Charles Frend, Jack Hawkins and Nicholas Monsarrat in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Caption: Charles Frend, Jack Hawkins and Nicholas Monsarrat in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Writer
Born: March 22, 1910
Star sign: Aries
Known for: The Cruel Sea (1953), The Story of Esther Costello (1957), PT Raiders (1955), Something to Hide (1972)
Source: IMDB
Educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. Joined R.N.V.R at start of WWII as a sub-lieutenant and rose to Lieutenant-Commander. Spent his time on convoy work, latterly in charge of a frigate. Director of UK Information Office in Johannesburg 1946-53, Ottawa 1953-56. Chairman of National War Memorial Health Foundation of South Africa. ...