---
name: "Douglas Argent"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/douglas-argent"
fi1m_id: "douglas-argent"
imdb_id: "nm0034464"
tmdb_id: 1243648
wikidata_id: "Q5301213"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "21 May 1921"
died: "30 October 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T17:23:30.573226+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."
---

# Douglas Argent

## Identity

Douglas Argent

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/douglas-argent
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** douglas-argent
- **IMDb ID:** nm0034464
- **TMDB ID:** 1243648
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5301213
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Argent, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5301213, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034464/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1243648

Director and producer. Born 21 May 1921 in Bexleyheath, Kent, England, UK. Died 30 October 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 21 May 1921, Bexleyheath, Kent, England, UK
- **Died:** 30 October 2010
- **Active:** 1962–1975
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [John Howard Davies](https://film.one/person/john-howard-davies.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 83 (1), 1970s 90 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Argent, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5301213, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034464/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1243648

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Fawlty Towers*](https://film.one/tv/fawlty-towers.md) (90)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Douglas Argent was a British television producer and director. Born in Bexleyheath, Kent, he served as a navigator in the RAF during the Second World War and was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. After early work as an actor, he joined the BBC as a floor manager and later directed and produced numerous comedy series.

Argent produced the second series of *Fawlty Towers* (1979), series of *The Liver Birds* (1972–1976) and the final series of *Steptoe and Son* (1974). He also directed episodes of *EastEnders* (1991) and worked on series including *Till Death Us Do Part*. He won a BAFTA award for situation comedy.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Steptoe and Son* (1962), Fi1m 83, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/steptoe-and-son.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Fawlty Towers* (1975), Fi1m 90, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fawlty-towers.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Full House* (1985), series, Director
- *The Lonelyhearts Kid* (1984), series, Director
- *It Takes a Worried Man* (1981), series, Producer, Director
- *Astronauts* (1981), series, Producer, Director
- *That Beryl Marston...!* (1981), series, Director, Associate Producer
- *One-Upmanship* (1976), series, Producer
- *The Cuckoo Waltz* (1975), series, Director
- *Fawlty Towers* (1975), series, Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/fawlty-towers.md)
- *The Growing Pains of PC Penrose* (1975), series, Director
- *Q...* (1969), series, Producer
- *Till Death Us Do Part* (1966), series, Director
- *Steptoe and Son* (1962), series, Director, Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/steptoe-and-son.md)
- *The Adventures of Sir Lancelot* (1956), series, as First Knight, Sir Trebizond, Sir Hugh, Mador, Sir Paddagore, Hugh, Prince Boudwin, Foppish Man

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