Michael McCarthy (27 February 1917 – 7 May 1959) was a British screenwriter and television and film director.McCarthy, Michael, British Film Institute. He entered the film industry in 1934 and worked at the Crown Film Unit. He directed some of the first films for Anglo-Amalgamated. His last film was Operation Amsterdam.
He died aged 42, survived by a wife and three children. A Variety obituary said he was "regarded as a director of considerable promise".
Selected filmography Greek Testament (1943) (documentary) - assistant director My Learned Friend (1943) - assistant director San Demetrio London (1943) - assistant director The Halfway House (1944) - assistant director While Nero Fiddled (1944) aka Fiddlers Three - assistant director The Girl of the Canal (1945) aka Painted Boats (short feature) - story Johnny Frenchman (1945) - unit manager Feature Story (1949) (short feature) - director No Highway in the Sky (1951) - actor Assassin for Hire (1951) - director Mystery Junction (1951) - director, writer Road Sense (1951) (instructional film) - director Hunted (1952) - idea Crow Hollow (1952) - director Wheel of Fate (1953) - actor Behind the Headlines (1953) - actor Forces' Sweetheart (1953) - actor Flannelfoot (1953) - actor John of the Fair (1954) - director, writer Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (1954–55) - director, writer - including The Awakening (1954) Shadow of a Man (1955) - director, additional scenes The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955) - director It's Never Too Late (1956) - director Assignment Foreign Legion (1956–57) (TV series) - director The Traitor (1957) aka The Accursed - director, writer Wire Service (1957) (TV series) - director Sailor of Fortune (1957) (TV series) - director Operation Amsterdam (1959) - director, writer
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External links
Michael McCarthy at BFI