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Joseph H. Lewis Biography (1900-)

Born April 6, 1900 (one source says 1907), in New York, NY.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

editor, director

Birth Details

April 6, 1900

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Work; Editor
• (With Ray Curtis) Harmony Lane, Republic, 1935.
• The Headline Woman, Mascot, 1935.
• Ladies Crave Excitement, Mascot, 1935.
• Streamline Express, Republic, 1935.
• One Frightened Night, Mascot, 1935.
• The Devil on Horseback, Grand National, 1936.
• (With Lester Orlebeck) King of the Pecos, Republic, 1936.
• (With Murray Seldeen) Laughing Irish Eyes, Republic, 1936.
• Credits; Film Work; Director, Except Where Indicated
• Courage of the West, Universal, 1937.
• Singing Outlaw, Universal, 1937.
• Border Wolves, Universal, 1938.
• The Last Stand, Universal, 1938.
• The Spy Ring (also known as International Spy), Universal,1938.
• Blazing Six Shooters (released in England as Stolen Wealth), Columbia, 1940.
• Boys of the City (also known as The Ghost Creeps), Monogram, 1940.
• The Man from Tumbleweeds, Columbia, 1940.
• The Return of Wild Bill, Columbia, 1940.
• Texas Stagecoach (released in England as Two Roads), Columbia, 1940.
• That Gang of Mine, Monogram, 1940.
• Two-Fisted Rangers, Columbia, 1940.
• Arizona Cyclone, Universal, 1941.
• The Invisible Ghost, Monogram, 1941.
• Pride of the Bowery, Monogram, 1941.
• Criminals Within, Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941.
• The Boss of Hangtown Mesa, Universal, 1942.
• Bombs over Burma, Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942.
• The Mad Doctor of Market Street, Universal, 1942.
• Secrets of a Co-Ed (released in England as Silent Witness),Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942.
• The Silver Bullet, Universal, 1942.
• Minstrel Man, Producers Releasing Corporation, 1944.
• The Falcon in San Francisco, RKO Radio Pictures, 1945.
• My Name is Julia Ross, Columbia, 1945.
• (Director of choreography sequences) The Jolson Story, Columbia, 1946.
• So Dark the Night, Columbia, 1946.
• The Swordsman, Columbia, 1947.
• The Return of October, Columbia, 1948.
• The Undercover Man, Columbia, 1949.
• Gun Crazy (also known as Deadly Is the Female), United Artists (UA), 1949.
• A Lady without Passport, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1950.
• Retreat, Hell, Warner Brothers, 1952.
• Desperate Search, MGM, 1952.
• Cry of the Hunted, MGM, 1953.
• The Big Combo, Allied Artists, 1955.
• A Lawless Street, Columbia, 1955.
• Seventh Calvalry, Columbia, 1956.
• The Halliday Brand, UA, 1957.
• Terror in a Texas Town, UA, 1958.
• Made directorial debut on Navy Spy, 1937, sharing the credit withCrane Wilbur. Also directed The Last Stand, 1938.
• Credits; Television Work; Episodic Director
• Alcoa/Goodyear Theater, NBC, 1958-60.
• The Rifleman, ABC, 1958-63.
• The Detectives, ABC, 1959-61 (thirty minute episodes), and 1961-62(sixty minute episodes).
• The Defenders, CBS, 1961-65.
• The Investigators, CBS, 1961.
• The Dick Powell Show, NBC, 1961-63.
• Branded, NBC, 1965-66.
• The Big Valley, ABC, 1965-69.
• Contributed to The Barbara Stanwyck Show.*