Researching Douglas Camfield
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 299 people with the Camfield surname? In that year Camfield was ranked number 3280 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Douglas means "from a surname meaning black stream" and is of Scottish origin.
Records of Douglas Camfield on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Douglas Camfield and the Camfield Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 416 people with the Camfield surname in the UK? Camfield is now ranked number 3649 for popularity in the UK. |
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Douglas Camfield
Douglas Gaston Sydney Camfield (8 May 1931 – 27 January 1984) was a British television director, active from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Camfield studied at York School of Art and aimed to work for Walt Disney. He was a lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Regiment and was training to be in the SAS but due to an injury, he pulled out of the application process. His programme credits include Doctor Who, Z-Cars, Paul Temple, Public Eye, The Lotus Eaters, Van der Valk, The Sweeney, The Onedin Line, Blake's 7, Shoestring, The Professionals, Out of the Unknown, The Nightmare Man, the BBC dramatisation of Beau Geste, and Ivanhoe, the 1982 television movie. Camfield was known for his strict professionalism and was held in high esteem by many actors, producers and writers.
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