Lesley Selander

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.

Known For

Acting

Production

Crew

Directing

1951

Flight to Mars

as

1947

Blackmail

as

1952

Flat Top

as

1949

Sky Dragon

as

1951

I Was an American Spy

as

1943

Border Patrol

as

1941

Doomed Caravan

as

1944

Forty Thieves

as

1940

Hidden Gold

as

1941

Pirates on Horseback

as

1940

Stagecoach War

as

1941

Riders of the Timberline

as

1943

Riders of the Deadline

as

1941

Wide Open Town

as

1942

Undercover Man

as

1940

Three Men from Texas

as

1941

Stick to Your Guns

as

1943

Colt Comrades

as

1942

Lost Canyon

as

1943

Bar 20

as

1944

Lumberjack

as

1938

Bar 20 Justice

as

1938

The Frontiersmen

as

1938

Pride of the West

as

1939

Range War

as

1939

Renegade Trail

as

1939

Silver on the Sage

as

1939

Sunset Trail

as

1940

Santa Fe Marshal

as

1937

Hopalong Rides Again

as

1938

Partners of the Plains

as

1938

Cassidy of Bar 20

as

1938

Heart of Arizona

as

1945

The Vampire's Ghost

as

1955

Tall Man Riding

as

1966

The Texican

as

1949

Stampede

as

1946

The Catman of Paris

as

1945

The Fatal Witness

as

1958

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

as

1956

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

as

1957

Revolt at Fort Laramie

as

1942

Red River Robin Hood

as

1957

Tomahawk Trail

as

1953

War Paint

as

1945

Three's a Crowd

as

1950

The Kangaroo Kid

as

1943

Buckskin Frontier

as

1954

Arrow In The Dust

as

1965

Convict Stage

as

1957

Outlaw's Son

as

1950

Short Grass

as

1946

Out California Way

as

1951

The Highwayman

as

1944

Call of the Rockies

as

1954

The Yellow Tomahawk

as

1967

Fort Utah

as

1953

The Royal African Rifles

as

1948

Panhandle

as

1955

Fort Yuma

as

1950

Storm Over Wyoming

as

1955

Shotgun

as

1968

Arizona Bushwhackers

as

1955

Desert Sands

as

1954

Dragonfly Squadron

as

1950

Dakota Lil

as

1948

Indian Agent

as

1952

Trail Guide

as

1956

The Broken Star

as

1945

Jungle Raiders

as

1950

Riders of the Range

as

1952

Battle Zone

as

1945

Phantom of the Plains

as

1953

Fighter Attack

as

1933

The Warrior's Husband

as

1965

Town Tamer

as

1938

The Mysterious Rider

as

1953

Fort Vengeance

as

1947

The Red Stallion

as

1952

Desert Passage

as

1953

Cow Country

as

1944

Stagecoach to Monterey

as

1951

Overland Telegraph

as

1965

Fort Courageous

as

1951

Cavalry Scout

as

1948

Belle Starr's Daughter

as

1925

Durand of the Bad Lands

as

1952

The Raiders

as

1952

Fort Osage

as

1936

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as

1939

Heritage of the Desert

as

1952

Road Agent

as

1944

Firebrands of Arizona

as

1936

Empty Saddles

as

1949

Rustlers

as

1947

Robin Hood Of Texas

as

1937

Smoke Tree Range

as

1944

Sheriff of Las Vegas

as

1937

Sandflow

as

1947

Saddle Pals

as

1949

Masked Raiders

as

1940

Cherokee Strip

as

1942

Thundering Hoofs

as

1941

The Roundup

as

1950

Rio Grande Patrol

as

1937

Black Aces

as

1953

Fort Algiers

as

1946

Passkey to Danger

as

1946

Night Train to Memphis

as

1935

A Night at the Opera

as

1937

The Barrier

as

1936

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek

as

1965

War Party

as

1942

Bandit Ranger

as

1934

The Thin Man

as

1936

Fury

as

1944

Bordertown Trail

as

1931

The Spider

as

1936

Moonlight Murder

as

1936

The Garden Murder Case

as

1950

Rider from Tucson

as

1940

Light of Western Stars

as

1949

The Mysterious Desperado

as

1951

Saddle Legion

as

1951

Law of the Badlands

as

1951

Gunplay

as

1951

Pistol Harvest

as

1948

Strike It Rich

as

1954

Return from the Sea

as

1940

Knights of the Range

as

1949

Brothers in the Saddle

as

1946

Traffic in Crime

as

1944

Cheyenne Wildcat

as

1945

Great Stagecoach Robbery

as

1944

Sheriff of Sundown

as

1945

Trail of Kit Carson

as

1948

Guns of Hate

as

1947

Last Frontier Uprising

as

1937

Left-Handed Law

as

1928

Don't Marry

as

1955

Fury

as

1957

The Wayward Girl

as

1934

What Every Woman Knows

as

1957

Taming Sutton’s Gal

as

1947

The Pilgrim Lady

as

1926

Napoleon, Jr.

as

Lassie

as

The Tall Man

as

Daniel Boone

as

Cannonball

as

Laramie

as

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as

Overland Trail

as