Brian Desmond Hurst

Biography

Brian Desmond Hurst was an Irish film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst was hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director by BBC film critic Mike Catto. He is perhaps best known for the 1951 A Christmas Carol adaptation Scrooge.

Known For

Acting

1928

Hangman's House

as

Horse Race Spectator

Production

1951

Scrooge

as

1951

Tom Brown's Schooldays

as

1940

Miss Grant Goes to the Door

as

Crew

1942

Alibi

as

Directing

1951

Scrooge

as

1953

Malta Story

as

1939

The Lion Has Wings

as

1956

The Black Tent

as

1941

Dangerous Moonlight

as

1939

On the Night of the Fire

as

1955

Simba

as

1942

Alibi

as

1947

Hungry Hill

as

1958

Behind the Mask

as

1940

Miss Grant Goes to the Door

as

1949

Trottie True

as

1961

His and Hers

as

1957

Dangerous Exile

as

1935

Riders to the Sea

as

1936

The Tenth Man

as

1947

The Mark of Cain

as

1936

Sensation

as

1937

Glamorous Night

as

1936

Ourselves Alone

as

1946

Theirs Is the Glory

as

1938

Prison Without Bars

as

1944

The Hundred Pound Window

as

1962

The Playboy of the Western World

as

1943

A Letter from Ulster

as

1934

The Tell-Tale Heart

as

1940

A Call for Arms!

as