Lesley Selander

Born: 1900-05-26 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 1979-12-05

Known For: Directing

Biography

From Wikipedia. Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and science fiction movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936). To this day, Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. In 1956, he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of Lassie.

Filmography

1968

Arizona Bushwhackers ... (Director)

1967

Fort Utah ... (Director)

1966

The Texican ... (Director)

1965

War Party ... (Director)
Convict Stage ... (Director)
Town Tamer ... (Director)
Fort Courageous ... (Director)

1964

Daniel Boone ... (Director)

1960

The Tall Man ... (Director)
Overland Trail ... (Director)

1959

Laramie ... (Director)

1955

Fort Yuma ... (Director)
Shotgun ... (Director)
Tall Man Riding ... (Director)
Fury ... (Director)
Desert Sands ... (Director)

1954

Lassie ... (Director)
Dragonfly Squadron ... (Director)
Arrow In The Dust ... (Director)
The Yellow Tomahawk ... (Director)
Return from the Sea ... (Director)

1953

Fort Vengeance ... (Director)
Cow Country ... (Director)
Fort Algiers ... (Director)
Fighter Attack ... (Director)
War Paint ... (Director)
The Royal African Rifles ... (Director)

1952

Battle Zone ... (Director)
Desert Passage ... (Director)
The Raiders ... (Director)
Flat Top ... (Director)
Road Agent ... (Director)
Fort Osage ... (Director)
Trail Guide ... (Director)

1951

Overland Telegraph ... (Director)
The Highwayman ... (Director)
Gunplay ... (Director)
Saddle Legion ... (Director)
Flight to Mars ... (Director)
I Was an American Spy ... (Director)
Law of the Badlands ... (Director)
Pistol Harvest ... (Director)
Cavalry Scout ... (Director)

1950

Riders of the Range ... (Director)
Rio Grande Patrol ... (Director)
Storm Over Wyoming ... (Director)
Rider from Tucson ... (Director)
The Kangaroo Kid ... (Director)
Dakota Lil ... (Director)
Short Grass ... (Director)

1949

Stampede ... (Director)
Sky Dragon ... (Director)
Masked Raiders ... (Director)
Rustlers ... (Director)
Brothers in the Saddle ... (Director)
The Mysterious Desperado ... (Director)

1948

Panhandle ... (Director)
Indian Agent ... (Director)
Strike It Rich ... (Director)
Guns of Hate ... (Director)
Belle Starr's Daughter ... (Director)

1947

Blackmail ... (Director)
Saddle Pals ... (Director)
Robin Hood Of Texas ... (Director)
The Red Stallion ... (Director)
Last Frontier Uprising ... (Director)
The Pilgrim Lady ... (Director)

1946

The Catman of Paris ... (Director)
Night Train to Memphis ... (Director)
Traffic in Crime ... (Director)
Passkey to Danger ... (Director)
Out California Way ... (Director)

1945

Jungle Raiders ... (Director)
The Vampire's Ghost ... (Director)
The Fatal Witness ... (Director)
Great Stagecoach Robbery ... (Director)
Phantom of the Plains ... (Director)
Three's a Crowd ... (Director)
Trail of Kit Carson ... (Director)

1944

Lumberjack ... (Director)
Cheyenne Wildcat ... (Director)
Sheriff of Sundown ... (Director)
Sheriff of Las Vegas ... (Director)
Firebrands of Arizona ... (Director)
Call of the Rockies ... (Director)
Stagecoach to Monterey ... (Director)
Forty Thieves ... (Director)
Bordertown Trail ... (Director)

1943

Border Patrol ... (Director)
Colt Comrades ... (Director)
Bar 20 ... (Director)
Riders of the Deadline ... (Director)
Buckskin Frontier ... (Director)

1942

Bandit Ranger ... (Director)
Lost Canyon ... (Director)
Thundering Hoofs ... (Director)
Undercover Man ... (Director)
Red River Robin Hood ... (Director)

1941

Doomed Caravan ... (Director)
Riders of the Timberline ... (Director)
Wide Open Town ... (Director)
The Roundup ... (Director)
Stick to Your Guns ... (Director)
Pirates on Horseback ... (Director)

1940

Stagecoach War ... (Director)
Hidden Gold ... (Director)
Cherokee Strip ... (Director)
Three Men from Texas ... (Director)
The Light of Western Stars ... (Director)
Santa Fe Marshal ... (Director)
Knights of the Range ... (Director)

1939

Renegade Trail ... (Director)
Range War ... (Director)
Sunset Trail ... (Director)
Silver on the Sage ... (Director)
Heritage of the Desert ... (Director)

1938

The Frontiersmen ... (Director)
Pride of the West ... (Director)
Bar 20 Justice ... (Director)
Partners of the Plains ... (Director)
Heart of Arizona ... (Director)
The Mysterious Rider ... (Director)
Cassidy of Bar 20 ... (Director)

1937

Sandflow ... (Director)
Black Aces ... (Director)
Left-Handed Law ... (Director)
Hopalong Rides Again ... (Director)
Smoke Tree Range ... (Director)
The Barrier ... (Director)

1936

Moonlight Murder ... (Assistant Director)
Empty Saddles ... (Director)
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek ... (Director)
Fury ... (Assistant Director)
The Garden Murder Case ... (Assistant Director)
Ride 'Em Cowboy ... (Director)

1935

A Night at the Opera ... (Assistant Director)

1934

The Thin Man ... (Assistant Director)
What Every Woman Knows ... (Assistant Director)

1933

The Warrior's Husband ... (Assistant Director)

1931

The Spider ... (Assistant Director)

1928

Don't Marry ... (Assistant Director)

1926

Napoleon, Jr. ... (Director)

1925

Durand of the Bad Lands ... (Assistant Director)
Wolf Blood ... (Director of Photography)