Roy William Neill

★ Directing #1,796

1887 - 1946 (age 59) • Directing

Born: 9/4/1887 in Ireland, United Kingdom

Died: 12/14/1946 (age 59)

Known for: Directing

Roy William Neill

★ Directing #1,796

Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was a film director best known today for directing several of the Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios.

Known For

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

62%

Director

1943

Terror by Night

66%

Director

1946

The Woman in Green

65%

Producer

1945

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

64%

Director

1942

Dressed to Kill

66%

Director

1946

The House of Fear

69%

Director

1945

The Scarlet Claw

69%

Producer

1944

The Spider Woman

70%

Director

1943

Black Angel

61%

Director

1946

Black Angel

61%

Producer

1946

Dressed to Kill

66%

Director

1946

Dressed to Kill

66%

Producer

1946

Terror by Night

66%

Director

1946

Terror by Night

66%

Producer

1946

Pursuit to Algiers

68%

Director

1945

Pursuit to Algiers

68%

Producer

1945

The Woman in Green

65%

Producer

1945

The Woman in Green

65%

Director

1945

The House of Fear

69%

Director

1945

The House of Fear

69%

Producer

1945

Gypsy Wildcat

60%

Director

1944

The Pearl of Death

71%

Producer

1944

The Pearl of Death

71%

Director

1944

The Scarlet Claw

69%

Producer

1944

The Scarlet Claw

69%

Director

1944

The Scarlet Claw

69%

Screenplay

1944

The Spider Woman

70%

Director

1943

The Spider Woman

70%

Producer

1943

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

69%

Director

1943

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

69%

Producer

1943

Two Tickets to London

75%

Story

1943

Rhythm of the Islands

55%

Director

1943

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

67%

Director

1943

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

67%

Producer

1943

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

62%

Director

1943

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

64%

Director

1942