Biography
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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.
Filmography
all 156
Director 155
Movies 149
TV Shows 7
Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)
Fort Utah (1967)
The Texican (1966)
Town Tamer (1965)
Fort Courageous (1965)
War Party (1965)
Convict Stage (1965)
Daniel Boone (1964)
The Tall Man (1960)
Overland Trail (1960)
Laramie (1959)
Cannonball (1958)
The Wayward Girl (1957)
Taming Sutton’s Gal (1957)
Outlaw's Son (1957)
Tomahawk Trail (1957)
The Broken Star (1956)
Desert Sands (1955)
Fort Yuma (1955)
Tall Man Riding (1955)
Shotgun (1955)
Lassie (1954)
Return from the Sea (1954)
The Yellow Tomahawk (1954)
Arrow In The Dust (1954)
Dragonfly Squadron (1954)
Fighter Attack (1953)
Fort Algiers (1953)
War Paint (1953)
Cow Country (1953)
Fort Vengeance (1953)
The Raiders (1952)
Battle Zone (1952)
Flat Top (1952)
Desert Passage (1952)
Road Agent (1952)
Trail Guide (1952)
Fort Osage (1952)
Overland Telegraph (1951)
Flight To Mars (1951)
Pistol Harvest (1951)
The Highwayman (1951)
Gunplay (1951)
Cavalry Scout (1951)
Saddle Legion (1951)
Law of the Badlands (1951)
Short Grass (1950)
Fury (1950)
The Kangaroo Kid (1950)
Rio Grande Patrol (1950)
Rider from Tucson (1950)
Storm Over Wyoming (1950)
Dakota Lil (1950)
Riders of the Range (1950)
Masked Raiders (1949)
Stampede (1949)
Sky Dragon (1949)
Rustlers (1949)
Indian Agent (1948)
Strike It Rich (1948)
Guns of Hate (1948)
Panhandle (1948)
The Red Stallion (1947)
Blackmail (1947)
Robin Hood Of Texas (1947)
Saddle Pals (1947)
The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
Out California Way (1946)
Traffic in Crime (1946)
Passkey to Danger (1946)
The Catman of Paris (1946)
The Fatal Witness (1945)
Jungle Raiders (1945)
Trail of Kit Carson (1945)
Three's a Crowd (1945)
The Vampire's Ghost (1945)
Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944)
Sheriff of Sundown (1944)
Cheyenne Wildcat (1944)
Bordertown Trail (1944)
Call of the Rockies (1944)
Forty Thieves (1944)
Lumberjack (1944)
Bar 20 (1943)
Colt Comrades (1943)
Buckskin Frontier (1943)
Border Patrol (1943)
Lost Canyon (1942)
Red River Robin Hood (1942)
Undercover Man (1942)
Bandit Ranger (1942)
Thundering Hoofs (1942)
Stick to Your Guns (1941)
Wide Open Town (1941)
Pirates on Horseback (1941)
The Roundup (1941)
Doomed Caravan (1941)
Three Men from Texas (1940)
Cherokee Strip (1940)
Stagecoach War (1940)
Hidden Gold (1940)
Knights of the Range (1940)
Santa Fe Marshal (1940)
Range War (1939)
Renegade Trail (1939)
Silver on the Sage (1939)
Sunset Trail (1939)
The Frontiersmen (1938)
The Mysterious Rider (1938)
Pride of the West (1938)
Bar 20 Justice (1938)
Heart of Arizona (1938)
Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938)
The Barrier (1937)
Black Aces (1937)
Hopalong Rides Again (1937)
Smoke Tree Range (1937)
Left-Handed Law (1937)
Sandflow (1937)
Empty Saddles (1936)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936)
Fury (1936)
Moonlight Murder (1936)
The Garden Murder Case (1936)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
What Every Woman Knows (1934)
The Thin Man (1934)
The Warrior's Husband (1933)
Broadway Bad (1933)
The Spider (1931)
Don't Marry (1928)
Napoleon, Jr. (1926)
Jerry the Giant (1926)
Wolf Blood (1925)
Durand of the Bad Lands (1925)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1900-05-26
Deathday1979-12-05 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
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