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width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Val Guest</b></font><p><img src="val-guest-1-sized.jpg" height=246 width=194 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Val Guest"><b>AKA</b> Valmond Maurice Grossmann<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/863/000106545/" class=proflink>11-Dec</a>-<a href="/lists/910/000105595/" class=proflink>1911</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/881/000069674/" class=proflink>London, England</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/017/000106696/" class=proflink>10-May</a>-<a href="/lists/891/000110561/" class=proflink>2006</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/648/000069441/" class=proflink>Palm Springs, CA</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> unspecified<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/166/000068959/" class=proflink>Film Director</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> England<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>The Day the Earth Caught Fire</i><p><b>Wife:</b> Yolande Donlan (actress, b. 2-Jun-1920, m. 1954, until his death, one son)<br><p> <a href="/media/950/000044818/">The Hollywood Reporter</a> London Correspondent (1930s)<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/949/000203340/">The Boys in Blue (1982)</a> <br> <a href="/films/511/000259731/">The Shillingbury Blowers (1980)</a> <br> <a href="/films/361/000236650/">Killer Force (14-Jan-1976)</a> <br> <a href="/films/077/000083825/">Confessions of a Window Cleaner (8-Nov-1974)</a> <br> <a href="/films/119/000241393/">Au Pair Girls (Jul-1972)</a> <br> <a href="/films/196/000079956/">When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (25-Oct-1970)</a> <br> <a href="/films/480/000086222/">Toomorrow (27-Aug-1970)</a> <br> <a href="/films/070/000253308/">Assignment K (1968)</a> <br> <a href="/films/868/000033769/">Casino Royale (13-Apr-1967)</a> <br> <a href="/films/674/000092398/">Where the Spies Are (26-Jan-1966)</a> <br> <a href="/films/893/000209266/">Contest Girl (25-Aug-1964)</a> <br> <a href="/films/401/000220738/">80,000 Suspects (15-Aug-1963)</a> <br> <a href="/films/493/000261707/">Jigsaw (21-Aug-1962)</a> <br> <a href="/films/183/000040063/">The Day the Earth Caught Fire (23-Nov-1961)</a> <br> <a href="/films/038/000268231/">Stop Me Before I Kill! (Oct-1960)</a> <br> <a href="/films/425/000038311/">Hell Is a City (10-Apr-1960)</a> <br> <a href="/films/720/000204108/">Expresso Bongo (1-Dec-1959)</a> <br> <a href="/films/814/000131421/">Yesterday's Enemy (11-Sep-1959)</a> <br> <a href="/films/156/000257382/">Further Up the Creek (28-Oct-1958)</a> <br> <a href="/films/157/000257383/">Up the Creek (13-May-1958)</a> <br> <a href="/films/327/000269517/">The Camp on Blood Island (15-Apr-1958)</a> <br> <a href="/films/824/000040704/">The Abominable Snowman (26-Aug-1957)</a> <br> <a href="/films/823/000040703/">Quatermass 2 (17-Jun-1957)</a> <br> <a href="/films/671/000242942/">The Ship Was Loaded (14-May-1957)</a> <br> <a href="/films/365/000258588/">It's a Wonderful World (28-Aug-1956)</a> <br> <a href="/films/939/000270129/">They Can't Hang Me (Oct-1955)</a> <br> <a href="/films/819/000040699/">The Quatermass Xperiment (28-Sep-1955)</a> <br> <a href="/films/844/000262058/">Break in the Circle (28-Feb-1955)</a> <br> <a href="/films/953/000264161/">The Lyons in Paris (11-Feb-1955)</a> <br> <a href="/films/729/000261943/">The Men of Sherwood Forest (Nov-1954)</a> <br> <a href="/films/476/000261690/">Dance Little Lady (13-Jul-1954)</a> <br> <a href="/films/080/000257306/">Family Affair (25-May-1954)</a> <br> <a href="/films/317/000208690/">The Runaway Bus (16-Feb-1954)</a> <br> <a href="/films/966/000262180/">Penny Princess (1952)</a> <br> <a href="/films/322/000257548/">Mister Drake's Duck (7-Feb-1951)</a> <br> <a href="/films/502/000261716/">Just William's Luck (17-Dec-1947)</a> <br> <a href="/films/234/000265436/">I'll Be Your Sweetheart (30-Jul-1945)</a> <br> <a href="/films/879/000266081/">Give Us the Moon (18-Sep-1944)</a> <br> <a href="/films/975/000253216/">Bees in Paradise (20-Mar-1944)</a> <br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>So You Want to be in Pictures</i> (<tt>2001</tt>, memoir)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=78758"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=78758">Val Guest</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=78758" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>