H. Bruce Humberstone
Born: 1901-11-18 in Buffalo, New York, USA
Died: 1984-10-11
Known For: Directing
Biography
H. Bruce 'Lucky' Humberstone (b. November 18, 1901, Buffalo, New York - d. October 11, 1984, Los Angeles, California) was a movie actor (as a child), a script clerk, an assistant director, working with directors such as King Vidor, Edmund Goulding and Allan Dwan and, ultimately, a director. One of twenty-eight founders of the Directors Guild of America, Humberstone worked on several silent movie films for 20th Century Fox. Humberstone did not specialize; he worked on comedies, dramas, and melodramas. Humberstone is best known today for his work on some of the Charlie Chan films. In the 1950s, Humberstone worked mostly on TV. He retired in 1962, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died in 1984, aged 82. Description above from the Wikipedia article H. Bruce Humberstone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1964
- Daniel Boone ... (Director)
- Valentine's Day ... (Director)
1961
- Madison Avenue ... (Director)
1959
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ... (Director)
1958
- Tarzan's Fight for Life ... (Director)
- Tarzan and the Trappers ... (Director)
1957
- Sugarfoot ... (Director)
- Tarzan and the Lost Safari ... (Director)
1955
- Ten Wanted Men ... (Director)
- The Purple Mask ... (Director)
1953
- The Desert Song ... (Director)
1952
- She's Working Her Way Through College ... (Director)
1951
- Happy Go Lovely ... (Director)
1950
- South Sea Sinner ... (Director)
1948
- Fury at Furnace Creek ... (Director)
1947
- The Homestretch ... (Director)
1946
- Three Little Girls in Blue ... (Director)
1945
- Wonder Man ... (Director)
- Within These Walls ... (Director)
1944
- Pin Up Girl ... (Director)
1943
- Hello, Frisco, Hello ... (Director)
1942
- To the Shores of Tripoli ... (Director)
- Iceland ... (Director)
1941
- I Wake Up Screaming ... (Director)
- Tall, Dark and Handsome ... (Director)
- Sun Valley Serenade ... (Director)
1940
- Lucky Cisco Kid ... (Director)
- The Quarterback ... (Director)
1939
- Pack Up Your Troubles ... (Director)
- Pardon Our Nerve ... (Director)
1938
- Time Out for Murder ... (Director)
- While New York Sleeps ... (Director)
- Charlie Chan in Honolulu ... (Director)
- Rascals ... (Director)
1937
- Checkers ... (Director)
- Charlie Chan at the Olympics ... (Director)
1936
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track ... (Director)
- Charlie Chan at the Opera ... (Director)
- Three Live Ghosts ... (Director)
1935
- Ladies Love Danger ... (Director)
- Silk Hat Kid ... (Director)
1934
- The Dragon Murder Case ... (Director)
- Merry Wives of Reno ... (Director)
1933
- Good-bye Love ... (Director)
- King of the Jungle ... (Director)
1932
- Hot Spot ... (Director)
- If I Had a Million ... (Director)
- Bird of Paradise ... (Assistant Director)
- The Crooked Circle ... (Director)
- Strangers of the Evening ... (Director)
1930
- Raffles ... (Assistant Director)
1928
- Two Lovers ... (Assistant Director)
1927
- My Best Girl ... (Assistant Director)
- Camille ... (Assistant Director)
- The Devil Dancer ... (Assistant Director)
1926
- The Temptress ... (Assistant Director)