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{{Short description|British filmmaker (1896–1975)}}
{{distinguish|text=the Australian author [[John Baxter (author)|John Baxter]]}}
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| birth_date = 31 December 1896
| birth_place = [[Kent]], England
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| death_place = [[London]], England
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| occupation = Film director
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'''John Philip Baxter''' (31 December 1896 – 21 January 1975) was a British filmmaker active from the 1930s to the late-1950s. During that time, he produced, wrote, or directed several films. He directed [[Deborah Kerr]] in her first leading role in ''[[Love on the Dole (film)|Love on the Dole]]'' (1941), and was the producer-director for the musical-comedy films of [[Flanagan and Allen]] during [[World War II]].

==Early life and career==
Baxter was born on 31 December 1896 in Kent.<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/britishfilmdirec0000shai |url-access=registration |title=British Film Directors: A Critical Guide |first1=Robert|last1=Shail |publisher=Southern Illinois University Press |date=2007 |access-date=29 April 2014| pages=[https://archive.org/details/britishfilmdirec0000shai/page/25 25]–27|isbn=9780809328321}}</ref> He worked as a theatrical agent and theater manager. He became an assistant director in 1932.<ref name="google1"/> He formed his own production company with his friend [[John Barter]]. He also acted in several films produced by [[Lance Comfort]].<ref name="google1"/>

Baxter played a major role in the foundation of [[National Film Finance Corporation]] in 1948.<ref name="google1"/> He also directed and produced ''[[Judgment Deferred]]'' (1952) which was the first film of [[Group 3 Films|Group 3]], a British government backed production venture.<ref name="google1"/> His last film as a director was ''[[Ramsbottom Rides Again]]'' (1956) which featured [[Arthur Askey]].<ref name="google1"/>

==Death==
Baxter died in [[London]] in 1975.<ref name="google1"/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Director
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1933
|''[[Doss House]]''
|
|-
|''[[Song of the Plough]]''
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|-
| rowspan="5" |1934
|''[[Flood Tide (1934 film)|Flood Tide]]''
|
|-
|''[[Lest We Forget (1934 film)|Lest We Forget]]''
|
|-
|''[[Music Hall (film)|Music Hall]]''
|Also writer
|-
|''[[Kentucky Minstrels (film)|Kentucky Minstrels]]''
|
|-
|''[[Say It with Flowers (1934 film)|Say It with Flowers]]''
|Also writer
|-
| rowspan="3" |1935
|''[[Jimmy Boy]]''
|
|-
|''[[A Real Bloke]]''
|
|-
|''[[The Small Man]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1936
|''[[Men of Yesterday]]''
|
|-
|''[[Birds of a Feather (1936 film)|Birds of a Feather]]''
|
|-
|''[[Hearts of Humanity (1936 film)|Hearts of Humanity]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1937
|''[[The Song of the Road]]''
|
|-
|''[[The Academy Decides]]''
|
|-
|''[[Talking Feet]]''
|
|-
|1938
|''[[Stepping Toes]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1939
|''[[Secret Journey (1939 film)|Secret Journey]]''
|
|-
|''[[What Would You Do, Chums?]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1940
|''[[Old Mother Riley in Society]]''
|
|-
|''[[Laugh It Off (1940 film)|Laugh It Off]]''
|
|-
|''[[Love on the Dole (film)|Love on the Dole]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1941
|''[[The Common Touch]]''
|
|-
|''[[Crook's Tour]]''
|
|-
|''[[Old Mother Riley's Ghosts]]''
|
|-
|''[[Old Mother Riley in Business]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1942
|''[[We'll Smile Again]]''
|
|-
|''[[Let the People Sing (film)|Let the People Sing]]''
|Also writer
|-
|''[[The Shipbuilders]]''
|
|-
|1943
|''[[Theatre Royal (film)|Theatre Royal]]''
|
|-
|1944
|''[[Dreaming (1944 British film)|Dreaming]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1946
|''[[Here Comes the Sun (film)|Here Comes the Sun]]''
|
|-
|''[[The Grand Escapade]]''
|
|-
|1947
|''[[Fortune Lane]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1948
|''[[Nothing Venture]]''
|
|-
|''[[When You Come Home]]''
|
|-
|1949
|''Three Bags Full''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1950
|''[[The Dragon of Pendragon Castle]]''
|
|-
|''[[The Second Mate]]''
|
|-
|1952
|''[[Judgment Deferred]]''
|
|-
|1953
|''The Last Load''
|
|-
|1956
|''[[Ramsbottom Rides Again]]''
|Also writer
|}

===Writer===
*''[[The Heart Within]]'' (1957)

== Further reading ==
* Geoff Brown and Tony Aldgate (1989). ''The Common Touch: The Films of John Baxter''. London: British Film Institute. {{ISBN|0-85170-242-2}}.

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0062759|name=John Baxter}}
* {{Screenonline name|id=540908|name=John Baxter}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{John Baxter}}

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