Penrose Tennyson
From Alfred Hitchcock Wiki
- born: 26/Aug/1912 (London, England, UK)
- died: 10/Jul/1941 - plane crash
Biography
Penrose Tennyson was a British film director whose promising career was tragically cut short when he was killed in a plane crash during the Second World War. Tennyson gained experience as an assistant director to the legendary Alfred Hitchcock in several of his films in Britain during the 1930's. Starting from 1939, Tennyson directed three films before his untimely death.
He was married to actress Nova Pilbeam from 1939.
He was a great-grandson of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) - assistant director (uncredited)
- The 39 Steps (1935) - assistant director (uncredited)
- Secret Agent (1936) - assistant director (uncredited)
- Sabotage (1936) - assistant director (uncredited)
- Young and Innocent (1937) - assistant director (uncredited)