Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad( 19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Rhodes Scholar, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood.
His rise as a playwright in the 1960s, marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi.
He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.
For four decades Karnad composed plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues.
He translated his plays into English and received acclaim.
His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan, Amal Allanaa and Zafer Mohiuddin.
He was active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director and screenwriter, in Hindi and Kannada cinema, and has earned awards.
He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India and won four Filmfare Awards, of which three are Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada and the fourth a Filmfare Best Screenplay Award.
He was a presenter for a weekly science magazine programme called" Turning Point" that aired on Doordarshan in 1991.
Barry Warren
Barry Warren( born 12 July 1933 in London, died 22 February 1994 in Chichester, Sussex) was a British actor, born as Barry Christopher J. Warren.
He trained at RADA, graduating in 1955.
As well as several stage and TV appearances, he played three major characters for Hammer Film Productions: Carl Ravna in" The Kiss of the Vampire"( 1963); Don Manuel Rodríguez de Sevilla in" The Devil- Ship Pirates"( 1963); and Karl in" Frankenstein Created Woman"( 1967).
Actress Sarah Miles wrote in her autobiography that before dying in 1994 the actor had a sex change operation and lived for five years as Claire Warren.
Devil Ship
Devil Ship is a 1947 American crime film directed by Lew Landers and starring Richard Lane, Louise Campbell and William Bishop.
The Devil-Ship Pirates
The Devil- Ship Pirates is a 1964 British pirate adventure film directed by Don Sharp.
It concerned pirates from a vessel from the defeated Spanish Armada terrorizing citizens on the English coast.
All goes well until the villagers realize the Spaniards have been defeated and revolt.
Utsav
Utsav( Hindi: उत्सव; English: Festival) is a 1984 Hindi erotic drama film, produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Girish Karnad.
The film is based on the 2nd- century BC Sanskrit play," Mrichakatika The Little Clay Cart") by Śūdraka.
The film stars Shankar Nag, Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Amjad Khan, Anuradha Patel, Shekhar Suman, Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Annu Kapoor, Sanjana Kapoor and Kunal Kapoor.
The role of Samsthanak is played by Shashi Kapoor, who is also the producer of the movie.
It was originally supposed to be played by Amitabh Bachchan.
However, in July 1982, Bachchan met with a major accident in Bangalore.
So the producer himself decided to step in.
The film's music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal and is noted for its songs like,' Mann Kyun Behka', a rare duet by sisters Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar, and Anuradha Paudwal's' Mere Man Baje Mridang' for which she won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award in 1985.
Suresh Wadkar also has a song,' Saanj Dhale Gagan Tale'.
The Central Board of Film Certification of India gave the film an" A" certificate on 23 August 1984.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
Harry Locke
Harry Locke( 10 December 1913 – 7 September 1987) was an English character actor.
He was born and died in London.
He married Joan Cowderoy in 1943 and Cordelia Sewell in 1952.
He was a good friend of the poet Dylan Thomas.
Their friendship in London and South Leigh, Oxfordshire, has been described by Locke in a 1970s interview with the radio journalist Colin Edwards.
Locke was a familiar face in three decades of British cinema, playing small parts such as assorted working men, clerks, porters and cab drivers, with appearances including" Passport to Pimlico"( 1949)," Reach for the Sky"( 1956)," Carry On Nurse"( 1959)," The Devil- Ship Pirates"( 1964)," Alfie"( 1966) and" The Family Way"( 1966).
On TV in 1969 he appeared in" Randall and Hopkirk( Deceased)" as a night porter.
In 1972 he played Platon Karataev in the BBC production of" War and Peace" — a brilliant performance as a" minor" character who advances the development of Pierre Bezukhov, the central character.
USS LST-666
USS" LST- 666" was an built for the United States Navy in World War II.
Like most ships of her class, she was not named and properly known only by her designation.
Because of the biblical reference to the number," 666" in the Bible's Book of Revelation, USS" LST- 666" earned the unofficial nicknames," The Devil's Ship" and" The Devil Ship".
Philip Latham
Charles Philip Latham( born 17 January 1929, in Essex) is a British actor.
He was educated at Felsted School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 1951.
In the late 1960s/ early 1970s he was well known to British TV viewers for his portrayal of chief accountant Willy Izard, the" conscience" to hard- nosed oil company industrialist Brian Stead( played by Geoffrey Keen) in the BBC series" The Troubleshooters"( 1965 – 72).
Other credits" Danger Man"( 1960 – 1962)," Jesus of NazarethPaul of Tarsus The Treasure Seekers The Avengers The Cedar TreeUFO The SaintMaigretSergeant CorkJustice Love StoryKillers Hammer House of Horror No. 10 Nanny" and" The Professionals".
One of his most famous film roles was as Dracula's sinister servant Klove in Hammer's 1966 film, and he had previously worked for Hammer in" The Devil- Ship Pirates" and" The Secret of Blood Island"( both 1964).
His other film roles included appearances in" Ring of Spies"( 1964)," Spy Story"( 1976) and" Force 10 from Navarone"( 1978).
On television he played the joint- lead role of Plantagenet Palliser( opposite Susan Hampshire) in the 26- part BBC series" The Pallisers".
He also played Lord President Borusa in the 1983 20th anniversary episode of" Doctor Who The Five Doctors".
Don Sharp
Donald Herman Sharp( 19 April 192114 December 2011) was an Australian- born British film director.
His best known films were made for Hammer in the 1960s, and included" The Kiss of the Vampire"( 1962) and" Rasputin, the Mad Monk"( 1966).
In 1965 he directed" The Face of Fu Manchu", based on the character created by Sax Rohmer, and starring Christopher Lee.
Sharp also directed the sequel" The Brides of Fu Manchu"( 1966).
In the 1980s he was also responsible for several hugely popular miniseries adapted from the novels of Barbara Taylor Bradford.

Question: Do both films Utsav and The Devil-Ship Pirates have the directors that share the same nationality?
Answer: no