
Lesley Selander
Director
Born: May 26, 1900 (79 years old)
Died: December 5, 1979
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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 (47)
- The Thin Man (1934, ★ 7.5)
- Fury (1936, ★ 7.5)
- I Was an American Spy (1951, ★ 6.2)
- Three Men from Texas (1940, ★ 6)
- Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938, ★ 5.7)
- Tall Man Riding (1955, ★ 5.7)
- The Fatal Witness (1945, ★ 5.8)
- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958, ★ 6.5)
- Revolt at Fort Laramie (1957, ★ 6.5)
- Tomahawk Trail (1957, ★ 5.7)
- Arrow In The Dust (1954, ★ 5.8)
- Convict Stage (1965, ★ 6.1)
- The Yellow Tomahawk (1954, ★ 6)
- Panhandle (1948, ★ 5.6)
- The Broken Star (1956, ★ 6.4)
- Town Tamer (1965, ★ 6.5)
- A Night at the Opera (1935, ★ 7.4)
- The Texican (1966, ★ 5.4)
- The Catman of Paris (1946, ★ 5.4)
- War Paint (1953, ★ 5.5)
- Fort Vengeance (1953, ★ 6.2)
- Lassie (1954, ★ 6.2)
- The Tall Man (1960, ★ 6.3)
- Daniel Boone (1964, ★ 7)
- Laramie (1959, ★ 6.6)
- Flight to Mars (1951, ★ 5.1)
- Colt Comrades (1943, ★ 5.3)
- Lumberjack (1944, ★ 5.4)
- The Vampire's Ghost (1945, ★ 5.2)
- Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956, ★ 4.4)