Harry S. Webb
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-10-15
Day of Death
1959-07-04 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Harry S. Webb
Biography
Harry S. Webb (October 15, 1892 – July 4, 1959) was an American film producer, director and screenwriter. He produced 100 films between 1924 and 1940. He also directed 55 films between 1924 and 1940. He was the brother of "B"-film producer and director Ira S. Webb and the husband of screenwriter Rose Gordon, who wrote many of his films.
In 1933 Webb and Bernard B. Ray created Reliable Pictures Corporation with a studio at Beachwood and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Reliable produced and released many Westerns, starting with Girl Trouble (1933), until the company closed in 1937. Its final release was The Silver Trail.[1]
Webb and Ray then started Metropolitan Pictures Corporation in 1938, which produced and released several films until 1940, its last being Pinto Canyon.[1] Webb then produced Westerns for Monogram Pictures.
He was born in Pennsylvania and died in Hollywood, from a heart attack
Known For
Crew
(1957)
The Parson and the Outlaw
Assistant Director
(1940)
Land of the Six Guns
Producer
(1940)
Covered Wagon Trails
Producer
(1940)
The Kid from Santa Fe
Producer
(1940)
Pioneer Days
Director
(1940)
Riders from Nowhere
Producer
(1940)
Wild Horse Range
Producer
(1939)
Feud of the Range
Director, Producer
(1939)
Riders of the Sage
Director, Producer
(1939)
Port of Hate
Director
(1939)
The Pal from Texas
Director
(1939)
Mesquite Buckaroo
Director
(1938)
(1938)
It's All in Your Mind
Producer
(1936)
Fast Bullets
Director, Associate Producer
(1936)
Roamin' Wild
Producer
(1936)
Santa Fe Bound
Producer, Director
(1936)
Pinto Rustlers
Associate Producer, Director
(1936)
The Crime at Midnight
Associate Producer
(1936)
Caryl of the Mountains
Associate Producer
(1936)
Ridin' On
Associate Producer
(1936)
Step on It
Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer
(1936)
The Speed Reporter
Story
(1935)
Wolf Riders
Associate Producer, Director
(1935)
Coyote Trails
Producer
(1935)
The Laramie Kid
Director, Producer
(1935)
The Live Wire
Director
(1935)
Trigger Tom
Director
(1935)
Born to Battle
Director
(1935)
Texas Jack
Associate Producer
(1935)
North of Arizona
Director
(1935)
The Cactus Kid
Director
(1935)
Tracy Rides
Director
(1935)
Never Too Late
Associate Producer
(1935)
Skull and Crown
Associate Producer
(1935)
Loser's End
Story, Associate Producer
(1935)
Unconquered Bandit
Director
(1934)
Mystery Ranch
Producer
(1934)
Terror of the Plains
Director
(1934)
Ridin' Thru
Director
(1933)
Riot Squad
Director
(1931)
The Mystery Trooper
Producer
(1931)
West of Cheyenne
Director
(1931)
Swanee River
Producer
(1931)
The Sign of the Wolf
Director
(1930)
Westward Bound
Director
(1930)
Ridin' Law
Producer, Director
(1930)
Phantom of the Desert
Director
(1930)
Bar-L Ranch
Director
(1930)
Beyond the Rio Grande
Director
(1929)
The Phantom of the North
Director
(1927)
Heroes of the Wild
Director
(1927)
The Isle of Sunken Gold
Director
(1927)
The Golden Stallion
Director
(1926)
The Thunderbolt Strikes
Director
(1926)
The Man from Oklahoma
Director
(1925)
Silent Sheldon
Director
(1925)
Border Vengeance
Director