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)
Convict Stage ... (Director)
Fort Courageous ... (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)
Fort Yuma ... (Director)
Desert Sands ... (Director)
Fury ... (Director)

1954

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

1953

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

1952

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

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

Fury ... (Assistant Director)
Empty Saddles ... (Director)
The Garden Murder Case ... (Assistant Director)
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek ... (Director)
Moonlight Murder ... (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)
The Timber Wolf ... (Assistant Director)