Bernard Edwin Doxat-Pratt (1886 – unknown) was a British film director who worked for Anglo-Hollandia and Granger-Binger.
Biography Doxat-Pratt was born in Norwood, Surrey.1911 England Census He served with the Royal Air Force during World War I.
He married Jessie Doxat-Pratt in 1912 and abandoned her a few months later; she divorced him in 1915. He moved to Haarlem in 1920 with his second wife and three children. He divorced in 1929, and was never heard of again by his family, apart from a chance encounter with Norman, his son, in 1940.
He was sent to prison for fraud in 1925 and again in 1927. In 1931, he was sentenced to three months in prison for writing fraudulent checks.Registers of Habitual Criminals and Police Gazettes, 1834–1934
His wife, Ethel, and children Betty, Jack and Norman appeared in several of his films.
Filmography Year Original title English title Role1919 Het verborgen leven Hidden Lives advisor 1919 Zonnetje director 1920 De heldendaad van Peter Wells The Little Hour of Peter Wells director 1920 De vrouw van den minister John Heriot's Wife director, writer 1920 Hard tegen hard The Skin Game director, writer 1920 Wat eeuwig blijft Fate's Plaything actor, director 1920 Zooals ik ben As God Made Her director, writer 1920 Zuster Brown Sister Brown director 1921 Een lach en een traan Laughter and Tears (Circus Jim) director 1921 Onder spiritistischen dwang The Other Person director 1922 Bulldog Drummond writer 1922 De Jantjes The Bluejackets director 1927 My Lord The Chauffeur director
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