Lesley Selander
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-05-26
Day of Death
1979-12-05 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Crew
(1968)
Arizona Bushwhackers
Director
(1967)
Fort Utah
Director
(1966)
The Texican
Director
(1965)
Convict Stage
Director
(1965)
Town Tamer
Director
(1965)
Fort Courageous
Director
(1965)
War Party
Director
(1958)
(1957)
Revolt at Fort Laramie
Director
(1957)
Tomahawk Trail
Director
(1957)
Outlaw's Son
Director
(1957)
The Wayward Girl
Director
(1957)
Taming Sutton’s Gal
Director
(1956)
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
Director
(1956)
The Broken Star
Director
(1955)
Tall Man Riding
Director
(1955)
Fort Yuma
Director
(1955)
Shotgun
Director
(1955)
Desert Sands
Director
(1955)
Fury
Director
(1954)
Arrow In The Dust
Director
(1954)
The Yellow Tomahawk
Director
(1954)
Dragonfly Squadron
Director
(1954)
Return from the Sea
Director
(1953)
War Paint
Director
(1953)
The Royal African Rifles
Director
(1953)
Fighter Attack
Director
(1953)
Fort Vengeance
Director
(1953)
Cow Country
Director
(1953)
Fort Algiers
Director
(1952)
Flat Top
Director
(1952)
Trail Guide
Director
(1952)
Battle Zone
Director
(1952)
Desert Passage
Director
(1952)
The Raiders
Director
(1952)
Fort Osage
Director
(1952)
Road Agent
Director
(1951)
Flight to Mars
Director
(1951)
I Was an American Spy
Director
(1951)
The Highwayman
Director
(1951)
Overland Telegraph
Director
(1951)
Cavalry Scout
Director
(1951)
Saddle Legion
Director
(1951)
Pistol Harvest
Director
(1951)
Law of the Badlands
Director
(1951)
Gunplay
Director
(1950)
The Kangaroo Kid
Director
(1950)
Short Grass
Director
(1950)
Storm Over Wyoming
Director
(1950)
Dakota Lil
Director
(1950)
Riders of the Range
Director
(1950)
Rio Grande Patrol
Director
(1950)
Rider from Tucson
Director
(1949)
Sky Dragon
Director
(1949)
Stampede
Director
(1949)
Rustlers
Director
(1949)
Masked Raiders
Director
(1949)
The Mysterious Desperado
Director
(1949)
Brothers in the Saddle
Director
(1948)
Panhandle
Director
(1948)
Indian Agent
Director
(1948)
Belle Starr's Daughter
Director
(1948)
Strike It Rich
Director
(1948)
Guns of Hate
Director
(1947)
Blackmail
Director
(1947)
The Red Stallion
Director
(1947)
Robin Hood Of Texas
Director
(1947)
Saddle Pals
Director
(1947)
Last Frontier Uprising
Director
(1947)
The Pilgrim Lady
Director
(1946)
The Catman of Paris
Director
(1946)
Out California Way
Director
(1946)
Night Train to Memphis
Director
(1946)
Passkey to Danger
Director
(1946)
Traffic in Crime
Director
(1945)
The Vampire's Ghost
Director
(1945)
The Fatal Witness
Director
(1945)
Three's a Crowd
Director
(1945)
Jungle Raiders
Director
(1945)
Phantom of the Plains
Director
(1945)
Great Stagecoach Robbery
Director
(1945)
Trail of Kit Carson
Director
(1944)
Forty Thieves
Director
(1944)
Lumberjack
Director
(1944)
Call of the Rockies
Director
(1944)
Stagecoach to Monterey
Director
(1944)
Firebrands of Arizona
Director
(1944)
Sheriff of Las Vegas
Director
(1944)
Bordertown Trail
Director
(1944)
Cheyenne Wildcat
Director
(1944)
Sheriff of Sundown
Director
(1943)
Border Patrol
Director
(1943)
Riders of the Deadline
Director
(1943)
Bar 20
Director
(1943)
Colt Comrades
Director
(1943)
Buckskin Frontier
Director
(1942)
Undercover Man
Director
(1942)
Lost Canyon
Director
(1942)
Red River Robin Hood
Director
(1942)
Thundering Hoofs
Director
(1942)
Bandit Ranger
Director
(1941)
Doomed Caravan
Director
(1941)
Riders of the Timberline
Director
(1941)
Pirates on Horseback
Director
(1941)
Stick to Your Guns
Director
(1941)
Wide Open Town
Director
(1941)
The Roundup
Director
(1940)
Stagecoach War
Director
(1940)
Hidden Gold
Director
(1940)
Three Men from Texas
Director
(1940)
Santa Fe Marshal
Director
(1940)
Cherokee Strip
Director
(1940)
Light of Western Stars
Director
(1940)
Knights of the Range
Director
(1939)
Sunset Trail
Director
(1939)
Range War
Director
(1939)
Silver on the Sage
Director
(1939)
Renegade Trail
Director
(1939)
Heritage of the Desert
Director
(1938)
Cassidy of Bar 20
Director
(1938)
Pride of the West
Director
(1938)
The Frontiersmen
Director
(1938)
Bar 20 Justice
Director
(1938)
Partners of the Plains
Director
(1938)
Heart of Arizona
Director
(1938)
The Mysterious Rider
Director
(1937)
Hopalong Rides Again
Director
(1937)
Smoke Tree Range
Director
(1937)
Sandflow
Director
(1937)
Black Aces
Director
(1937)
The Barrier
Director
(1937)
Left-Handed Law
Director
(1936)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Director
(1936)
Empty Saddles
Director
(1936)
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Director
(1936)
Fury
Assistant Director
(1936)
The Garden Murder Case
Assistant Director
(1936)
Moonlight Murder
Assistant Director
(1935)
A Night at the Opera
Assistant Director
(1934)
The Thin Man
Assistant Director
(1934)
What Every Woman Knows
Assistant Director
(1933)
The Warrior's Husband
Assistant Director
(1933)
Broadway Bad
Assistant Director
(1931)
The Spider
Assistant Director
(1928)
Don't Marry
Assistant Director
(1926)
Napoleon, Jr.
Director
(1925)
Durand of the Bad Lands
Assistant Director
(1925)
Wolf Blood
Director of Photography