Lesley Selander

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1900-05-26

Deathday 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.

Known For

Director

1968
1967
Fort Utah

as Director

1966
The Texican

as Director

1965
Convict Stage

as Director

1965
Town Tamer

as Director

1965
Fort Courageous

as Director

1965
War Party

as Director

1964
Daniel Boone

as Director

1960
The Tall Man

as Director

1960
Overland Trail

as Director

1959
Laramie

as Director

1958
Cannonball

as Director

1957
1957
Tomahawk Trail

as Director

1957
Outlaw's Son

as Director

1957
The Wayward Girl

as Director

1957
1956
The Broken Star

as Director

1955
Tall Man Riding

as Director

1955
Fort Yuma

as Director

1955
Shotgun

as Director

1955
Desert Sands

as Director

1954
Arrow In The Dust

as Director

1954
1954
Dragonfly Squadron

as Director

1954
1954
Lassie

as Director

1953
War Paint

as Director

1953
1953
Fighter Attack

as Director

1953
Fort Vengeance

as Director

1953
Cow Country

as Director

1953
Fort Algiers

as Director

1952
Flat Top

as Director

1952
Trail Guide

as Director

1952
Battle Zone

as Director

1952
Desert Passage

as Director

1952
The Raiders

as Director

1952
Fort Osage

as Director

1952
Road Agent

as Director

1951
Flight To Mars

as Director

1951
1951
The Highwayman

as Director

1951
Overland Telegraph

as Director

1951
Cavalry Scout

as Director

1951
Saddle Legion

as Director

1951
Pistol Harvest

as Director

1951
1951
Gunplay

as Director

1950
The Kangaroo Kid

as Director

1950
Short Grass

as Director

1950
Storm Over Wyoming

as Director

1950
Dakota Lil

as Director

1950
1950
Rio Grande Patrol

as Director

1950
Rider from Tucson

as Director

1950
Fury

as Director

1949
Sky Dragon

as Director

1949
Stampede

as Director

1949
Rustlers

as Director

1949
Masked Raiders

as Director

1949
1949
1948
Panhandle

as Director

1948
Indian Agent

as Director

1948
1948
Strike It Rich

as Director

1948
Guns of Hate

as Director

1947
Blackmail

as Director

1947
The Red Stallion

as Director

1947
1947
Saddle Pals

as Director

1947
1947
The Pilgrim Lady

as Director

1946
1946
Out California Way

as Director

1946
1946
Passkey to Danger

as Director

1946
Traffic in Crime

as Director

1945
1945
The Fatal Witness

as Director

1945
Three's a Crowd

as Director

1945
Jungle Raiders

as Director

1945
1945
1945
1944
Forty Thieves

as Director

1944
Lumberjack

as Director

1944
1944
1944
1944
1944
Bordertown Trail

as Director

1944
Cheyenne Wildcat

as Director

1944
Sheriff of Sundown

as Director

1943
Border Patrol

as Director

1943
1943
Bar 20

as Director

1943
Colt Comrades

as Director

1943
Buckskin Frontier

as Director

1942
Undercover Man

as Director

1942
Lost Canyon

as Director

1942
1942
Thundering Hoofs

as Director

1942
Bandit Ranger

as Director

1941
Doomed Caravan

as Director

1941
1941
1941
Stick to Your Guns

as Director

1941
Wide Open Town

as Director

1941
The Roundup

as Director

1940
Stagecoach War

as Director

1940
Hidden Gold

as Director

1940
1940
Santa Fe Marshal

as Director

1940
Cherokee Strip

as Director

1940
1940
1939
Sunset Trail

as Director

1939
Range War

as Director

1939
Silver on the Sage

as Director

1939
Renegade Trail

as Director

1939
1938
Cassidy of Bar 20

as Director

1938
Pride of the West

as Director

1938
The Frontiersmen

as Director

1938
Bar 20 Justice

as Director

1938
1938
Heart of Arizona

as Director

1938
1937
1937
Smoke Tree Range

as Director

1937
Sandflow

as Director

1937
Black Aces

as Director

1937
The Barrier

as Director

1937
Left-Handed Law

as Director

1936
Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Director

1936
Empty Saddles

as Director

1936
Fury

as Assistant Director

1936
The Garden Murder Case

as Assistant Director

1936
Moonlight Murder

as Assistant Director

1935
A Night at the Opera

as Assistant Director

1934
The Thin Man

as Assistant Director

1934
What Every Woman Knows

as Assistant Director

1933
The Warrior's Husband

as Assistant Director

1933
Broadway Bad

as Assistant Director

1931
The Spider

as Assistant Director

1928
Don't Marry

as Assistant Director

1926
Napoleon, Jr.

as Director

1925
Durand of the Bad Lands

as Assistant Director

Camera

1925
Wolf Blood

as Director of Photography