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- Ralph Thomas (brother) Jeremy Thomas (nephew) Gerald Thomas (10 December 1920 – 9 November 1993) was an English film director, best known for the long-running Carry On series of British film comedies.
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His brother, Gerald Thomas, was also a film director, probably best remembered for the Carry On... film series, and his son is the Academy Award-winning film producer, Jeremy Thomas. He cast the actor James Robertson Justice in many of his films.
He began his movie career at Denham Studios, eventually becoming an assistant film editor beginning with Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet (1948). His editing work included many films directed by his older brother, Ralph Thomas.
His brother Gerald Thomas directed all of the Carry On films, produced by Peter Rogers, husband of Ralph's producer Betty Box, and his son Jeremy Thomas is a noted producer. He died in London in 2001.
Soon Gerald was making his first forays into film comedy thanks to his older brother Ralph Thomas, a film director who had formed a productive partnership with producer Betty Box, a rare female presence in that area of the industry at the time.
Gerald Thomas. Director: Carry on Columbus. Educated at Bristol and London, he studied to be a doctor. During the war he served with the Royal Sussex Regiment in Europe and the Middle East.
- Director, Producer, Editor
- December 10, 1920
- Gerald Thomas
- November 9, 1993
From 1951 Thomas edited a number of films directed by his older brother Ralph, including Appointment with Venus (1951) and Doctor in the House (1954) and acted as second unit director on Mad about Men (1954) and Above us the Waves (1955).
Mar 17, 2001 · Ralph Thomas (born Ralph Philip Thomas 10 August 1915 — 17 March 2001) was an English film director, born in Hull. He is perhaps best known for directing the Doctor series of films. His brother, Gerald Thomas, was also a film director. His son, Jeremy Thomas, is a film producer.
