Joseph Kane
Director, Producer, Editor, Actor
March 19, 1894 — August 25, 1975 (81 years)
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Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (19 March 1894, San Diego – 25 August 1975, Santa Monica, California) was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on western films.
Kane began his career as a professional cellist. In 1934 he took an interest in film directing and, starting in 1935, he co-directed serials for Mascot Pictures and Republic Pictures. He soon became Republic's top Western film director.
Kane's first directorial credit was for The Fighting Marines (1935). When Mascot Pictures and several other small film companies amalgamated into Republic Pictures in 1935, Kane became staff director, remaining at the studio until it ceased production in 1958. He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne in films such as The Lawless Nineties (1936) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1944), and Joseph Schildkraut on The Cheaters (1945). Between 1935 and his death in 1975 he directed 119 films and numerous television series episodes.
Unlike most Republic house directors, Kane was also credited as associate producer on many of his films. Between 1939-57 he was a major film producer, producing over 60 films. Kane was also a film editor and screenwriter responsible for the editing process of over 20 of his films, and he had a brief stint as an actor.
During the 1950s Kane worked steadily in television, with emphasis on Westerns and action series. He spent the last decade of his life as a second-unit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste (1966) and In Enemy Country (1968).
Kane died on August 25, 1975, in Santa Monica, California.
Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (19 March 1894, San Diego – 25 August 1975, Santa Monica, California) was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on western films.
Kane began his career as a professional cellist. In 1934 he took an interest in film directing and, starting in 1935, he co-directed serials for Mascot Pictures and Republic Pictures. He soon became Republic's top Western film director.
Kane's first directorial credit was for The Fighting Marines (1935). When Mascot Pictures and several other small film companies amalgamated into Republic Pictures in 1935, Kane became staff director, remaining at the studio until it ceased production in 1958. He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne in films such as The Lawless Nineties (1936) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1944), and Joseph Schildkraut on The Cheaters (1945). Between 1935 and his death in 1975 he directed 119 films and numerous television series episodes.
Unlike most Republic house directors, Kane was also credited as associate producer on many of his films. Between 1939-57 he was a major film producer, producing over 60 films. Kane was also a film editor and screenwriter responsible for the editing process of over 20 of his films, and he had a brief stint as an actor.
During the 1950s Kane worked steadily in television, with emphasis on Westerns and action series. He spent the last decade of his life as a second-unit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste (1966) and In Enemy Country (1968).
Kane died on August 25, 1975, in Santa Monica, California.
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| 1959 | BonanzaOn Plex |
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| 1957 | 26 MenOn Plex |
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| 1957 | Duel at Apache WellsOn Plex |
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| 1952 | Ride the Man DownOn Plex |
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| 1950 | California PassageOn Plex |
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| 1948 | Old Los AngelesOn Plex |
| 1947 | WyomingOn Plex |
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| 1944 | Song of NevadaOn Plex |
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| 1944 | Cowboy and the SenoritaOn Plex |
| 1943 | Hands Across the BorderOn Plex |
| 1943 | Man from Music MountainOn Plex |
| 1943 | Silver SpursOn Plex |
| 1943 | Song of TexasOn Plex |
| 1943 | King of the CowboysOn Plex |
| 1943 | IdahoOn Plex |
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| 1942 | Sunset SerenadeOn Plex |
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| 1941 | In Old CheyenneOn Plex |
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| 1940 | Young Bill HickokOn Plex |
| 1940 | ColoradoOn Plex |
| 1940 | The Ranger and the LadyOn Plex |
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| 1940 | Young Buffalo BillOn Plex |
| 1939 | Days of Jesse JamesOn Plex |
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| 1939 | In Old MontereyOn Plex |
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| 1938 | Billy the Kid ReturnsOn Plex |
| 1938 | Man from Music MountainOn Plex |
| 1938 | Gold Mine in the SkyOn Plex |
| 1938 | Under Western StarsOn Plex |
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| 1938 | The Old Barn DanceOn Plex |
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| 1937 | Boots and SaddlesOn Plex |
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| 1937 | Public Cowboy No. 1On Plex |
| 1937 | Yodelin' Kid from Pine RidgeOn Plex |
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| 1937 | Gunsmoke RanchOn Plex |
| 1937 | Git Along Little DogiesOn Plex |
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| 1936 | The Old CorralOn Plex |
| 1936 | The Big ShowOn Plex |
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| 1936 | Oh, Susanna!On Plex |
| 1936 | Guns and GuitarsOn Plex |
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| 1935 | Sagebrush TroubadourOn Plex |
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| 1935 | Tumbling TumbleweedsOn Plex |
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| 1957 | Duel at Apache Wells · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
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| 1956 | Thunder Over Arizona · as Associate Producer |
| 1956 | The Maverick Queen · as Associate Producer |
| 1955 | The Road to Denver · as Associate Producer |
| 1955 | Timberjack · as Associate Producer |
| 1954 | Hell's Outpost · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
| 1954 | Jubilee Trail · as Associate Producer |
| 1953 | Sea of Lost Ships · as Associate Producer |
| 1953 | Fair Wind to Java · as Associate Producer |
| 1953 | San Antone · as Associate Producer |
| 1952 | Ride the Man Down · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
| 1952 | Woman of the North Country · as Associate Producer |
| 1952 | Hoodlum Empire · as Associate Producer |
| 1951 | The Sea Hornet · as Associate Producer |
| 1951 | Fighting Coast Guard · as Associate Producer |
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| 1950 | California Passage · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
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| 1949 | Brimstone · as Associate Producer |
| 1949 | The Last Bandit · as Associate Producer |
| 1948 | The Plunderers · as Associate Producer |
| 1948 | The Gallant Legion · as Associate Producer |
| 1948 | Old Los Angeles · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
| 1947 | Wyoming · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
| 1946 | Plainsman and the Lady · as Associate Producer |
| 1946 | In Old Sacramento · as Associate Producer |
| 1945 | Dakota · as Associate Producer |
| 1945 | The Cheaters · as Associate Producer |
| 1945 | Flame of Barbary Coast · as Associate Producer |
| 1943 | Idaho · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
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| 1942 | Sunset Serenade · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
| 1942 | Sons of the Pioneers · as Associate Producer |
| 1942 | Romance on the Range · as Associate Producer |
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| 1941 | Jesse James at Bay · as Associate Producer |
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| 1941 | Nevada City · as Associate Producer |
| 1941 | Sheriff of Tombstone · as Associate Producer |
| 1941 | In Old CheyenneOn Plex |
| 1941 | The Great Train Robbery · as Associate Producer |
| 1941 | Robin Hood of the Pecos · as Associate Producer |
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| 1940 | Young Bill Hickok · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
| 1940 | Colorado · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
| 1940 | The Ranger and the LadyOn Plex |
| 1940 | The Carson City Kid · as Associate Producer |
| 1940 | Young Buffalo Bill · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
| 1939 | Days of Jesse James · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
| 1939 | Saga of Death Valley · as Associate Producer |
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| 1939 | Wall Street Cowboy · as Associate Producer |
| 1939 | In Old Caliente · as Associate Producer |
| 1939 | Frontier Pony Express · as Associate Producer |
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| 1931 | Lonely WivesOn Plex |
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| 1966 | Country Boy · as The President |
| 1968 | In Enemy Country · as Second Unit Director |
| 1946 | In Old Sacramento · as Story "diamond Carlisle" |
| 1940 | The Carson City Kid · as Story |
| 1931 | Prestige · as Film Editor |
| 1925 | Riding for Life · as Story |