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Roy William Neill
1887Sep, 4

Roy William Neill

Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was an Irish-born American film director best known for directing the last eleven of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios.

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