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((Short description|English film director, writer and producer))
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'''Herbert William Compton Bennett''' (15 January 1900 – 11 August 1974),<ref>"Deaths", ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), August 14, 1974, p.32 ("Compton Bennett— On Sunday, Aug. 11, Bob passed away peacefully at Worthing Hospital")</ref> better known as '''Compton Bennett''', was an [[England|English]] film director, writer and producer.  He is perhaps best known for directing the 1945 film ''[[The Seventh Veil]]'' and the 1950 version of the film ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'', an adaptation of an [[Allan Quatermain]] story.

==Biography==
Bennett was born in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells, England]].  At the beginning of his career, he worked as a band leader and a commercial artist before trying his hand at amateur filmmaking.  One of these early films helped him land a job at [[Alexander Korda]]'s [[London Films]] in 1932.  There, he became a film editor; later he would help make instructional and [[propaganda film]]s for the British armed forces during [[World War II]].((Citation needed|date=February 2023))

Bennett's films tended to be sombre, but were very popular with the moviegoing public.  In 1946, Bennett accepted an invitation to go to [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] for Universal.<ref>Looking at Hollywood
Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune 14 August 1946: 23.</ref>

It was, however, during this time that he directed ''King Solomon's Mines''. He was replaced during filming by Andrew Marton.<ref>King Solomon's Mines: Part I
Behlmer, Rudy. American Cinematographer; Hollywood Vol. 70, Iss. 5, (May 1989): 38–44.</ref>

Bennett eventually returned to the UK.  From 1954 to 1957, he left film work to pursue interests in the theatre <!--not theater please--> and television, but produced four films in 1957, ''After the Ball'', ''Man-Eater'', ''That Woman Opposite'' and ''The Flying Scot''.  Although he continued to write and direct for film and television, his subsequent productions were not as well received.

Bennett died in Sussex, England at the age of 74.

==Filmography==
*''The Fox Hunt'' (1936) (documentary)  – editor
*''Goofer Trouble'' (1940)(documentary)  – editor
*''Find, Fix and Strike'' (1942) (documentary)  – writer, director
* ''[[The Big Blockade]]'' (1942)  – editor
* ''[[The Flemish Farm]]'' (1943)  – editor
*''Men of Rochdale'' (1944) (documentary)  – director
* ''[[29 Acacia Avenue]]'' (1945) aka ''The Facts of Love''  – editor, producer
* ''[[The Seventh Veil]]'' (1945)  – director
* ''[[The Years Between (film)|The Years Between]]'' (1946)  – director
*''[[Daybreak (1948 film)|Daybreak]]'' (1948)  – director
* ''[[My Own True Love]]'' (1949)  – director
* ''[[That Forsyte Woman]]'' (1949) aka ''The Forsyte Saga''  – director
*''[[King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'' (1950)  – director
* ''[[So Little Time (film)|So Little Time]]'' (1952)  – director
* ''[[The Gift Horse (1952 film)|The Gift Horse]]'' (1952) aka ''Glory at Sea''  – director
* ''[[It Started in Paradise]]'' (1952)  – director
* ''[[Desperate Moment]]'' (1953)  – director
* ''[[Man-Eater (1957 film)|Man-Eater]]'' (1957)  – director, producer
* ''[[That Woman Opposite]]'' (1957) aka ''City After Midnight''  – writer, director
* ''[[After the Ball (1957 film)|After the Ball]]'' (1957)  – director
* ''[[The Flying Scot (film)|The Flying Scot]]'' (1957) aka ''The Mailbag Robbery''  – director, producer
*''[[White Hunter (TV series)|White Hunter]]'' (1958) (TV series)  – director, producer (episodes edited together as feature ''Man-Eater'')
*''[[The Four Just Men (TV series)|The Four Just Men]]'' (1959) (TV series)  – director
* ''[[Beyond the Curtain]]'' (1960)  – director
*''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (1960) (TV series)  – director
*''First Left Past Aden'' (1961) (documentary)  – director
*''[[How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment]]'' (1965)  – creator, director, producer
*''[[Brett (TV series)|Brett]]'' (1971) (TV series)  – creator

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101225091120/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/directors/Compton-Bennett BritMovie biography]
*[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=81405&mod=bio ''New York Times'' reprint of Allmovie bio]((dead link|date=June 2019))
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