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	'''Douglas George Charles Argent''' (21 May 1921 – 30 October 2010) was an English television producer and director.		'''Douglas George Charles Argent''' (21 May 1921 – 30 October 2010) was an English television producer and director.

	Born in Bexleyheath, Kent and raised in [[Ilford]], Essex, Argent's parents ran an ironmongers shop.<ref name="Hayward">{{cite news\|last=Hayward\|first=Anthony\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/06/douglas-argent-obituary\|title=Douglas Argent obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=6 December 2010\|access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref> He served as a navigator during World War II with [[No. 84 Squadron RAF\|84 Squadron]], but his plane was shot down and he was held as a Japanese [[prisoner-of-war]]<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Douglas-Argent-television-producer.6637305.jp\|title=Obituary: Douglas Argent, television producer\|work=The Scotsman\|date=24 November 2010}} {{Dead link\|date=August 2020\|reason=Not preserved in the Wayback machine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.cofepowdb.org.uk/cdb2/Controller.jsp?action=simplesearchresults&surname-pattern=argent&firstnames-pattern=douglas \|title=Argent held as POW in Japan \|access-date=10 December 2010 \|archive-date=21 July 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721235601/http://www.cofepowdb.org.uk/cdb2/Controller.jsp?action=simplesearchresults&surname-pattern=argent&firstnames-pattern=douglas \|url-status=dead }}</ref> at [[Osaka]]'s POW [http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/osaka/ikuno/ikuno_brits.html Camp #4 Ikuno.]		Born in Bexleyheath, Kent and raised in [[w:Ilford\|Ilford]], Essex, Argent's parents ran an ironmongers shop.<ref name="Hayward">{{cite news\|last=Hayward\|first=Anthony\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/06/douglas-argent-obituary\|title=Douglas Argent obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=6 December 2010\|access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref> He served as a navigator during World War II with [[w:No. 84 Squadron RAF\|84 Squadron]], but his plane was shot down and he was held as a Japanese [[w:prisoner-of-war\|prisoner-of-war]]<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Douglas-Argent-television-producer.6637305.jp\|title=Obituary: Douglas Argent, television producer\|work=The Scotsman\|date=24 November 2010}} {{Dead link\|date=August 2020\|reason=Not preserved in the Wayback machine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.cofepowdb.org.uk/cdb2/Controller.jsp?action=simplesearchresults&surname-pattern=argent&firstnames-pattern=douglas \|title=Argent held as POW in Japan \|access-date=10 December 2010 \|archive-date=21 July 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721235601/http://www.cofepowdb.org.uk/cdb2/Controller.jsp?action=simplesearchresults&surname-pattern=argent&firstnames-pattern=douglas \|url-status=dead }}</ref> at [[w:Osaka\|Osaka]]'s POW [http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/osaka/ikuno/ikuno_brits.html Camp #4 Ikuno.]

	Following a career as an actor, he had a small role in ''[[The Colditz Story]]''<ref>{{cite news\|last=Baker\|first=Richard Anthony\|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/30505/douglas-argent\|title=Douglas Argent\|work=The Stage\|date=6 December 2010}}</ref> (1955) and ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)\|The Battle of the River Plate]]'' (1956), Argent became a floor manager, the assistant director with the BBC later gravitating to work as a director and producer.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/douglas-argent-95k5s2rvh8n\|title=Douglas Argent\|work=The Times\|date=23 November 2020\|access-date=10 August 2020}} {{subscription required}}</ref> In this role he supervised early episodes of ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1965).		Following a career as an actor, he had a small role in ''[[w:The Colditz Story\|The Colditz Story]]''<ref>{{cite news\|last=Baker\|first=Richard Anthony\|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/30505/douglas-argent\|title=Douglas Argent\|work=The Stage\|date=6 December 2010}}</ref> (1955) and ''[[w:The Battle of the River Plate (film)\|The Battle of the River Plate]]'' (1956), Argent became a floor manager, the assistant director with the BBC later gravitating to work as a director and producer.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/douglas-argent-95k5s2rvh8n\|title=Douglas Argent\|work=The Times\|date=23 November 2020\|access-date=10 August 2020}} {{subscription required}}</ref> In this role he supervised early episodes of ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1965).

