Lesley Selander
148 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 26, 1900
- Died
- Dec 5, 1979 (age 79)
- 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).
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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.
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Known for
Lesley Selander: movies and TV shows
Behind the camera (155)
- 1968 Arizona Bushwhackers
Director
- 1967 Fort Utah
Director
- 1966 The Texican
Director
- 1965 Town Tamer
Director
- 1965 Fort Courageous
Director
- 1965 War Party
Director
- 1965 Convict Stage
Director
- 1964
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957 The Wayward Girl
Director
- 1957 Taming Sutton’s Gal
Director
- 1957 Outlaw's Son
Director
- 1957 Revolt at Fort Laramie
Director
- 1957 Tomahawk Trail
Director
- 1956
- 1956 Quincannon, Frontier Scout
Director
- 1956 The Broken Star
Director
- 1955 Desert Sands
Director
- 1955 Fury
Director
- 1955 Fort Yuma
Director
- 1955 Tall Man Riding
Director
- 1955 Shotgun
Director
- 1954
- 1954 Return from the Sea
Director
- 1954 The Yellow Tomahawk
Director
- 1954 Arrow In The Dust
Director
- 1954 Dragonfly Squadron
Director
- 1953 The Royal African Rifles
Director
- 1953 Fighter Attack
Director
- 1953 Fort Algiers
Director
- 1953 War Paint
Director
- 1953 Cow Country
Director
- 1953 Fort Vengeance
Director
- 1952 The Raiders
Director
- 1952 Flat Top
Director
- 1952 Battle Zone
Director
- 1952 Desert Passage
Director
- 1952 Road Agent
Director
- 1952 Trail Guide
Director
- 1952 Fort Osage
Director
- 1951 Overland Telegraph
Director
- 1951 Flight to Mars
Director
- 1951 Pistol Harvest
Director
- 1951 The Highwayman
Director
- 1951 Gunplay
Director
- 1951 Cavalry Scout
Director
- 1951 I Was an American Spy
Director
- 1951 Saddle Legion
Director
- 1951 Law of the Badlands
Director
- 1950 Short Grass
Director
- 1950 The Kangaroo Kid
Director
- 1950 Rio Grande Patrol
Director
- 1950 Rider from Tucson
Director
- 1950 Storm Over Wyoming
Director
- 1950 Dakota Lil
Director
- 1950 Riders of the Range
Director
- 1949 The Mysterious Desperado
Director
- 1949 Masked Raiders
Director
- 1949 Stampede
Director
- 1949 Sky Dragon
Director
- 1949 Rustlers
Director
- 1949 Brothers in the Saddle
Director
- 1948 Indian Agent
Director
- 1948 Strike It Rich
Director
- 1948 Belle Starr's Daughter
Director
- 1948 Guns of Hate
Director
- 1948 Panhandle
Director
- 1947 The Red Stallion
Director
- 1947 Blackmail
Director
- 1947 Robin Hood Of Texas
Director
- 1947 Saddle Pals
Director
- 1947 Last Frontier Uprising
Director
- 1947 The Pilgrim Lady
Director
- 1946 Out California Way
Director
- 1946 Night Train to Memphis
Director
- 1946 Traffic in Crime
Director
- 1946 Passkey to Danger
Director
- 1946 The Catman of Paris
Director
- 1945 The Fatal Witness
Director
- 1945 Jungle Raiders
Director
- 1945 Phantom of the Plains
Director
- 1945 Trail of Kit Carson
Director
- 1945 Three's a Crowd
Director
- 1945 The Vampire's Ghost
Director
- 1945 Great Stagecoach Robbery
Director
- 1944 Sheriff of Las Vegas
Director
- 1944 Firebrands of Arizona
Director
- 1944 Sheriff of Sundown
Director
- 1944 Cheyenne Wildcat
Director
- 1944 Stagecoach to Monterey
Director
- 1944 Bordertown Trail
Director
- 1944 Call of the Rockies
Director
- 1944 Forty Thieves
Director
- 1944 Lumberjack
Director
- 1943 Riders of the Deadline
Director
- 1943 Bar 20
Director
- 1943 Colt Comrades
Director
- 1943 Buckskin Frontier
Director
- 1943 Border Patrol
Director
- 1942 Lost Canyon
Director
- 1942 Red River Robin Hood
Director
- 1942 Undercover Man
Director
- 1942 Bandit Ranger
Director
- 1942 Thundering Hoofs
Director
- 1941 Riders of the Timberline
Director
- 1941 Stick to Your Guns
Director
- 1941 Wide Open Town
Director
- 1941 Pirates on Horseback
Director
- 1941 The Roundup
Director
- 1941 Doomed Caravan
Director
- 1940 Three Men from Texas
Director
- 1940 Cherokee Strip
Director
- 1940 Stagecoach War
Director
- 1940 Hidden Gold
Director
- 1940 The Light of Western Stars
Director
- 1940 Knights of the Range
Director
- 1940 Santa Fe Marshal
Director
- 1939 Range War
Director
- 1939 Renegade Trail
Director
- 1939 Heritage of the Desert
Director
- 1939 Silver on the Sage
Director
- 1939 Sunset Trail
Director
- 1938 The Frontiersmen
Director
- 1938 The Mysterious Rider
Director
- 1938 Pride of the West
Director
- 1938 Bar 20 Justice
Director
- 1938 Heart of Arizona
Director
- 1938 Cassidy of Bar 20
Director
- 1938 Partners of the Plains
Director
- 1937 The Barrier
Director
- 1937 Black Aces
Director
- 1937 Hopalong Rides Again
Director
- 1937 Smoke Tree Range
Director
- 1937 Left-Handed Law
Director
- 1937 Sandflow
Director
- 1936 Empty Saddles
Director
- 1936 The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Director
- 1936 Ride 'Em Cowboy
Director
- 1936 Fury
Assistant Director
- 1936 Moonlight Murder
Assistant Director
- 1936 The Garden Murder Case
Assistant Director
- 1935 A Night at the Opera
Assistant Director
- 1934 What Every Woman Knows
Assistant Director
- 1934 The Thin Man
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
- 1925 Durand of the Bad Lands
Assistant Director
- 1925 The Timber Wolf
Assistant Director