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John Paddy Carstairs (born John Keys; 11 May 1910, in London – 12 December 1970, in London) was a British film director (1933–62) and television director (1962–64), usually of light-hearted subject matter. [1]
John Paddy Carstairs. Director: Incident in Shanghai. Writer-director John Paddy Carstairs was born Nelson Keys, the son of actor Nelson Keys and the brother of producer Anthony Nelson Keys, in London, England, in 1910.
John Paddy Carstairs. Director: Incident in Shanghai. Writer-director John Paddy Carstairs was born Nelson Keys, the son of actor Nelson Keys and the brother of producer Anthony Nelson Keys, in London, England, in 1910.
John Paddy Carstairs was a British film director and television director, usually of light-hearted subject matter. He was also a comic novelist and painter. The son of Nelson Keys, Carstairs changed his name in order to avoid the appearance of nepotism.
John Paddy Carstairs was born in London in 1910, the son of comedian Nelson Keys. All the Keys brothers ( Anthony Nelson, Basil and Roderick) were to make their mark in the film industry, but in John 's case only after changing his name by deed poll to avoid charges that he was cashing in on his father's name - Carstairs was his mother's maiden ...
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John Paddy Carstairs (born John Keys) was a British film director, television director, comic novelist and painter. He studied at Repton and the Slade School of Fine Art.
