Douglas Hurn

Bonr in Swansea, Wales on the 14th June 1924 Douglas Hurn was an actor, producer & director who directed Coronation Street in the 1960s.

Amongst his other credits as a director are episodes of techno-thriller R3 (one episode of which featured Cyril Luckham), Knight Errant Ltf and Biggles. As a producer he was responsible for the 1955 television version of Children of the New Forest, and he can be seen playing the part of Anthony Marston in the 1949 television adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel commonly known as Ten Little Indians. He died in London on the 22nd October 1974 aged fifty.