Frank Godwin (film producer)

Frank Godwin (23 June 1917 – 6 September 2012) was an English film producer, best known for the film Woman in a Dressing Gown.

Born to a theatrical family,^[1] Godwin initially worked as an accountant and joined Gainsborough Studios in 1943.

In 1956, Godwin established a film production company with film director J. Lee Thompson and writer Ted Willis. They made two films for Associated British Picture Corporation: the award-winning Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) and No Trees in the Street (1959).^[2]

Godwin was a producer for films such as Don't Bother to Knock (1961) and Demons of the Mind (1972).^[3] His final film was Terry on the Fence (1985) which he also wrote and directed.^[4]

References

1. "Planet Browny - News from the planet". Planet Browny. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013.
2. Porter, Vincent (2000). Ashby, Justine; Higson, Andrew (eds.). British Cinema: Past and Present: "Outsiders in England: the films of the Associated British Picture Corporation, 1949-1958". Routledge. p. 162. ISBN 9780415220620.
3. "Frank Godwin | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
4. "Frank Godwin". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016.

External links

• Frank Godwin at IMDb
• Frank Godwin at the British Film Institute database.