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Anson Dyer(1876-1962)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Animation Department
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Anson Dyer was born on 18 July 1876 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Peter's Picture Poems (1917), Dollars in Surrey (1921) and Three Little Pigs (1918). He died on 22 February 1962 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
BornJuly 18, 1876
DiedFebruary 22, 1962(85)
BornJuly 18, 1876
DiedFebruary 22, 1962(85)
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Known for

Peter's Picture Poems
  • Director
  • 1917
Dollars in Surrey
  • Director
  • 1921
Three Little Pigs
5.5
  • Director
  • 1918
The Vicar of Bray (1937)
The Vicar of Bray
5.5
  • Writer
  • 1937

Credits

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Director

  • Fowl Play (1950)
    Fowl Play
    6.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 1950
  • As Old as the Hills
    Short
    • Director
    • 1950
  • Behind the Clock (1943)
    Behind the Clock
    Short
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Gunner Sam
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Three Ha'pence a Foot
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • The Lion and Albert
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Halt, Who Goes There?
    Short
    • Director
    • 1936
  • Sam's Medal (1936)
    Sam's Medal
    5.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1936
  • Carmen
    Short
    • Director
    • 1936
  • Beat the Retreat
    Short
    • Director
    • 1936
  • Sam and His Musket
    5.5
    Short
    • Director
    • 1935
  • Drummed Out
    Short
    • Director
    • 1935
  • The Story of the Port of London
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Little Red Riding Hood
    5.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1922
  • Dollars in Surrey
    • Director
    • 1921

Writer

  • The Second Mate (1950)
    The Second Mate
    5.9
    • idea
    • 1950
  • The Vicar of Bray (1937)
    The Vicar of Bray
    5.5
    • an original story by
    • 1937
  • Carmen
    Short
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Flood Tide (1934)
    Flood Tide
    6.2
    • story
    • 1934
  • The Story of the Port of London
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1932
  • Othello
    Short
    • script
    • 1920
  • 'Amlet
    Short
    • script
    • 1919
  • The Merchant of Venice
    Short
    • script
    • 1919
  • Romeo and Juliet
    Short
    • script
    • 1919
  • Oh'phelia (1919)
    Oh'phelia
    5.7
    Short
    • script
    • 1919
  • Old King Koal
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1917
  • Peter's Picture Poems
    • Writer
    • 1917

Animation Department

  • The Story of the Port of London
    Short
    • animator
    • 1932
  • Othello
    Short
    • animator
    • 1920
  • 'Amlet
    Short
    • animator
    • 1919
  • The Merchant of Venice
    Short
    • animator
    • 1919
  • Romeo and Juliet
    Short
    • animator
    • 1919
  • Oh'phelia (1919)
    Oh'phelia
    5.7
    Short
    • animator
    • 1919
  • Nelson
    6.5
    • animated sequence by
    • 1918
  • Old King Koal
    Short
    • animator
    • 1917
  • Peter's Picture Poems
    • animator
    • 1917

Personal details

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  • Born
    • July 18, 1876
    • Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
  • Died
    • February 22, 1962
    • Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Pioneer British animator, trained at the Brighton School of Art, specialising in industrial design. His evident skills led to employment with the British Colonial and Kinematograph Company, subsequently producing children's cartoons for Hepworth and Walton in the 1920's. He created the cartoon character 'Bobby the Scout'. Dyer formed Analysis Films in 1939, supplying material for the Ministry of Information.

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