Daryl Duke
Daryl Duke( 8 March 1929 – 21 October 2006) was a Canadian film and TV director.
Duke was born at Vancouver, British Columbia, where he became one of CBC Television's earliest regional producers.
His career continued with CBC in Toronto producing such series as" This Hour Has Seven Days", then in the United States for major television networks and studios there.
In 1977, he won the Canadian Film Award for best Director for his surprise hit" The Silent Partner".
His significant achievement in television was directing the Emmy Award winning miniseries" The Thorn Birds".
Duke was also among those responsible for the creation of CKVU- TV in Vancouver which is today part of the Citytv franchise.
Noteworthy is that he produced and directed early Bob Dylan" song films," black and white vignettes that were the forerunners of today's music videos.
He was inducted to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame and Starwalk in 1997.
Duke died in West Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2006 due to pulmonary fibrosis.
George Appleby
George Appleby( died 1999) was a Canadian film and television editor.
He is most noted as a two- time winner of the Canadian Film Award for Best Editing, winning in 1968 for" Isabel" and in 1978 for" The Silent Partner".
His other credits included the films" The Far ShoreOutrageous!
Deadly Harvest Wild Horse Hank" and" Too Outrageous!", and the television series" The Forest Rangers Adventures in Rainbow Country The Ray Bradbury Theatre Neon Rider" and" Cold Squad".
He served on the founding board of directors of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
Elliott Gould
Elliott Gould( born Elliott Goldstein; August 29, 1938) is an American actor.
He began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s.
In addition to his performance in the comedy" Bob& Carol& Ted& Alice"( 1969), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Gould is perhaps best known for his significant leading roles in Robert Altman films, starring in" M*A* S*H"( 1970)," The Long Goodbye"( 1973) and" California Split"( 1974).
Other notable film roles include" Little Murders"( 1971)," Capricorn One"( 1978)," The Silent Partner"( 1978)," Bugsy"( 1991), and" American History X"( 1998).
He also had recurring roles as Jack Geller on the television sitcom" Friends"( 1994 – 2004), as Reuben Tishkoff in the" Ocean's" film series( 2001 – 2007, 2018) and as Ezra Goldman on the television series" Ray Donovan"( 2013–2016).
Beware! (1919 film)
Beware! is a 1919 American silent war drama film directed by William Nigh, and starring Maurine Powers, Regina Quinn, Leslie Ryecroft, and William Nigh.
The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 1, 1919.
The Silent Partner (1978 film)
The Silent Partner( French title:" L'argent de la banque") is a 1978 Canadian heist film directed by Daryl Duke.
It stars Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer and Susannah York.
The film was the first to be produced by Carolco Pictures and one of the earliest films from within the country to take advantage of the Canadian government's" Capital Cost Allowance" incentive plan, which gave production companies tax inducements to make commercial films in Canada.
It has been called" one of the few truly good films to come out of the tax- shelter heyday of the 1970s."
" The Silent Partner" is also notable for being one of the very few films to have a score composed by jazz great Oscar Peterson, and for featuring an early big- screen appearance by John Candy.
" The Silent Partner" is a remake of the Danish film" Think of a NumberTænk på et tal") from 1969 written and directed by Palle Kjærulff- Schmidt, based on the novel" Tænk på et tal" by Danish writer Anders Bodelsen.
Bruce Gordon (actor/director)
Bruce Gordon was an actor who appeared in and directed the 1919 film" The First Men in the Moon".
He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Silent Partner (1923 film)
The Silent Partner is a lost 1923 American silent film drama produced by Famous Players- Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures.
It was based on a series of articles from the" Saturday Evening Post" by Maximilian Foster and directed by Charles Maigne.
Leatrice Joy and Owen Moore star in the feature.
The film is a remake of the 1917 film of the same name.
William Nigh
William Nigh( October 12, 1881 – November 27, 1955) was an American film director, writer, and actor.
His film work sometimes lists him as either" Will Nigh" or" William Nye".
Pensione paura
Pensione paura is a 1978 film directed by Francesco Barilli.
J'accuse! (1938 film)
J'accuse! is a 1938 French war film directed by Abel Gance and starring Victor Francen.
It is a remake of the 1919 film of the same name, which was also directed by Gance.

Question: Are the directors of films Beware! (1919 film) and The Silent Partner (1978 film) both from the same country?
Answer: no