Phil Karlson

Director, Escritor, Actor, Productor

2 de julio de 1908 — 12 de diciembre de 1985 (77 años)
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Phil Karlson (July 2, 1908, Chicago, Illinois – December 12, 1985, Los Angeles, California) was a film director known for his no-nonsense film noirs. Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island all with actor John Payne in the early 1950s. Other films include Rocky (1948), The Phenix City Story (1955), 5 Against the House (1955) and The Young Doctors (1961).

Phil Karlson was the son of popular Irish actress Lillian O'Brien.

He studied painting at Chicago's Art Institute, and law, at his father's request, at Loyola Marymount University in California.

Karlson got into the film industry working as a prop man while a law student. After working a number of film jobs, including being an assistant director for a number of Abbott and Costello films, Karlson directed his first film in 1944 and in 1948 directed the first film starring Marilyn Monroe, Ladies of the Chorus. He worked on a number of low-budget projects for Monogram Pictures and Eagle-Lion Films before making his mark in 1950. It was then that he was known for directing tough, realistic and sometimes violent gritty crime films. In the 1960s the quality of his directed films declined, which included working on Kid Galahad (1962) with Elvis Presley and two Dean Martin Matt Helm spy films, including The Wrecking Crew (1969) co-starring Sharon Tate and Elke Sommer. He had his biggest success in 1973 when he directed the hit film, Walking Tall. The film made the director a rich man many times over, thanks to the fact that he owned a huge part of the movie.

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Películas y series en Plex

  • El cuarto hombre
    El cuarto hombre1952
  • Ben, La Rata Asesina
    Ben, La Rata Asesina1972
  • Nido de avispas
    Nido de avispas1970

Conocido por

  • El cuarto hombre
    El cuarto hombre1952
  • Pisando Fuerte
    Pisando Fuerte1973
  • La mansión de los siete placeres
    La mansión de los siete placeres1968
  • Trágica información
    Trágica información1952
  • Los silenciadores
    Los silenciadores1966
  • Calle River, 99
    Calle River, 991953
  • Ben, La Rata Asesina
    Ben, La Rata Asesina1972
  • El lobo humano
    El lobo humano1935
  • El imperio del terror
    El imperio del terror1955
  • Piso de lona
    Piso de lona1962
  • El hombre invisible vuelve
    El hombre invisible vuelve1940
  • Testimonio fatal (En un aprieto)
    Testimonio fatal (En un aprieto)1955
  • El salario de la violencia
    El salario de la violencia1958
  • 5 contra la banca
    5 contra la banca1955
  • Los hermanos Rico
    Los hermanos Rico1957
  • Las chicas del coro
    Las chicas del coro1948
  • Del infierno a la eternidad
    Del infierno a la eternidad1960
  • Marineros mareados
    Marineros mareados1941
  • Charlie Chan en Alcatraz
    Charlie Chan en Alcatraz1946
  • Charlie Chan en La Cobra de Shangai
    Charlie Chan en La Cobra de Shangai1945

Filmography