Ivar Campbell
Donald Robert Ivar Campbell 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.. 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 1950 he appears to own a fishing boat.
In 1951, he was living at the infamous 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
- Reunion
- Song of the Plough
- The Wishbone
- Paris Plane
- Doss House
- She Was Only a Village Maiden
- The Diplomatic Lover
- Bypass to Happiness
- Designing [Women (1934 film)|Designing Women]
- The Mad Hatters
- Expert's Opinion
- The Belles of St. Clements
- Grand Finale
- Feather Your Nest
- Captain's Orders
- ''Too [Many Husbands (1938 film)|Too Many Husbands]''