George H. Brown (producer)

George H. Brown (1913-2001) was a British film producer.[1]

Early life

His father, a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps, was shot down and taken prisoner by the Germans during the First World War. He went to live with relatives in Barcelona. His mother, Nancy Hambley Hughes, was an actress-singer with the D'Oyly Carte Company.

Brown worked as a stuntman, bit player, singer and dancer. He worked as third assistant director on The House of the Spaniard (1936), and assistant director on Fire Over England (1936). He was production assistant on the first three movies for Mayflower Films and married Maureen O'Hara briefly (1939-1941). Brown then went to work on The Proud Valley (1939).

During World War two he worked in the RAF Film Unit in the North African desert.[1]

His breakthrough film as producer was Hotel Sahara (1951) based on his own story for which he raised finance.[2]

He remarried in 1948 to Bettina Kohr who predeceased him in 1998. They had a daughter Tina and a son Christopher.

Select Credits

References
  1. Vallance, Tom (9 January 2001). "George H. Brown". The Independent.
  2. Stephen Watts (8 July 1951). "Noted on the London Screen Scene: Coming Up New Phase Independent". The New York Times.
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