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Douglas George Charles Argent (21 May 1921 – 30 October 2010) was a British television producer and director. Raised in Ilford, Essex, Argent served as a navigator during World War II with 84 Squadron, but his plane was shot down and he was held as a Japanese prisoner-of-war〔("Obituary: Douglas Argent, television producer", ) ''The Scotsman'', 24 November 2010〕〔(Argent held as POW in Japan )〕 at Osaka's POW (Camp #4 Ikuno. ) Following a career as an actor, he had a small role in ''The Colditz Story''〔Richard Anthony Baker ("Douglas Argent" ), ''The Stage'', 6 December 2010〕 (1955), Argent became a floor manager with the BBC later gravitating to work as a director. In this role he supervised early episodes of ''Till Death Us Do Part'' (1965). During the next decade he had a period as the producer of ''The Liver Birds'' (1972–76)〔Anthony Hayward (Obituary: Douglas Argent, ) ''The Guardian'', 6 December 2010〕 and of the last 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).〔 Subsequently he worked for ITV and Channel 4. ==Filmography== * ''The Colditz Story'' (1955) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Douglas Argent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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