Vincent Winter

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Vincent Winter (born December 29, 1947 in Aberdeen, Scotland and died November 2, 1998 in Chertsey, England) was a Scottish cinema actor who was successful as a child actor.

Contents 1 Career 2 Filmography 2.1 Actor 2.2 Production Manager 2.3 Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 2.4 Miscellaneous crew 3 External links

[edit] Career

Winter made his first film appearance at the age of six in The Little Kidnappers (1954) winning, along with his co-star Jon Whiteley, an Academy Juvenile Award. He appeared in several films as a child, including Beyond This Place (1959) and the Walt Disney features Greyfriars Bobby (1961) and The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964).

As an adult he continued to work in films behind the scenes, and was a production manager on such films as For Your Eyes Only (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and The Color Purple (1985).

He died as a result of a heart attack.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Actor

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1953	The Little Kidnappers	Davy	Academy Juvenile Award
1955	The Dark Avenger	John Holland	aka The Warriors (USA)
1956	A Day of Grace
1957	Time Lock	The Boy
1959	The Bridal Path	Neil
	Beyond This Place	Paul Mathry, Aged 6	aka Web of Evidence (USA)
1961	Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog	Tammy
	Gorgo	Sean
1962	Almost Angels	Tony Fiala	aka Born to Sing (UK)
1964	The Three Lives of Thomasina	Hughie Stirling

[edit] Production Manager

Year	Film	Title	Other notes
1980	Superman II	Production manager
1981	For Your Eyes Only	Unit manager
1983	Superman III	Production manager
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Production supervisor	In Macau
1985	Santa Claus	Production supervisor	aka Santa Claus: The Movie
	The Color Purple	Production supervisor	Kenya unit
1989	Henry V	Production supervisor
	A Dry White Season	Production supervisor
1995	Restoration	Production supervisor
1996	The Wind in the Willows	Production manager	aka Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

[edit] Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Year	Film	Title	Other notes
1975	Royal Flash	Assistant director
1977	Checkered Flag or Crash	First assistant director
	Are You Being Served?	Assistant director	aka Are You Being Served?: The Movie
1978	Superman	Assistant director	aka Superman (film)
	The Stud	First assistant director
	The Sailor's Return	First assistant director
1979	The Spaceman and King Arthur	Assistant director
1985	Magnum, P.I.	First assistant director: UK	Episode Deja Vu: Part 1

[edit] Miscellaneous crew

Year	Film	Title	Other notes
1980	Nijinsky	Location manager
1981	For Your Eyes Only	Location manager
1991	The Rainbow Thief	Producer
	Under Suspicion	Associate producer
1995	Cutthroat Island	Unit manager: model unit	Visual effects
2000	Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War		(In memory of) Thanks

[edit] External links

• Vincent Winter at the Internet Movie Database