Harold S. Bucquet

Harold S. Bucquet
Born	(1891-04-10)10 April 1891 London, England
Died	13 February 1946(1946-02-13) (aged 54) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1922–1945

Harold S. Bucquet (10 April 1891 – 13 February 1946) was an English film director. He directed 26 films between 1936 and 1945. His 1937 film Torture Money won an Academy Award for the Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).^[1] His 1943 short The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.^[2]

He was born in London, England and died in Los Angeles, California. He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.^[3]

Selected filmography

• The Guardsman (1931), assistant director
• Torture Money (1937)
• Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
• They're Always Caught (1938)
• Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
• On Borrowed Time (1939)
• Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)
• We Who Are Young (1940)
• Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
• Kathleen (1941)
• The Penalty (1941)
• Dr. Kildare's Victory (1941)
• Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
• The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)
• The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
• Dragon Seed (1944)
• Without Love (1945)

References

1. "New York Times: Torture Money". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
2. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
3. Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries

External links

• Works by or about Harold S. Bucquet at the Internet Archive
• Harold S. Bucquet at IMDb
• Harold S. Bucquet at Find a Grave