David Greene

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L. David Syms-Greene (February 22, 1921 – April 7, 2003), born Lucius David Syms Brian Lederman, was a British television director from Manchester, England, who emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1953, where he trained in television production with the CBC, and then moved on to Hollywood, California. Greene's career began as a stage actor and director in England in 1948. In 1950 he appeared in the film, The Wooden Horse. In Hollywood, Greene became best known for his television series and television film productions. He died aged 82 on April 7, 2003 of pancreatic cancer, in Ojai, California.

22-02-1921

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Pisces

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Total Films

Also known as (male)

Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now UK]

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22-02-1921

Birthday

Pisces

Zodiac Sign

Genres

Total Films

Also Known As (male)

Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now UK]

Place of Birth

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Creative career

actor

8 Works

producer

7 Works

director

60 Works

writer

1 Works

other

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Television: The Enchanted Mirror

Details the impact of television on people and social institutions.

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1981

F.I.S.T.

Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

6.5

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1978

The Dark Light

The crew of a lighthouse rescues people they believe to be survivors of a shipwreck, only to find out that they are a gang of bank robbers on the run from the law.

3.5

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1951

Let's Have a Murder

Two clumsy detectives investigating the murder of a singer scare themselves when they accidentally reveal the killer to be a respectable psychiatrist, secretly a notorious jewel-thief. A rare film venture by this top radio comedy team.

0.0

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1950

The Wooden Horse

True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany

6.8

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1950

The Golden Madonna

Patricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. She goes to great lengths in her attempts to locate it again and bring it back.

5.7

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1949

The Small Voice

A man and his wife take to their house some men they rescue from a road crash and then find they have picked up some dangerous criminals.

6.2

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1948

Daughter of Darkness

In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favors from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran to Yorkshire, Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until, that is, the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...

5.8

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1948