Lesley Selander
- Born
- May 26, 1900 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- December 5, 1979
- Director
- assistant_director
- miscellaneous
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.
Filmography · 130 credits
- 1968Arizona Bushwhackers · Director
- 1967Fort Utah · Director
- 1966The Texican · Director
- 1965Town Tamer · Director
- 1965Convict Stage · Director
- 1965Fort Courageous · Director
- 1965War Party · Director
- 1958The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold · Director
- 1957Revolt at Fort Laramie · Director
- 1957Outlaw's Son · Director
- 1957The Wayward Girl · Director
- 1957Taming Sutton's Gal · Director
- 1956Quincannon, Frontier Scout · Director
- 1955Tall Man Riding · Director
- 1955Shotgun · Director
- 1955Fort Yuma · Director
- 1955Desert Sands · Director
- 1954Arrow in the Dust · Director
- 1954The Yellow Tomahawk · Director
- 1954Return from the Sea · Director
- 1953War Paint · Director
- 1953Fort Algiers · Director
- 1953Fort Vengeance · Director
- 1953Cow Country · Director
- 1953Fighter Attack · Director
- 1953Dragonfly Squadron · Director
- 1953The Royal African Rifles · Director
- 1952Flat Top · Director
- 1952Desert Passage · Director
- 1952Fort Osage · Director
- 1952Battle Zone · Director
- 1952The Raiders · Director
- 1952Trail Guide · Director
- 1952Road Agent · Director
- 1951Flight to Mars · Director
- 1951I Was an American Spy · Director
- 1951Gunplay · Director
- 1951Saddle Legion · Director
- 1951Overland Telegraph · Director
- 1951Cavalry Scout · Director
- 1951Law of the Badlands · Director
- 1951Pistol Harvest · Director
- 1951The Highwayman · Director
- 1950Storm Over Wyoming · Director
- 1950Dakota Lil · Director
- 1950Riders of the Range · Director
- 1950Rio Grande Patrol · Director
- 1950Short Grass · Director
- 1950Rider from Tucson · Director
- 1949The Sky Dragon · Director
- 1949Stampede · Director
- 1949Rustlers · Director
- 1949Brothers in the Saddle · Director
- 1949Masked Raiders · Director
- 1949The Mysterious Desperado · Director
- 1948Panhandle · Director
- 1948Belle Starr's Daughter · Director
- 1948Guns of Hate · Director
- 1948Indian Agent · Director
- 1948Strike It Rich · Director
- 1947Blackmail · Director
- 1947Robin Hood of Texas · Director
- 1947The Red Stallion · Director
- 1947Saddle Pals · Director
- 1947Last Frontier Uprising · Director
- 1946The Catman of Paris · Director
- 1946Out California Way · Director
- 1946Passkey to Danger · Director
- 1946Traffic in Crime · Director
- 1946Night Train to Memphis · Director
- 1946The Pilgrim Lady · Director
- 1945The Vampire's Ghost · Director
- 1945The Fatal Witness · Director
- 1945Great Stagecoach Robbery · Director
- 1945Texas Manhunt · Director
- 1945Jungle Raiders · Director
- 1945Trail of Kit Carson · Director
- 1945Three's a Crowd · Director
- 1944Lumberjack · Director
- 1944Forty Thieves · Director
- 1944Call of the Rockies · Director
- 1944Cheyenne Wildcat · Director
- 1944Sheriff of Sundown · Director
- 1944Firebrands of Arizona · Director
- 1944Bordertown Trail · Director
- 1944Sheriff of Las Vegas · Director
- 1944Stagecoach to Monterey · Director
- 1943Border Patrol · Director
- 1943Bar 20 · Director
- 1943Colt Comrades · Director
- 1943Buckskin Frontier · Director
- 1943Riders of the Deadline · Director
- 1942Lost Canyon · Director
- 1942Undercover Man · Director
- 1942Red River Robin Hood · Director
- 1942Bandit Ranger · Director
- 1942Thundering Hoofs · Director
- 1941Wide Open Town · Director
- 1941Doomed Caravan · Director
- 1941Pirates on Horseback · Director
- 1941Stick to Your Guns · Director
- 1941Riders of the Timberline · Director
- 1941The Round Up · Director
- 1940Three Men from Texas · Director
- 1940Hidden Gold · Director
- 1940Santa Fe Marshal · Director
- 1940The Light of Western Stars · Director
- 1940Stagecoach War · Director
- 1940Cherokee Strip · Director
- 1940Knights of the Range · Director
- 1939Silver on the Sage · Director
- 1939Renegade Trail · Director
- 1939Range War · Director
- 1939Heritage of the Desert · Director
- 1938The Frontiersmen · Director
- 1938Heart of Arizona · Director
- 1938Bar 20 Justice · Director
- 1938Sunset Trail · Director
- 1938Partners of the Plains · Director
- 1938Pride of the West · Director
- 1938Cassidy of Bar 20 · Director
- 1938The Mysterious Rider · Director
- 1937Hopalong Rides Again · Director
- 1937Left Handed Law · Director
- 1937Sandflow · Director
- 1937The Barrier · Director
- 1937Smoke Tree Range · Director
- 1936Empty Saddles · Director
- 1936The Boss Rider of Gun Creek · Director
- 1936Ride 'Em Cowboy · Director