Compton Bennett

Herbert William Compton Bennett (15 January 1900 – 11 August 1974),[1] better known as Compton Bennett, was an English film director, writer and producer. He is perhaps best known for directing the 1945 film The Seventh Veil and the 1950 version of the film King Solomon's Mines, an adaptation of an Allan Quatermain story.

  1. ^ "Deaths", The Daily Telegraph (London), August 14, 1974, p.32 ("Compton Bennett— On Sunday, Aug. 11, Bob passed away peacefully at Worthing Hospital")