title: Gordon Parry (film director)
text: # Gordon Parry (film director)
  
  Gordon Parry (24 July 1908 – 6 May 1981) was a British film director and producer.
  
  ## Early life
  
  He was born in Aintree, Liverpool, on 24 July 1908.
  
  ## Career
  
  He worked on the crew of such films as Strictly Illegal (1935) and was a key member of the team at Two Cities Films.
  
  He directed his first film Bond Street in 1948. He died on 6 May 1981.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  He had 2 daughters, the actress Natasha Parry, who was married to the director Peter Brook, and Nina.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  ### Non director
  
  * Strictly Illegal (1935) - unit producer
  * The Stoker (1937) - unit producer
  * In Which We Serve (1942) - location manager
  * The Demi-Paradise (1943) - assistant to producer
  * The Way to the Stars (1945) - associate producer
  * Night Was Our Friend (1951) - producer
  
  ### As director
  
  * Bond Street (1948)
  * Third Time Lucky (1948)
  * Now Barabbas (1949)
  * Golden Arrow (1949)
  * Midnight Episode (1950)
  * Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)
  * Twilight Women (1952)
  * Innocents in Paris (1953)
  * Front Page Story (1954)
  * Fast and Loose (1954)
  * A Yank in Ermine (1955)
  * Sailor Beware! (1956)
  * A Touch of the Sun (1956)
  * The Surgeon's Knife (1957)
  * Tread Softly Stranger (1958)
  * Friends and Neighbours (1959)
  * The Navy Lark (1959)
  * The Adventures of Robin Hood (1960) (TV series)
  