So Little Time

74%

Director

1952

How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

50%

Director

1965

How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

50%

Writer

1965

How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

50%

Producer

1965

Beyond the Curtain

68%

Director

1960

The Flying Scot

61%

Director

1957

The Flying Scot

61%

Producer

1957

After the Ball

64%

Director

1957

That Woman Opposite

65%

Director

1957

That Woman Opposite

65%

Screenplay

1957

The Adventures of Robin Hood

64%

Director

1955

Desperate Moment

65%

Director

1953

It Started in Paradise

65%

Director

1952

Gift Horse

66%

Director

1952

So Little Time

74%

Director

1952

King Solomon's Mines

65%

Director

1950

That Forsyte Woman

60%

Director

1949

My Own True Love

63%

Director

1948

Daybreak

60%

Director

1948

The Years Between

67%

Director

1946

The Seventh Veil

66%

Director

1945

29 Acacia Avenue

60%

Associate Producer

1945

Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I

Production Design

1945

The Flemish Farm

59%

Editor

1943

The Big Blockade

67%

Editor

1942

Find, Fix and Strike

Director

1942

Find, Fix and Strike

Writer

1942