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- Birth nameHugh St. Clair Stewart
- Hugh Stewart was born on December 14, 1910 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK. He was a producer and editor, known for The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), The Long Memory (1953) and Dark Journey (1937). He was married to Frances Curl. He died on May 31, 2011 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
- SpouseFrances Curl(1934 - May 31, 2011) (his death, 4 children)
- Denham, Buckinghamshire, England
- English producer, former editor at Gaumont-British from 1934, subsequently with Korda at London Films. He was the son of a clergyman, educated at St John's College, Cambridge. At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Royal Artillery, but was eventually seconded to head No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit (AFPU). In this capacity, he went on to photograph the horrors of the newly liberated concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in 1945. Between 1949 and 1966, he worked as an independent producer for the Rank Organisation at Pinewood, afterwards reinventing himself as an English teacher at Uxbridge Technical College.
- Although he went into semi-retirement in the late 1960s, he produced several films for the Children's Film Foundation, including "All at Sea" (1970), "Mr. Horatio Knibbles" (1971), and "High Rise Donkey" (1980).
- He began to produce the films of comedian Norman Wisdom, from "Man of the Moment" (1955) onwards, and the comedy duo of Morecambe and Wise.
- He filmed Bergen-Belsen concentration camp following its liberation in April 1945.
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