Filmography
Bob was not born Robert Hartford-Davis; his birth name was William Henry Davis. He changed his name on becoming a television director in 1955. His television career encompassed drama, comedy and entertainment shows. Bob, as he liked to be called, started his career as an electrician in a South London film studio, where he went on to develop his skills as a cameraman. In the late fifties he became an agent and worked for Roy Rogers, amongst others (in England). His talents included co-writing many scripts for 'exploitation' movies and he used media events and people to forward his career. The Yellow Teddy Bears is a prime example of his vivid imagination, using an article in a national newspaper as fodder.
Robert Hartford-Davis was born in Ramsgate in 1923. He married Betty Hale in 1943 and his first child a daughter was born, Jean. Two more daughters Marian & Penelope were born in the next ten years. Betty was a partner in many ways and she co-wrote I'm Not Bothered and an innovative play on the trial of Christ We the Guilty. Robert and Betty were divorced in 1957. RH-D went on to marry three/four more times. There was also a son Scott Hartford-Davis born in the late fifties. Scott also works in Television, currently working as Director on the Australian soap "Home & Away"
- 1956 : I'm Not Bothered (TV series)
- 1960 : Police Surgeon (TV series)
- 1962 : Crosstrap
- 1963 : That Kind of Girl
- 1963 : The Yellow Teddy Bears
- 1964 : The Black Torment
- 1964 : Saturday Night Out
- 1965 : Gonks Go Beat
- 1966 : The Sandwich Man
- 1968 : Corruption
- 1969 : The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (aka School for Unclaimed Girls)
- 1971 : Nobody Ordered Love
- 1971 : Incense for the Damned
- 1972 : The Fiend
- 1972 : Black Gunn
- 1974 : The Take
- 1977 : Dog and Cat (TV series)
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