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Herbert Sydney Wilcox (19 April 1892 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and director.
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Wilcox was born in County Cork, Ireland, but attended school in Brighton. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Flying Corps.
He joined the film business in 1919 and he formed a company with Jack Graham Cutts in 1920. He set up the British National Company, which was later absorbed into British International Pictures. He also set up a "British Hollywood" at Elstree Studios. Although Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail is generally regarded as the first film with sound, Wilcox's Black Waters was trade-shown several weeks earlier. He produced more than a hundred films, of which he directed half.
He married Maude Bower, with whom he had four children, and, secondly, to actress Anna Neagle on 9 August 1943. His second marriage was childless. Wilcox never repeated his pre-war success and was declared bankrupt in 1964.
Prior to his death in London, England after a long illness, he donated four National Film Awards to the Glebelands Retirement Home in Wokingham.
In 1937, he won the Nations Cup for best premiere for Victoria the Great.
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   | Herbert Wilcox biography at ScreenOnline - screenonline: Wilcox, Herbert (1890-1977) Biography |
| | Herbert Wilcox at Film Reference - Herbert Wilcox - Films as producer:, Films as director only: |
| | Herbert Wilcox at BritMovie - Herbert Wilcox Biography |
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