Joseph Kane
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-03-19
Day of Death
1975-08-25 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
San Diego, California, USA
Joseph Kane
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (19 March 1894, San Diego – 25 August 1975, Santa Monica, California) was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on western films.
Kane began his career as a professional cellist. In 1934 he took an interest in film directing and, starting in 1935, he co-directed serials for Mascot Pictures and Republic Pictures. He soon became Republic's top Western film director.
Kane's first directorial credit was for The Fighting Marines (1935). When Mascot Pictures and several other small film companies amalgamated into Republic Pictures in 1935, Kane became staff director, remaining at the studio until it ceased production in 1958. He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne in films such as The Lawless Nineties (1936) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1944), and Joseph Schildkraut on The Cheaters (1945). Between 1935 and his death in 1975 he directed 119 films and numerous television series episodes.
Unlike most Republic house directors, Kane was also credited as associate producer on many of his films. Between 1939-57 he was a major film producer, producing over 60 films. Kane was also a film editor and screenwriter responsible for the editing process of over 20 of his films, and he had a brief stint as an actor.
During the 1950s Kane worked steadily in television, with emphasis on Westerns and action series. He spent the last decade of his life as a second-unit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste (1966) and In Enemy Country (1968).
Kane died on August 25, 1975, in Santa Monica, California.
Known For
Crew
The Cherokee Kid
Story
(1975)
Smoke In The Wind
Director
(1968)
In Enemy Country
Second Unit Director
(1968)
Track Of Thunder
Director
(1967)
The Search for the Evil One
Director
(1966)
Country Boy
Director
(1966)
Bat Men of Africa
Director
(1958)
The Man Who Died Twice
Director
(1958)
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Director
(1957)
The Crooked Circle
Director
(1957)
Duel at Apache Wells
Director
(1957)
The Lawless Eighties
Director
(1957)
Last Stagecoach West
Director
(1957)
Spoilers of the Forest
Director, Producer
(1957)
Gunfire at Indian Gap
Director
(1956)
Accused of Murder
Director, Producer
(1956)
Thunder Over Arizona
Director
(1956)
The Maverick Queen
Director
(1955)
The Road to Denver
Associate Producer, Director
(1955)
The Vanishing American
Director
(1955)
Timberjack
Director
(1954)
Jubilee Trail
Director
(1954)
Hell's Outpost
Director
(1953)
Fair Wind to Java
Director, Associate Producer
(1953)
San Antone
Director
(1953)
Sea of Lost Ships
Associate Producer, Director
(1952)
Hoodlum Empire
Director
(1952)
Ride the Man Down
Director, Associate Producer
(1952)
Woman of the North Country
Director
(1951)
Oh! Susanna
Director, Producer
(1951)
Fighting Coast Guard
Director
(1951)
The Sea Hornet
Director
(1950)
The Savage Horde
Director, Producer
(1950)
Rock Island Trail
Director
(1950)
California Passage
Director
(1949)
Brimstone
Director
(1949)
The Last Bandit
Director
(1948)
The Plunderers
Director, Associate Producer
(1948)
The Gallant Legion
Director
(1948)
Old Los Angeles
Director
(1947)
Wyoming
Director
(1946)
The Plainsman and the Lady
Director
(1946)
In Old Sacramento
Director
(1945)
Flame of Barbary Coast
Director
(1945)
Dakota
Director, Associate Producer
(1945)
The Cheaters
Director, Associate Producer
(1944)
Cowboy and the Senorita
Director
(1944)
Hands Across the Border
Director
(1944)
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Director
(1944)
Song of Nevada
Director
(1943)
King of the Cowboys
Director
(1943)
Song of Texas
Director
(1943)
Idaho
Director
(1943)
Man from Music Mountain
Director
(1943)
Silver Spurs
Director
(1942)
Sunset Serenade
Director
(1942)
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Director
(1942)
Heart of the Golden West
Director, Producer
(1942)
Man from Cheyenne
Director, Producer
(1942)
South of Santa Fe
Director, Producer
(1942)
Sunset on the Desert
Director, Producer
(1942)
Romance on the Range
Director
(1942)
Sons of the Pioneers
Director
(1941)
Bad Man of Deadwood
Director, Producer
(1941)
Sheriff of Tombstone
Director
(1941)
In Old Cheyenne
Director, Producer
(1941)
Red River Valley
Director, Producer
(1941)
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Director, Associate Producer
(1941)
Jesse James at Bay
Director
(1941)
Nevada City
Director
(1941)
The Great Train Robbery
Director
(1941)
Rags to Riches
Director
(1940)
The Carson City Kid
Director, Story
(1940)
Colorado
Director
(1940)
The Border Legion
Director, Producer
(1940)
The Ranger and the Lady
Director, Producer
(1940)
Young Buffalo Bill
Director
(1940)
Young Bill Hickok
Director, Associate Producer
(1939)
Rough Riders' Round-up
Director, Producer
(1939)
Days of Jesse James
Associate Producer, Director
(1939)
The Arizona Kid
Producer, Director
(1939)
Southward Ho!
Director, Producer
(1939)
Frontier Pony Express
Director
(1939)
In Old Monterey
Director
(1939)
Saga of Death Valley
Director
(1939)
Wall Street Cowboy
Director
(1939)
In Old Caliente
Director
(1938)
Billy The Kid Returns
Director
(1938)
Under Western Stars
Director
(1938)
The Old Barn Dance
Director
(1938)
Man from Music Mountain
Director
(1938)
Come On, Rangers
Director
(1938)
Shine On Harvest Moon
Director
(1938)
Born to Be Wild
Director
(1938)
Gold Mine in the Sky
Director
(1938)
Arson Racket Squad
Director
(1937)
Boots and Saddles
Director
(1937)
Gunsmoke Ranch
Director
(1937)
Springtime in the Rockies
Director
(1937)
Git Along Little Dogies
Director
(1937)
Public Cowboy No. 1
Director
(1937)
Heart of the Rockies
Director
(1937)
Paradise Express
Director
(1937)
Come on, Cowboys
Director
(1937)
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
Director
(1937)
Round-Up Time in Texas
Director
(1936)
Ride, Ranger, Ride
Director
(1936)
Sharad of Atlantis
Director
(1936)
King of the Pecos
Director
(1936)
The Old Corral
Director
(1936)
The Lawless Nineties
Director
(1936)
Oh, Susanna
Director
(1936)
Guns and Guitars
Director
(1936)
The Lonely Trail
Director
(1936)
Ghost-Town Gold
Director
(1936)
Darkest Africa
Director
(1935)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Director
(1935)
The Sagebrush Troubadour
Director
(1935)
The Fighting Marines
Director
(1935)
Melody Trail
Director
(1933)
I Love That Man
Editor
(1933)
Strictly Personal
Editor
(1932)
Young Bride
Editor
(1932)
70,000 Witnesses
Editor
(1931)
Suicide Fleet
Editor
(1931)
Lonely Wives
Editor
(1931)
The Big Gamble
Editor
(1930)
Her Man
Editor
(1925)
Riding for Life
Story