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name: "Charles Frend"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-frend"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "21 November 1909"
died: "8 January 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T23:57:01.925916+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Charles Frend

Editor. Born 21 November 1909 in Pulborough. Died 8 January 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 21 November 1909, Pulborough
- **Died:** 8 January 1977
- **Active:** 1938–1939
- **Frequently works with:** [Robert Donat](https://film.one/person/robert-donat.md), [Victor Saville](https://film.one/person/victor-saville.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Frend, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460299, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294243/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27920

## Biography

Charles Herbert Frend (21 November 1909 – 8 January 1977) was an English film director and editor. Born in Pulborough, Sussex, he was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Oxford University, where he wrote film criticism for the student magazine The Isis. He began his career as an editor at British International Pictures in 1931 and later worked at Gaumont British and MGM British, editing several Alfred Hitchcock films as well as The Citadel (1938).

Frend moved into directing in the early 1940s under Michael Balcon at Ealing Studios. His notable credits as director include Scott of the Antarctic (1948) and The Cruel Sea (1953). He also directed The Long Arm (1956), which received a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, and later worked as second-unit director on Ryan's Daughter (1970).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, screenonline.org.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md)
- *The Citadel* (1938), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-citadel.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ryan's Daughter* (1970), Second Unit Director
- *The Sky Bike* (1967), Director
- *Man in a Suitcase* (1967), series, Director
- *Our Man in the Caribbean* (1964), Director
- *The Sentimental Agent* (1963), series, Director
- *Torpedo Bay* (1963), Director
- *Man of the World* (1962), series, Director
- *Girl on Approval* (1961), Director
- *Danger Man* (1960), series, Director
- *Cone of Silence* (1960), Director
- *Interpol Calling* (1959), series, Director
- *Barnacle Bill* (1957), Director
- *The Long Arm* (1956), Director
- *Lease of Life* (1954), Director
- *The Cruel Sea* (1953), Director
- *The Magnet* (1950), Director
- *A Run for Your Money* (1949), Director, Screenplay
- *Scott of the Antarctic* (1948), Director
- *The Loves of Joanna Godden* (1947), Director
- *Johnny Frenchman* (1945), Director
- *The Return of the Vikings* (1944), Writer, Director
- *San Demetrio London* (1943), Director, Writer
- *The Foreman Went to France* (1942), Director
- *The Big Blockade* (1942), Director
- *Major Barbara* (1941), Editor
- *The Lion Has Wings* (1939), Editor
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md)
- *The Citadel* (1938), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-citadel.md)
- *A Yank at Oxford* (1938), Editor
- *Young and Innocent* (1937), Editor
- *Sabotage* (1936), Editor
- *East Meets West* (1936), Editor
- *Secret Agent* (1936), Editor
- *Oh, Daddy!* (1935), Editor
- *Car of Dreams* (1935), Editor
- *My Song for You* (1934), Editor
- *Waltzes from Vienna* (1934), Editor
- *Arms and the Man* (1932), Editor
- *The Conquest of the Air* (1931), as Narrator (voice) · Supervising Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1940: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Goodbye, Mr. Chips*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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