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Lesley Selander
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BirthplaceLos Angeles, California, USA
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Lesley Selander

Director· Los Angeles, California, USA

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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

73 credits across 1 departments.

YearTitleRoleType
1968Arizona BushwhackersDirectorFilm
1967Fort UtahDirectorFilm
1966The TexicanDirectorFilm
1965Convict StageDirectorFilm
1965Town TamerDirectorFilm
1958The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of GoldDirectorFilm
1957Tomahawk TrailDirectorFilm
1957Revolt at Fort LaramieDirectorFilm
1957Outlaw's SonDirectorFilm
1956Quincannon, Frontier ScoutDirectorFilm
1955Fort YumaDirectorFilm
1955Desert SandsDirectorFilm
1955Tall Man RidingDirectorFilm
1955ShotgunDirectorFilm
1954Return from the SeaDirectorFilm
1954Dragonfly SquadronDirectorFilm
1954Arrow In The DustDirectorFilm
1954The Yellow TomahawkDirectorFilm
1953War PaintDirectorFilm
1953The Royal African RiflesDirectorFilm
1952Flat TopDirectorFilm
1952Trail GuideDirectorFilm
1951I Was an American SpyDirectorFilm
1951Flight to MarsDirectorFilm
1951The HighwaymanDirectorFilm
1950Rio Grande PatrolDirectorFilm
1950Riders of the RangeDirectorFilm
1950Storm Over WyomingDirectorFilm
1950Short GrassDirectorFilm
1950The Kangaroo KidDirectorFilm
1949StampedeDirectorFilm
1949Sky DragonDirectorFilm
1948PanhandleDirectorFilm
1947BlackmailDirectorFilm
1947The Red StallionDirectorFilm
1946The Catman of ParisDirectorFilm
1946Out California WayDirectorFilm
1945Three's a CrowdDirectorFilm
1945The Fatal WitnessDirectorFilm
1945The Vampire's GhostDirectorFilm
1944Sheriff of SundownDirectorFilm
1944Forty ThievesDirectorFilm
1944LumberjackDirectorFilm
1944Call of the RockiesDirectorFilm
1943Border PatrolDirectorFilm
1943Colt ComradesDirectorFilm
1943Riders of the DeadlineDirectorFilm
1943Bar 20DirectorFilm
1943Buckskin FrontierDirectorFilm
1942Lost CanyonDirectorFilm
1942Undercover ManDirectorFilm
1942Red River Robin HoodDirectorFilm
1941Doomed CaravanDirectorFilm
1941Pirates on HorsebackDirectorFilm
1941Stick to Your GunsDirectorFilm
1941Wide Open TownDirectorFilm
1941Riders of the TimberlineDirectorFilm
1940Santa Fe MarshalDirectorFilm
1940Hidden GoldDirectorFilm
1940The Light of Western StarsDirectorFilm
1940Stagecoach WarDirectorFilm
1940Three Men from TexasDirectorFilm
1939Renegade TrailDirectorFilm
1939Range WarDirectorFilm
1939Silver on the SageDirectorFilm
1939Sunset TrailDirectorFilm
1938Cassidy of Bar 20DirectorFilm
1938Partners of the PlainsDirectorFilm
1938Heart of ArizonaDirectorFilm
1938Bar 20 JusticeDirectorFilm
1938Pride of the WestDirectorFilm
1938The FrontiersmenDirectorFilm
1937Hopalong Rides AgainDirectorFilm

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