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Frederick Penrose "Pen" Tennyson (26 August 1912 – 7 July 1941) was a British film director whose promising career was cut short when he died in a plane crash. Tennyson gained experience as an assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock in several of his British films during the 1930s.
Pen Tennyson was an English film director. He only directed three films before his accidental death at age 28. He had previously served as an assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock in several 1930s films. In 1912, Tennyson was born in London.
- Pen Tennyson
- July 10, 1941
- August 26, 1912
Penrose Tennyson was born in Chelsea on 26 August 1912, the eldest great-grandson of the Victorian poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. His father was a senior government official.
Frederick Penrose Tennyson (26 August 1912 – 7 July 1941) was a British film director whose promising career was cut short when he was killed in a plane crash. Tennyson gained experience as an assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock in several of his British films during the 1930s.
Pen TENNYSON. Penrose Tennyson is a minor but appealing figure in British cinema history whose considerable promise was cut short by an early death. Born in London on 26 August 1912, he was a great-grandson of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson and his father was a senior government official.
Pen Tennyson (1912 - 1941) Pen Tennyson's career is one of the great "what ifs" of British cinema. He died in uniform in a plane crash aged less than thirty leaving a film star wife and three promising films.
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Tennyson entered the film industry in May 1932 after his mother introduced him to C.M. Woolf, the business partner of producer-director Michael Balcon. He began his career as a camera assistant under Balcon at Gaumont British Studios at Shepherd's Bush.
