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

Shotgun ... (Director)
Tall Man Riding ... (Director)
Fury ... (Director)
Fort Yuma ... (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 Algiers ... (Director)
Fort Vengeance ... (Director)
Fighter Attack ... (Director)
War Paint ... (Director)
Cow Country ... (Director)
The Royal African Rifles ... (Director)

1952

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

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

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