Alfred L. Werker

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1896-12-02

Deathday 1975-07-28 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Deadwood, South Dakota, USA

Also Known As Alfred Louis Werker, Albert Werker, Alfred Werker, Al Werker

Alfred L. Werker

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred L. Werker (December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975) was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957. After a number of film production jobs and assistant directing, Werker co-directed his first film, Ridin' the Wind in 1925 alongside director Del Andrews. He was brought in by Fox Film Corporation executives to re-shoot and re-edit Erich von Stroheim's film Hello, Sister! (1933), co-starring Boots Mallory and ZaSu Pitts. Most of Werker's work is unremarkable, but a few were well received by critics. Those films included House of Rothschild (1934) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); the latter film is considered one of the best in the Sherlock Holmes series. During the early 1940s, he directed a number of comedies including Laurel & Hardy's A-Haunting We Will Go (1942). In the late 1940s, Werker worked for the B-picture film studio Eagle-Lion Films. Notable films from that period include the unique mystery thriller Repeat Performance and He Walked by Night. The latter film, however, was taken over by uncredited director Anthony Mann. Werker was nominated in 1949 for the Locarno International Film Festival's Best Police Film category for He Walked By Night (1948) and won. The following year, Alfred was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for Lost Boundaries (1949) but was unsuccessful. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfred L. Werker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

1957
1956
Rebel in Town

as Director

1955
Canyon Crossroads

as Director

1955
At Gunpoint

as Director

1954
1953
The Last Posse

as Director

1953
Devil's Canyon

as Director

1952
1951
Sealed Cargo

as Director

1949
He Walked by Night

as Director

1949
Lost Boundaries

as Director

1947
Repeat Performance

as Director

1947
1946
Shock

as Director

1944
My Pal, Wolf

as Director

1942
1942
Whispering Ghosts

as Director

1942
1941
1941
1939
1939
1938
Kidnapped

as Director

1938
City Girl

as Director

1938
Gateway

as Director

1938
Up the River

as Director

1937
1937
Big Town Girl

as Director

1937
Wild and Woolly

as Director

1936
Love in Exile

as Director

1935
Stolen Harmony

as Director

1934
1934
You Belong to Me

as Director

1933
1933
Hello, Sister!

as Director

1933
1932
Bachelor's Affairs

as Director

1932
The Gay Caballero

as Director

1932
Rackety Rax

as Director

1931
1931
Heartbreak

as Director

1931
Fair Warning

as Director

1930
1930
Double Cross Roads

as Director

1929
Blue Skies

as Director

1928
The Sunset Legion

as Director

1926
The Tough Guy

as Assistant Director

1923
The Love Nest

as Assistant Director

1921
The Love Light

as Assistant Director

1921
Through The Back Door

as Assistant Director

1920
Pollyanna

as Assistant Director

1919
The Hoodlum

as Assistant Director