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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.
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.
- Director, Writer, Producer
- May 11, 1910
- John Paddy Carstairs
- December 12, 1970
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. Beginning his career as an assistant cameraman, he worked his way up to screenwriter and made his directorial debut in 1933.
- May 11, 1910
- December 12, 1970
Outside his film career, Carstairs directed for stage and television, was an exhibited painter and a prolific author of over thirty books between 1937 and 1966, several set within the film-making milieu. He died in London on 12 December 1970 after a period of ill-health.
A talented painter and comic novelist, John Paddy Carstairs was the author of three sprightly autobiographies: Honest Injun (1942), Hadn't We the Gaiety (1945), Kaleidoscope and a Jaundiced Eye (1946).
- January 1, 1910
- December 12, 1970
John Paddy Carstairs, Hugh Stewart, Norman Wisdom, comedy. Language. English. A friendly window cleaner works at an English country estate where he saves the owner's son from kidnappers. Addeddate.
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John Paddy Carstairs is known as an Director, Screenplay, Writer, Adaptation, and Original Story. Some of his work includes The Saint, The Square Peg, Trouble in Store, Dancing with Crime, Up in the World, The Saint in London, Man of the Moment, and One Good Turn.
