Their elder brother Sydney Boulting became an actor and stage producer as Peter Cotes ; he was the original director of The Mousetrap.

His third film of that year was the Boulting brothers ' Rotten to the Core starring Anton Rogers ( who replaced Peter Sellers ) with Sykes.

In the 1957 British movie version directed by John Boulting, Jim Dixon was played by Ian Carmichael.

It was originally directed by Peter Cotes, elder brother of John and Roy Boulting, the film directors.

Shortly thereafter, Mills was persuaded by her husband and director Roy Boulting to star in The Family Way, a comedy about a couple having difficulty consummating their marriage, featuring a score by Paul McCartney and arrangements by Beatles producer George Martin.

Neame produced The Magic Box, a screen biography directed by John Boulting about the life of British camera inventor William Friese-Greene, which was the 1951 film project for the Festival of Britain.

At the time, Boulting was still married to his third wife Sandra.

Boulting has since explained why that was:

Walters had starred with Terry in the Boulting Brother's film Carlton-Browne of the F. O., and was shocked at his appearance ( he was ill with Parkinson's disease ).

Ian Carmichael in preceding years had made a name for himself playing the " innocent abroad " in films such as Lucky Jim ( 1958 ) and I'm All Right Jack ( 1959 ) for the Boulting Brothers.

The actress Hayley Mills and her film producer husband Roy Boulting owned the windmill and lived there in the early 1970s.

The origin of Kula Shaker can be traced back to 1988 when Crispian Mills ( grandson of Sir John Mills and son of actress Hayley Mills and film director Roy Boulting ) met Alonza Bevan at Richmond upon Thames College in South-West London.

While filming The Family Way, the 20-year-old Mills met 53-year-old director Roy Boulting.

Crispian Mills ( born 18 January 1973 as Crispian John David Boulting ) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and film director.

He is the son of actress Hayley Mills and director Roy Boulting, the grandson of John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell ( Lady Mills ), nephew of Juliet Mills and Jonathan Mills, and half-brother to Jason Lawson.

His mother, Hayley Mills had made her name as a child star in the 1960s, and met Crispian ’ s father, Roy Boulting, on the set of light British comedy The Family Way.

Her birthdate is usually attributed as 1933, the year she gave when auditioning for her role in I'm All Right Jack, as the Boulting Brothers wanted someone younger for the part.

She appeared in the Powell and Pressburger film, A Canterbury Tale in 1944 ; she acted alongside her husband in the Boulting brothers ' The Guinea Pig in 1948 ; and starred opposite Anthony Steel in 1954's West of Zanzibar.

John and Roy Boulting also wrote and directed a series of successful satires, including Private's Progress ( 1956 ) and I'm All Right, Jack ( 1959 ).

The writer / director / producer team of twin brothers John and Roy Boulting also produced a series of successful satires on British life and institutions, beginning with Private's Progress ( 1956 ), and continuing with Brothers in Law ( 1957 ), Carlton-Browne of the F. O.

John Edward Boulting ( 21 November 1913 – 17 June 1985 ) and Roy Alfred Clarence Boulting ( 21 November 1913 – 5 November 2001 ), known collectively as the Boulting brothers, were English filmmakers and identical twins who became known for their popular series of satirical comedies in the 1950s and 1960s.

John Boulting contributed as co-writer for the films.

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Following his appearance in Josephine and Men, John and Roy Boulting turned again to Le Mesurier and cast him as a psychiatrist in their 1956 Second World War film, Private's Progress, in a cast that featured a number of leading British actors of this period, such as Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price and Terry-Thomas.

The film director brothers Roy and John Boulting were born in Bray village on the outskirts of Maidenhead in November, 1913.

Greene and Terence Rattigan wrote the screenplay for a 1947 film adaptation, produced and directed by John and Roy Boulting, with assistant director Gerald Mitchell.

* The Magic Box ( 1951 ) directed by John Boulting

is a 1963 British satirical comedy film starring Peter Sellers, directed by John and Roy Boulting, who also co-wrote along with Frank Harvey, from an idea by Malcolm Muggeridge.

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The twin brothers were born in Bray, Berkshire, England, on 21 November 1913, to Arthur Boulting and Rose Bennet.

In the 1980s, Roy Boulting directed the Miss Marple mysteries for the BBC.

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** Roy Boulting, English film director and producer ( d. 2001 )

The Crown Film Unit completed many classic wartime documentaries including Roy Boulting ‘ s Academy Award winning Desert Victory.

British comedy films are legion, but among the most notable are the Ealing comedies, the 1950s work of the Boulting Brothers, and innumerable popular comedy series including the St Trinian's films, the " Doctor " series, and the long-running Carry On films.

His performance as Major Hitchcock in the Boulting brothers ' Private's Progress ( 1956 ) gave birth to his catchphrase, " you're a shower, an absolute shower ", and made him a favourite in British comedy films for the next decade.

It stars Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson, Donald Pleasence, Jeanne Moreau, Theresa Russell and Ingrid Boulting.

The main reporters were Ned Boulting, Gabriel Clarke and Dave Beckett.