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	'''John Paddy Carstairs''' (born '''John Keys'''; 11 May 1910, in [[London]] – 12 December 1970, in London) was a British [[film director]] (1933–62) and television director (1962–64), usually of light-hearted subject matter.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13473bc\|title=John Paddy Carstairs\|website=BFI}}</ref> He was also a [[comic novel]]ist and [[Painting\|painter]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Austria Develops its Own School of Painting\|work=[[The Times]]\|publisher=4 May 1960\|page=16\|quote=At the same gallery that prolific writer and painter, Mr. John Paddy Carstairs, fills a large room with his gay Mediterranean scenes...}}</ref>		'''John Paddy Carstairs''' (born '''John Keys'''; 11 May 1910, in [[London]] – 12 December 1970, in London) was a British [[film director]] (1933–62) and television director (1962–64), usually of light-hearted subject matter.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13473bc\|title=John Paddy Carstairs\|website=BFI}}</ref> He was also a [[comic novel]]ist and [[Painting\|painter]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Austria Develops its Own School of Painting\|work=[[The Times]]\|publisher=4 May 1960\|page=16\|quote=At the same gallery that prolific writer and painter, Mr. John Paddy Carstairs, fills a large room with his gay Mediterranean scenes...}}</ref>

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'''John Paddy Carstairs''' (born '''John Keys'''; 11 May 1910, in [[London]] – 12 December 1970, in London) was a British [[film director]] (1933–62) and television director (1962–64), usually of light-hearted subject matter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13473bc|title=John Paddy Carstairs|website=BFI}}</ref> He was also a [[comic novel]]ist and [[Painting|painter]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Austria Develops its Own School of Painting|work=[[The Times]]|publisher=4 May 1960|page=16|quote=At the same gallery that prolific writer and painter, Mr. John Paddy Carstairs, fills a large room with his gay Mediterranean scenes...}}</ref>

==Biography==
The son of actor [[Nelson Keys]], Carstairs changed his name in order to avoid the appearance of [[nepotism]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s909AAAAIBAJ&pg=2945,2710079&dq=john-paddy-carstairs&hl=en|title=Obituary - John Paddy Carstairs|date=14 December 1970|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|location=Glasgow|access-date=13 March 2012}}</ref> He directed 37 films in total. He had a long association with the character of [[Simon Templar]] (the character's creator, [[Leslie Charteris]], dedicated the 1963 book, ''[[The Saint in the Sun]]'' to Carstairs). Aside from directing the 1939 ''Saint'' film, ''[[The Saint in London]]'', he also directed two episodes of ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' in the 1960s, making him the only individual (other than Charteris himself) to be connected to both the Hollywood film and British series of ''The Saint''. Carstairs directed many British comedies including many of [[Norman Wisdom]]'s films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/590042/|title=BFI Screenonline: Carstairs, John Paddy (1910-1970) Biography|website=screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

== Death ==
Carstairs died of [[heart attack]] on 12 December 1970, aged 60.

==Select bibliography==
*''Honest Injun'' (1942)
*''Gremlins in the Cabbage Patch'' (1944)
*''Hadn't We the Gaiety'' (1945)
*''Kaleidoscope and a Jaundiced Eye'' (1946)
* ''[[Solid! Said the Earl]]'' (1948)

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[A Honeymoon Adventure]]'' (1931, screenwriter)
* ''[[The Water Gipsies (film)|The Water Gipsies]]'' (1932, screenwriter)
* ''[[Nine till Six]]'' (1932, screenwriter)
* ''[[The Impassive Footman]]'' (1932, screenwriter)
* ''[[Love on the Spot]]'' (1932, screenwriter)
* ''[[It's a Boy (film)|It's a Boy]]'' (1933, screenwriter)
* ''[[Paris Plane]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Boomerang (1934 film)|Boomerang]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Gay Love]]'' (1934)
* ''[[It's a Cop]]'' (1934, screenwriter)
* ''[[Lost in the Legion]]'' (1934, screenwriter)
* ''[[Falling in Love (1935 film)|Falling in Love]]'' (1935)
* ''[[While Parents Sleep]]'' (1935, screenwriter)
* ''[[Two's Company (film)|Two's Company]]'' (1936, screenwriter)
* ''[[The Captain's Table (1936 film)|The Captain's Table]]'' (1936, screenwriter)
* ''[[Holiday's End]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Double Exposures]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Night Ride (1937 film)|Night Ride]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Missing, Believed Married]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Incident in Shanghai]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Lassie from Lancashire]]'' (1938)
* ''[[A Yank at Oxford]]'' (1938, screenwriter)
* ''[[The Saint in London]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Lambeth Walk (film)|The Lambeth Walk]]'' (1939, screenwriter)
* ''[[All Hands (short subject)|All Hands]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Meet Maxwell Archer]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Now You're Talking]]'' (1940)
* ''[[The Second Mr. Bush]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Dangerous Comment]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Telefootlers]]'' (1941)
* ''[[He Found a Star]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Spare a Copper]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Dancing with Crime]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Sleeping Car to Trieste]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Fools Rush In (1949 film)|Fools Rush In]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Chiltern Hundreds (film)|The Chiltern Hundreds]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Tony Draws a Horse]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Talk of a Million]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Made in Heaven (1952 film)|Made in Heaven]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Treasure Hunt (1952 film)|Treasure Hunt]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Little Big Shot (1952 film)|Little Big Shot]]'' (1952, screenwriter)
* ''[[Top of the Form (film)|Top of the Form]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Trouble in Store]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Up to His Neck]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Crowded Day]]'' (1954, story)
* ''[[One Good Turn (1955 film)|One Good Turn]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Man of the Moment (1955 film)|Man of the Moment]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Jumping for Joy]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Up in the World]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Just My Luck (1957 film)|Just My Luck]]'' (1957)
* ''[[The Big Money (film)|The Big Money]]'' (1958)
* ''[[The Square Peg]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Tommy the Toreador]]'' (1959)
* ''[[And the Same to You]]'' (1960, screenwriter)
* ''[[Sands of the Desert]]'' (1960)
* ''[[A Weekend with Lulu]]'' (1961)
* ''[[The Devil's Agent]]'' (1962)
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==References==
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*{{Screenonline name|id=590042|name=John Paddy Carstairs biography and filmography}}

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