	During the next decade, he was the producer of ''[[The Liver Birds]]'' during the period 1972 to 1976<ref name="Hayward" /> and the final series of ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' (1974). His last work for the BBC before his official retirement from the corporation was the second series of ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' (1979).<ref name="Hayward"/> Subsequently, he freelanced, working for [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] and [[Channel 4]]. His last work was directing episodes of ''[[EastEnders]]'' in 1991.<ref name="Timesobit" />		During the next decade, he was the producer of ''[[The Liver Birds]]'' during the period 1972 to 1976<ref name="Hayward" /> and the final series of ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' (1974). His last work for the BBC before his official retirement from the corporation was the second series of ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' (1979).<ref name="Hayward"/> Subsequently, he freelanced, working for [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] and [[w:Channel 4\|Channel 4]]. His last work was directing episodes of ''[[w:EastEnders\|EastEnders]]'' in 1991.<ref name="Timesobit" />

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	\|1955\|\| ''[[The Colditz Story]]'' \|\| British Officer #1 \|\|		\|1955\|\| ''[[w:The Colditz Story\|The Colditz Story]]'' \|\| British Officer #1 \|\|
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	\|1956\|\| ''[[Women Without Men (1956 film)\|Women Without Men]]'' \|\| 3rd Reveller \|\| Uncredited		\|1956\|\| ''[[w:Women Without Men (1956 film)\|Women Without Men]]'' \|\| 3rd Reveller \|\| Uncredited
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	\|1956\|\| ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)\|The Battle of the River Plate]]'' \|\| Sub. Lieutenant, HMS Ajax \|\| Uncredited		\|1956\|\| ''[[w:The Battle of the River Plate (film)\|The Battle of the River Plate]]'' \|\| Sub. Lieutenant, HMS Ajax \|\| Uncredited
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	*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wdl79 BBC Radio 4 obituary programme ''Last Word'' about Argent among others]		*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wdl79 BBC Radio 4 obituary programme ''Last Word'' about Argent among others]
	*{{British Comedy Guide\|people\|douglas_argent}}		*{{British Comedy Guide\|people\|douglas_argent}}

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{{Short description|British television producer and director}}
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'''Douglas George Charles Argent''' (21 May 1921 – 30 October 2010) was an English television producer and director.

Born in Bexleyheath, Kent and raised in [[Ilford]], Essex, Argent's parents ran an ironmongers shop.<ref name="Hayward">{{cite news|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/06/douglas-argent-obituary|title=Douglas Argent obituary|work=The Guardian|date=6 December 2010|access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref> He served as a navigator during World War II with [[No. 84 Squadron RAF|84 Squadron]], but his plane was shot down and he was held as a Japanese [[prisoner-of-war]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Douglas-Argent-television-producer.6637305.jp|title=Obituary: Douglas Argent, television producer|work=The Scotsman|date=24 November 2010}} {{Dead link|date=August 2020|reason=Not preserved in the Wayback machine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cofepowdb.org.uk/cdb2/Controller.jsp?action=simplesearchresults&surname-pattern=argent&firstnames-pattern=douglas |title=Argent held as POW in Japan |access-date=10 December 2010 |archive-date=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721235601/http://www.cofepowdb.org.uk/cdb2/Controller.jsp?action=simplesearchresults&surname-pattern=argent&firstnames-pattern=douglas |url-status=dead }}</ref> at [[Osaka]]'s POW [http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/osaka/ikuno/ikuno_brits.html Camp #4 Ikuno.]

Following a career as an actor, he had a small role in ''[[The Colditz Story]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Baker|first=Richard Anthony|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/30505/douglas-argent|title=Douglas Argent|work=The Stage|date=6 December 2010}}</ref> (1955) and ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)|The Battle of the River Plate]]'' (1956), Argent became a floor manager, the assistant director with the BBC later gravitating to work as a director and producer.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/douglas-argent-95k5s2rvh8n|title=Douglas Argent|work=The Times|date=23 November 2020|access-date=10 August 2020}} {{subscription required}}</ref> In this role he supervised early episodes of ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1965).

During the next decade, he was the producer of ''[[The Liver Birds]]'' during the period 1972 to 1976<ref name="Hayward" /> and the final series of ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' (1974). His last work for the BBC before his official retirement from the corporation was the second series of ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' (1979).<ref name="Hayward"/> Subsequently, he freelanced, working for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and [[Channel 4]]. His last work was directing episodes of ''[[EastEnders]]'' in 1991.<ref name="Timesobit" />

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1955|| ''[[The Colditz Story]]'' || British Officer #1 ||
|-
|1956|| ''[[Women Without Men (1956 film)|Women Without Men]]'' || 3rd Reveller || Uncredited
|-
|1956|| ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)|The Battle of the River Plate]]'' || Sub. Lieutenant, HMS Ajax || Uncredited
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0034464|Douglas Argent}}
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wdl79 BBC Radio 4 obituary programme ''Last Word'' about Argent among others]
*{{British Comedy Guide|people|douglas_argent}}

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[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:BBC television producers]]
[[Category:British World War II prisoners of war]]
[[Category:English television directors]]
[[Category:English television producers]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:World War II prisoners of war held by Japan]]

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