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Lesley Selander

Director, Additional Credits
Died December 5, 1979 (79 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Fury
  • Shotgun
  • Tomahawk Trail
  • Fort Algiers
  • Three Men from Texas
  • Doomed Caravan
  • Belle Starr's Daughter
  • The Light of Western Stars
  • Robin Hood of Texas
  • Heritage of the Desert
Known For
  • A Night at the Opera
  • The Thin Man
  • Fury
  • Flight to Mars
  • Lassie
  • The Texican
  • Laramie
  • The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
  • Shotgun
  • Flat Top
  • War Paint
  • Fort Yuma
  • The Yellow Tomahawk
  • Revolt at Fort Laramie
  • Desert Sands
  • Arizona Bushwhackers
  • Panhandle
  • Tomahawk Trail
  • Border Patrol
  • Town Tamer
  • Fort Utah
  • I Was an American Spy
  • Fort Vengeance

Filmography

1968
1967
1966
1965
1965
1965
1964
Daniel Boone (TV Series)
1961
Frontier Circus (TV Series)
1960
The Tall Man (TV Series)
1960
Overland Trail (TV Series)
1959
Laramie (TV Series)
1958
Cannonball (TV Series)
1958
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Zane Grey Theater (TV Series)
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Fury (TV Series)
1955
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Lassie (TV Series)
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Cowboy G-Men (TV Series)
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