Pen Tennyson

Personal Info

Known For Director

Birthday 1912-08-26

Deathday 1941-07-10 (28 years old)

Place of Birth London, England, UK

Pen Tennyson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Frederick Penrose Tennyson (26 August 1912 – 7 July 1941) was a British film director whose promising career was cut short when he was killed in a plane crash. Tennyson gained experience as an assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock in several of his British films during the 1930s. Tennyson directed three films between 1939 and his death in 1941. He married actress Nova Pilbeam in 1939. He was a great-grandson of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pen Tennyson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

1940
The Proud Valley

as Director

1940
Convoy

as Director

1939
1938
A Yank at Oxford

as Assistant Director

1938
The Citadel

as Assistant Director

1937
Sabotage

as Assistant Director

1937
Young and Innocent

as Assistant Director

1936
Secret Agent

as Assistant Director

1935
The 39 Steps

as Assistant Director

1934
The Man Who Knew Too Much

as Assistant Director

Writer

1940
Convoy

as Screenplay

1940
The Proud Valley

as Screenplay