Cast & creator
Val Guest
Best known for Space: 1999, The Persuaders!, The Persuaders!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Val Guest (11 December 1911 – 10 May 2006) was a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for Hammer Film Productions in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Val Guest licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Valmond Guest
135
film credits
6
television credits
5
1932–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (141)
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Space: 1999
Director
1975
The Persuaders!
Director
1971The Persuaders!
Writer
1971
The Adventurer
Director
1972
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Director
1984
Casino Royale
Director
1967Casino Royale
Additional Dialogue
1967
Shillingbury Tales
Director
1981
Quatermass 2
Director
1957Quatermass 2
Screenplay
1957
Where the Spies Are
Director
1966Where the Spies Are
Screenplay
1966Where the Spies Are
Producer
1966
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Director
1974Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Screenplay
1974
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Director
1970When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Writer
1970
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Director
1961The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Writer
1961The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Producer
1961
The Quatermass Xperiment
Director
1955The Quatermass Xperiment
Screenplay
1955
Women Without Men
Writer
1956
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Thanks
1994
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Director
1954
The Abominable Snowman
Director
1957
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Director
1981Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Screenplay
1981
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
1996
The Camp on Blood Island
Director
1958The Camp on Blood Island
Screenplay
1958
Another Man's Poison
Writer
1951
The Boys in Blue
Director
1982The Boys in Blue
Screenplay
1982
Hell Is a City
Director
1960Hell Is a City
Screenplay
1960
Paper Orchid
Screenplay
1949
I'll Be Your Sweetheart
Director
1945I'll Be Your Sweetheart
Screenplay
1945
Mission: Monte Carlo
Writer
1974
It's a Wonderful World
Director
1956It's a Wonderful World
Writer
1956
Up the Creek
Director
1958Up the Creek
Writer
1958
Yesterday's Enemy
Director
1959
Further Up the Creek
Director
1958Further Up the Creek
Writer
1958
Happy Go Lovely
Screenplay
1951
The Switch
Director
1976
Break in the Circle
Director
1955Break in the Circle
Writer
1955
Mr. Drake's Duck
Director
1951Mr. Drake's Duck
Writer
1951
Jigsaw
Director
1962Jigsaw
Screenplay
1962Jigsaw
Producer
1962
Life Is a Circus
Director
1960Life Is a Circus
Writer
1960
Give Us the Moon
Director
1944Give Us the Moon
Writer
1944
They Can't Hang Me
Director
1955They Can't Hang Me
Screenplay
1955
Toomorrow
Director
1970Toomorrow
Writer
1970
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Writer
1941
Au Pair Girls
Director
1972Au Pair Girls
Screenplay
1972
The Innocents of Chicago
Gangster
1932
Where's That Fire
Writer
1939
Prisoners in Space
Director
2025
Killer Force
Director
1976Killer Force
Screenplay
1976
Just William's Luck
Director
1947Just William's Luck
Screenplay
1947
Mark of the Devil
Director
1984
Dentist in the Chair
Screenplay
1960
The Full Treatment
Director
1960The Full Treatment
Screenplay
1960The Full Treatment
Producer
1960
Penny Princess
Director
1952Penny Princess
Writer
1952
Assignment K
Director
1968Assignment K
Screenplay
1968
Expresso Bongo
Director
1959Expresso Bongo
Producer
1959
Oh, Mr. Porter!
Screenplay
1937
Murder at the Windmill
Writer
1949Murder at the Windmill
Director
1949
The Maid of the Mountains
Party Guest
1932
Public Nuisance No. 1
Writer
1936
Carry On Admiral
Director
1957Carry On Admiral
Screenplay
1957
The Making of Casino Royale, 1967
Self - Segment Director
2008
Miss Pilgrim's Progress
Director
1949Miss Pilgrim's Progress
Writer
1949
The Beauty Jungle
Director
1964The Beauty Jungle
Screenplay
1964The Beauty Jungle
Producer
1964
Once Upon a Dream
Story
1949
The Weapon
Director
1956
William Comes to Town
Writer
1948William Comes to Town
Director
1948
The Body Said No!
Director
1950The Body Said No!
Writer
1950
The Persuaders!
Director
1973
Bees in Paradise
Director
1944Bees in Paradise
Writer
1944
The Runaway Bus
Writer
1953The Runaway Bus
Director
1953The Runaway Bus
Producer
1953
Sporting Chance
Director
1975
80,000 Suspects
Director
196380,000 Suspects
Screenplay
196380,000 Suspects
Producer
1963
The Lyons in Paris
Director
1955The Lyons in Paris
Writer
1955
Child's Play
Director
1984
I Thank You
Screenplay
1941
King Arthur Was a Gentleman
Writer
1942
Dance Little Lady
Director
1954Dance Little Lady
Writer
1954Old Spanish Customers
Newspaper reporter
1932
Good Morning, Boys!
Writer
1937
Blonde Bait
Original Story
1956
Ask a Policeman
Screenplay
1939
Life with the Lyons
Director
1954
The Nose Has It!
Director
1942The Nose Has It!
Writer
1942
Back-Room Boy
Original Story
1942Back-Room Boy
Screenplay
1942
The Shillingbury Blowers
Director
1980
The Ghost Train
Writer
1941
Miss London Ltd.
Director
1943Miss London Ltd.
Writer
1943All In!
Screenplay
1936All In!
Dialogue
1936
Convict 99
Writer
1938
In Possession
Director
1984
Gasbags
Writer
1941Birds of Paradise
Screenplay
1981
Walking on Air
Writer
1946