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{{Infobox person
| name = Alfred Roome
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| birth_name = Alfred Wallace Roome
| birth_date = 22 December 1908
| birth_place = [[London]]
| death_date = 19 November 1997
| death_place = [[Gerrards Cross]], [[Buckinghamshire]]
| nationality = English
| other_names = Alfie, A. W. Room<ref name = obit>{{cite web|author1=Tony Sloman|title=Obituary: Alfred Roome|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-alfred-roome-1288277.html|website=independent.co.uk|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=19 August 2016|date=12 December 1997}}</ref>
| occupation = [[Film editor]]<br />[[Film director]]
| years active = 1932–1975
| spouse = [[Janice Adair]] (m. 1929–1996)
| children = 2
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'''Alfred Wallace Roome''' (22 December 1908 – 19 November 1997) was an English [[film editor]] and occasional [[film director|director]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740284/|title=Alfred Roome|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113202300/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/16231 BFI.org]</ref>

==Biography==

Born in London, in 1908, he first worked in the film industry as a film editor on the 1932 British comedy film ''[[Thark (film)|Thark]]''. He went on to edit mostly comedies over the next forty years including many of the [[Aldwych Farces]] films, and [[Will Hay]] films such as ''[[Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)|Boys Will Be Boys]]''.

He directed crime film ''[[My Brother's Keeper (1948 film)|My Brother's Keeper]]'' (1948) and comedy film ''[[It's Not Cricket (1949 film)|It's Not Cricket]]'' (1949).

In the latter years of his career he edited the [[Carry On (film series)|Carry On]] series of films alongside the director, [[Gerald Thomas]]. He retired in 1975 after editing ''[[Carry on Behind]]''.

==Personal life==
Roome married the actress [[Janice Adair]] on 20 February 1936;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000378/19360220/137/0004|title=Wedding of Local Film Artist|date=20 February 1936|work=Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail|access-date=25 November 2018|issue=18032|page=4|url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> they remained married until her death in 1996. The couple had two children, a daughter and a son Christopher who was killed in the [[King's Cross fire|King's Cross tube station fire]] of 1987. Alfred Roome died on 19 November 1997, in [[Gerrards Cross]], [[Buckinghamshire]].

His granddaughter Olivia works in the film industry.<ref name = obit />

==Selected filmography==
===Editor===
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* ''[[Thark (film)|Thark]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Dirty Work (1934 film)|Dirty Work]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Foreign Affaires]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Stormy Weather (1935 film)|Stormy Weather]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Pot Luck (1936 film)|Pot Luck]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Man Who Changed His Mind]]'' (1936)
* ''[[All In (film)|All In]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Oh, Mr Porter!]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Said O'Reilly to McNab]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Alf's Button Afloat]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Shipyard Sally]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Waterloo Road (film)|Waterloo Road]]'' (1945)
* ''[[I'll Be Your Sweetheart]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Highly Dangerous]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Hotel Sahara]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Planter's Wife (1952 film)|The Planter's Wife]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Always a Bride (1953 film)|Always a Bride]]'' (1953)
* ''[[To Dorothy a Son]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Woman for Joe]]'' (1955)
* ''[[The Black Tent]]'' (1956)
* ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1958)
* ''[[The Big Money (film)|The Big Money]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Upstairs and Downstairs]]'' (1959)
* ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Conspiracy of Hearts]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Doctor in Love]]'' (1960)
* ''[[No Love for Johnnie]]'' (1961)
* ''[[A Pair of Briefs]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Doctor in Distress (film)|Doctor in Distress]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The Informers (1963 film)|The Informers]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Hot Enough for June]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Doctor in Clover]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Deadlier Than the Male]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Follow That Camel]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Carry On... Up the Khyber]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Carry On Camping]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Carry On Again Doctor]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Carry On Up the Jungle]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Carry On Loving]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Bless This House (film)|Bless This House]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Carry On Girls]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Carry On Dick]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Carry On Behind]]'' (1975)
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===Director===
* ''[[My Brother's Keeper (1948 film)|My Brother's Keeper]]'' (1948)
* ''[[It's Not Cricket (1949 film)|It's Not Cricket]]'' (1949)

===Producer===
* ''[[A Boy, a Girl and a Bike]]'' (1949)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-alfred-roome-1288277.html Obituary in ''The Independent'']

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