John Rawlins
Born: 1902-06-09 in Long Beach, California, USA
Died: 1997-05-20
Known For: Directing
Biography
Director John Rawlins started in films in 1918 as an actor, stunt man, gag writer and assistant director. For a while he sidelined as a comedy writer, then became an editor and later directed second features for First National in Britain from the early 1930s. Returning to the US, he joined Universal (1938-46), where he turned out "B" pictures and serials, including installments of the "Dick Tracy" and "Sherlock Holmes" series. He had similar assignments at RKO (1947-48) and United Artists (1951-53), before branching out into television dramas.
Filmography
1957
- Lost Lagoon ... (Adaptation)
1953
- Shark River ... (Director)
1951
- Rogue River ... (Director)
- Fort Defiance ... (Director)
1950
- The Boy From Indiana ... (Director)
1949
- Massacre River ... (Director)
1948
- The Arizona Ranger ... (Director)
- Michael O'Halloran ... (Director)
1947
- Dick Tracy's Dilemma ... (Director)
- Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome ... (Director)
1946
- Her Adventurous Night ... (Director)
- Strange Conquest ... (Director)
1945
- Sudan ... (Director)
1944
- Ladies Courageous ... (Director)
1943
- We've Never Been Licked ... (Director)
1942
- Bombay Clipper ... (Director)
- Arabian Nights ... (Director)
- Mississippi Gambler ... (Director)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror ... (Director)
- Torpedo Boat ... (Director)
- The Great Impersonation ... (Director)
- Overland Mail ... (Director)
- Half Way to Shanghai ... (Director)
- Unseen Enemy ... (Director)
1941
- Mr. Dynamite ... (Director)
- A Dangerous Game ... (Director)
- Mutiny in the Arctic ... (Director)
- Secret of the Wastelands as Williams
- Sea Raiders ... (Director)
- Men of the Timberland ... (Director)
- Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga ... (Director)
- Raiders of the Desert ... (Director)
1940
- Argentine Nights as Gaucho
- The Green Hornet Strikes Again! ... (Director)
- The Leather Pushers ... (Director)
- Junior G-Men ... (Director)
- Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc. ... (Director)
1939
- Whispering Enemies ... (Story)
1938
- Air Devils ... (Director)
- The Missing Guest ... (Director)
- State Police ... (Director)
- Young Fugitives ... (Director)
1937
- Let Them Live ... (Editor)
1936
- The Final Hour ... (Editor)
- Pennies from Heaven ... (Editor)
- You May Be Next! ... (Editor)
1935
- Hoi Polloi ... (Editor)
- Death Flies East ... (Editor)
1934
- Fugitive Lady ... (Editor)
- The Hell Cat ... (Editor)
- Mills of the Gods ... (Editor)
- Among the Missing ... (Editor)
1933
- They're Off ... (Director)
- Above the Clouds ... (Editor)
1932
- Lucky Ladies ... (Director)
- High Society ... (Director)
- Illegal ... (Editor)
1931
- The Bargain ... (Editor)
- Murder at Midnight ... (Editor)
- Too Young to Marry ... (Editor)
1930
- Sweethearts and Wives ... (Editor)
1926
- Skinner's Dress Suit ... (Editor)