Sidney Morgan (2 August 1874 – 11 June 1946) was an English film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He directed 45 films between 1914 and 1937. As an actor, he appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film '' Juno and the Paycock''. He was born in

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and died in

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, Bournemouth,

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. His daughter

Joan Morgan Joan Morgan (1 February 1905 – 22 July 2004) was an English film actress, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Forest Hill, London, she was the daughter of film director Sidney Morgan and his wife, Evelyn. Joan Morgan died at age 99 in Henle ...

appeared as silent film actress in his films.

Selected filmography

* '' The Brass Bottle'' (1914) * '' Iron Justice'' (1915) * '' The World's Desire'' (1915) * '' Auld Lang Syne'' (1917) * ''

Democracy Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which people, the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choo ...

'' (1918) * '' Because'' (1918) * '' Sweet and Twenty'' (1919) * '' After Many Days'' (1919) * ''

All Men Are Liars ''All Men Are Liars'' is a 1995 Australian comedy film written and directed by Gerard Lee and starring Toni Pearen and David Price. Plot Barry decides to sell the family piano that belongs to his wife Irene. This results in Irene leaving him ...

'' (1919) * '' Lady Noggs'' (1920) * '' A Man's Shadow'' (1920) * '' The Children of Gibeon'' (1920) * '' The Black Sheep'' (1920) * ''

Little Dorrit ''Little Dorrit'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Cl ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Woman of the Iron Bracelets ''The Woman of the Iron Bracelets'' is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Eve Balfour, George Keene and Marguerite Blanche. Plot A fleeing young woman facing a murder charge, goes to the assistance of a ...

'' (1920) * '' The Scarlet Wooing'' (1920) * '' By Berwin Banks'' (1920 - directed) * '' Moth and Rust'' (1921) * ''

The Mayor of Casterbridge ''The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character'' is an 1886 novel by the English author Thomas Hardy. One of Hardy's Wessex novels, it is set in a fictional rural England with Casterbridge standing in for Dorchester in ...

'' (1921 - directed) * '' The Lilac Sunbonnet'' (1922) * ''

Fires of Innocence ''Fires of Innocence'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Joan Morgan, Bobbie Andrews and Arthur Lennard. It was based on George Stevenson's novel ''A Little World Apart''. Cast * Joan Morgan as Helen ...

'' (1922) * '' A Lowland Cinderella'' (1922) * ''

The Woman Who Obeyed ''The Woman Who Obeyed'' is a 1923 British silent film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Stewart Rome, Hilda Bayley, and Peter Dear. Premise An overbearing husband separates his wife from her children but is reconciled to her after he has ...

'' (1923 - directed) * '' Miriam Rozella'' (1924) * '' Bulldog Drummond's Third Round'' (1925 - directed) * '' The Woman Tempted'' (1926) * '' A Murderous Girl'' (1927) * ''

A Window in Piccadilly ''A Window in Piccadilly'' is a 1928 British silent romance film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Joan Morgan, John F. Hamilton and James Carew. It was made at Twickenham Studios as an independent production by Sidney Morgan.Wood p.64 Ca ...

'' (1928) * '' The Thoroughbred'' (1928) * '' The Alley Cat'' (1929) * '' Juno and the Paycock'' (1930 - actor) * '' Her Reputation'' (1931 - directed) * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' The Minstrel Boy'' (1937) * ''

Lily of Laguna "Lily of Laguna" is a British coon song written in eye dialect. It was written in 1898 by English composer Leslie Stuart. It was a music hall favourite, performed notably by blackface performers such as Eugene Stratton and G. H. Elliott. In th ...

'' (1938)

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