B. E. Doxat-Pratt

Bernard Edwin Doxat-Pratt (1886 – unknown)[1][2] was a British film director who worked for Anglo-Hollandia and Granger-Binger.[2]

Biography

Doxat-Pratt was born in Norwood, Surrey.[3] He served with the Royal Air Force during World War I.

He married Jessie Doxat-Pratt in 1912 and abandoned her a few months later; she divorced him in 1915.[4] He moved to Haarlem in 1920 with his second wife and three children. He divorced in 1929, and was never heard of again by his family, apart from a chance encounter with Norman, his son, in 1940.[2]

He was sent to prison for fraud in 1925 and again in 1927. In 1931, he was sentenced to three months in prison for writing fraudulent checks.[5]

His wife, Ethel,[6] and children Betty,[7] Jack[8] and Norman[9] appeared in several of his films.[2]

Filmography
YearOriginal titleEnglish titleRole
1919Het verborgen levenHidden Livesadvisor
1919Zonnetjedirector
1920De heldendaad van Peter WellsThe Little Hour of Peter Wellsdirector
1920De vrouw van den ministerJohn Heriot's Wifedirector, writer
1920Hard tegen hardThe Skin Gamedirector, writer
1920Wat eeuwig blijftFate's Playthingactor, director
1920Zooals ik benAs God Made Herdirector, writer
1920Zuster BrownSister Browndirector
1921Een lach en een traanLaughter and Tears (Circus Jim)director
1921Onder spiritistischen dwangThe Other Persondirector
1922Bulldog Drummondwriter
1922De JantjesThe Bluejacketsdirector
1927My Lord The Chauffeurdirector

References
  1. B.E. Doxat-Pratt at the British Film Institute
  2. "Bernard Edwin Doxat-Pratt".
  3. 1911 England Census
  4. "Bad in Everyone's Eyes". Weekly Dispatch. 26 December 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  5. Registers of Habitual Criminals and Police Gazettes, 1834–1934
  6. "Ethel Doxat-Pratt".
  7. "Betty Doxat-Pratt".
  8. "Jack Doxat-Pratt".
  9. "Norman Doxat-Pratt".
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