Darcy Conyers (1919–1972) was a British

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

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, producer and

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. He is sometimes credited as D'Arcy Conyers. He was the founder and creator of Bistro Vino in

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, London, in 1964 - possibly the first casual dining restaurant in London. He also opened The Reject China Shop in Beauchamp Place, London SW3. He died in November of 1972.https://web.archive.org/web/20090115064831/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/408629

Selected filmography

Actor * ''

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'' (1948) * '' The Jack of Diamonds'' (1949) * '' Golden Arrow'' (1949) * '' Trottie True'' (1949) * ''

Ha'penny Breeze ''Ha'penny Breeze'' is a 1950 black and white British film directed by Frank Worth and starring Edwin Richfield, Don Sharp and Gwynneth Vaughan. It was the first writing credit for Sharp who also appears as an actor. Plot David King and his Aus ...

'' (1950) * '' Wings of Danger'' (1952) * ''

The Time of His Life ''The Time of His Life'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Richard Hearne, Ellen Pollock, Richard Wattis and Robert Moreton. The screenplay was by Hiscott and Hearne from a story by Hiscott and Brock Wi ...

'' (1955) * '' The Blue Peter'' (1955) Director * '' The Secret of the Forest'' (1956) * '' The Devil's Pass'' (1957) * ''

The Night We Dropped a Clanger ''The Night We Dropped a Clanger'' (released in the US as ''Make Mine a Double''), is a 1959 black and white British comedy film directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Cecil Parker, William Hartnell and Leslie Phillips. It was writt ...

'' (1959) * '' The Night We Got the Bird'' (1961) * ''

Nothing Barred ''Nothing Barred'' is a 1961 British black and white comedy film directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn and Naunton Wayne. It was written by John Chapman (screenwriter), John Chapman. Plot Penniless Lord Whitebait plan ...

'' (1961) * '' In the Doghouse'' (1962)

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* 1919 births 1973 deaths British male screenwriters British film directors British male film actors British film producers 20th-century British male actors 20th-century British screenwriters 20th-century British businesspeople {{UK-film-director-stub