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

1953

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

1952

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

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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