---
name: "Robert Asher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-asher"
fi1m_id: "robert-asher"
imdb_id: "nm0038895"
tmdb_id: 76380
wikidata_id: "Q7341622"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1915"
died: "1 January 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T20:14:53.202245+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."
---

# Robert Asher

## Identity

Robert Asher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-asher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-asher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0038895
- **TMDB ID:** 76380
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7341622
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Asher_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7341622, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76380

Director. Born 1 January 1915 in London, England, UK. Died 1 January 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1915, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 January 1979
- **Active:** 1958–1967
- **Also known as:** Bob Asher, Роберт Эшер, Боб Эшер
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Don Chaffey](https://film.one/person/don-chaffey.md), [Peter Graham Scott](https://film.one/person/peter-graham-scott.md), [Terence Feely](https://film.one/person/terence-feely.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 85 (1), 1960s 84 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Asher_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7341622, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76380

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Prisoner*](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md) (84)
- **Peacock:** [*The Avengers*](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) (83)

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

## Biography

Robert Asher (1915–1979) was a British film and television director. He began his career as an assistant director in 1934 and worked in that capacity on numerous productions, including wartime films and later features such as *A Night to Remember* (1958).

Asher made his debut as a solo director with the Norman Wisdom comedy *Follow a Star* (1959). He directed several further Wisdom vehicles, as well as *Make Mine Mink* (1960) and *The Intelligence Men* (1965), before concluding his feature work with *Press for Time* (1966). In the late 1960s he moved into television, directing episodes of series including *The Baron*, *The Champions*, *The Saint*, *The Prisoner* (1967) and *The Avengers*. He was the brother of cinematographer Jack Asher.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Prisoner* (1967), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *The Avengers* (1961), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

### Crew (1)

- *A Night to Remember* (1958), Fi1m 85, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/a-night-to-remember.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *The Champions* (1968), series, Director
- *The Prisoner* (1967), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *Press for Time* (1966), Director
- *The Baron* (1966), series, Director
- *The Early Bird* (1965), Director
- *The Intelligence Men* (1965), Director
- *A Stitch in Time* (1963), Director
- *On the Beat* (1962), Director
- *The Saint* (1962), series, Director
- *She'll Have to Go* (1962), Director, Producer
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)
- *The Bulldog Breed* (1960), Director
- *Make Mine Mink* (1960), Director
- *Follow a Star* (1959), Director
- *A Night to Remember* (1958), Assistant Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/a-night-to-remember.md)
- *High Tide at Noon* (1957), Assistant Director
- *Jumping for Joy* (1956), Assistant Director
- *One Good Turn* (1955), Assistant Director
- *The Young Lovers* (1954), Assistant Director
- *Fast and Loose* (1954), Assistant Director
- *The Million Pound Note* (1954), Assistant Director
- *Meet Me Tonight* (1952), Assistant Director
- *The Importance of Being Earnest* (1952), Assistant Director
- *The Frightened Man* (1952), Assistant Director
- *Girdle of Gold* (1952), Assistant Director
- *Chelsea Story* (1951), Assistant Director
- *No Room at the Inn* (1948), Assistant Director
- *Mrs. Fitzherbert* (1947), Assistant Director
- *Dual Alibi* (1947), Assistant Director
- *The Laughing Lady* (1946), Unit Manager
- *Don Chicago* (1945), Assistant Director
- *The World Owes Me a Living* (1945), Assistant Director
- *Medal for the General* (1944), Assistant Director
- *The Shipbuilders* (1943), Assistant Director

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