1. Carol Reed embarked on an acting career while still in his late teens.
12 Facts About Carol Reed
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Apart from acting in a few Wallace-derived films himself, Carol Reed became involved in adapting his work for the screen during the day while he was a stage manager in the evenings.
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From 1942, Carol Reed served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps: he was granted the rank of Captain and placed with the film unit, and then with the Directorate of Army Psychiatry.
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Carol Reed made his three most highly regarded films just after the war, beginning with Odd Man Out, with James Mason in the lead.
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Carol Reed insisted on casting Welles as Harry Lime, although Selznick had wanted Noel Coward for the role.
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Carol Reed was going to make Summer of the Seventeenth Doll for that company but withdrew after the budget was cut.
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Carol Reed was contracted to direct a remake of Mutiny on the Bounty by MGM, but then Marlon Brando was cast as Fletcher Christian, and problems with the mock Bounty and the weather at the locations caused delays.
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Carol Reed left at a relatively early stage of production and was replaced by Lewis Milestone.
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The Agony and the Ecstasy, made in the United States, was a box-office failure, and was the last film over which Carol Reed served as producer.
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The first was Sir Alexander Korda in 1942, the producer of some of Carol Reed's most admired films.
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Carol Reed died from a heart attack on 25 April 1976, aged 69, at his home at 213 King's Road, Chelsea, where he had lived since 1948.
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Carol Reed is buried in Kensington Cemetery, Gunnersbury, West London.