Sir Carol Reed (30 December, 1906 - 25 April, 1976) was an English film director, winner of an Academy Award for his film version of the musical, "Oliver!" (1968). An illegitimate son of actor-producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress, May Pinney Reed, Carol Reed was born in Putney, London, and educated at The King's School, Canterbury. Reed served in the British Army during the Second World War, … Wikipedia
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