J. Lee Thompson
(1914-2002)

Died aged c. 88

John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was a British film director, active in London and Hollywood, best known for award-winning films such as Woman in a Dressing Gown, Ice Cold in Alex and The Guns of Navarone along with cult classics like Cape Fear, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and The White Buffalo.

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #042

J. Lee Thompson screenwriter and director of many films including Guns of Navarone and Yield to the Night born here August 1914 [full inscription unknown]

3 Westbury Road, Bristol, United Kingdom where they was born (1914)