Donald Robert Ivar Campbell (8 September 1904 – 19 May 1985) was a New Zealand-British screenwriter and film director.
Personal life Campbell was born in New Zealand in 1904 to Lt-Col Robert Ormus Campbell and Beatrice (née Cadell). . He married Sheila Milligan on 14 July 1934 at Littleton Church, near Shepperton. In 1939, he was a farmer in Devon, living with his wife, a film scenario writer, and widowed mother, Beatrice.
In 1951, he was living at Knowstone Manor in Devon, a swastika-shaped farmhouse built in 1938 by a German fascist.
In 1960, Campbell and his wife purchased Tiverton Castle in Devon which was inherited by his nephew, Angus, in 1985.
Sheila Campbell is credited as a writer on Belles of St Clements, Feather Your Nest and Expert Opinion.
Selected filmography As director unless otherwise noted. Reunion (1932) – producer Song of the Plough (1933) – producer The Wishbone (1933) – producer Paris Plane (1933) – producer Doss House (1933) – producer She Was Only a Village Maiden (1933) – producer The Diplomatic Lover (1934) – producer Bypass to Happiness (1934) – producer Designing Women (1934) The Mad Hatters (1935) Expert's Opinion (1935) The Belles of St. Clements (1936) Grand Finale (1936) Feather Your Nest (1937) Captain's Orders (1937) Too Many Husbands (1938)
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