Given the question: What key details about john harlow -lrb- director -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: john harlow -lrb- 19 august 1896 -- 1977 -rrb- was an english film director , active from the 1930s to the 1950s . harlow worked for smaller studios , mainly in crime/thriller genre potboilers , with his better known films including '' candles at nine '' -lrb- 1944 -rrb- , the sexton blake thrillers '' meet sexton blake '' and '' the echo murders '' -lrb- both 1945 -rrb- , and the 1947 reincarnation drama '' while i live '' . he also directed two late entries in the popular , if critically unappreciated , old mother riley series .
The answer is:
- years active is 1933 & ndash ; 1954- death date is 1977 -lrb- aged 80 or 81 -rrb-- birth date is 19 august 1896- name is john harlow- death place is london , england- birth place is ross-on-wye , herefordshire , england- occupation is film director