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

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

1964

Daniel Boone ... (Director)

1960

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

1959

Laramie ... (Director)

1955

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

1954

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

1953

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

1952

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

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

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