D. Ross Lederman

D. Ross Lederman
Born	David Ross Lederman (1894-12-12)December 12, 1894 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	August 24, 1972(1972-08-24) (aged 77) Hollywood, California, US
Occupation(s)	Film director, producer, writer
Years active	1925–1960

David Ross Lederman (December 12, 1894, Lancaster, Pennsylvania – August 24, 1972) was an American film director noted for his western/action/adventure films of the 1930s and 1940s.

Starting out as an extra in Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops series, D. Ross Lederman worked his way through the ranks of film production, and first made his mark as a second-unit director. He directed several B western many serials in the early 1930s, for instance on films such as Two-Fisted Law and Texas Cyclone both 1932 in which he worked with actors Tim McCoy and the young John Wayne. Becoming a full feature director in the late 1930s, he specialized in action films and especially westerns, continuing to produce films with Tim McCoy at Columbia Pictures.

Style

By most accounts Lederman was regarded as a somewhat brusque man with an aversion to retakes and prima donna behavior and he conflicted with McCoy on more than one occasion. Lederman was renowned for his strict filming regime and to produce films before time and under budget which could only have helped to ensure his consistent employment as a director, but was often criticised by critics in that several of his films looked rushed.

In the 1950s Lederman, like many of his "B" picture colleagues, concentrated on series television, and directed most notably many episodes of Annie Oakley (1954), Buffalo Bill Jr, and Range Rider, amongst others, retiring in the early sixties.

He was married from the mid 40's through the mid 50's to June Lederman and stepfather to her son, Rusty, born about 1943. Lederman died in 1972.

Filmography

Films

• The Return of the Whistler (1948)
• Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950)
• Key Witness (1947)
• The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947)
• Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
• Sing While You Dance (1946)
• Dangerous Business (1946)
• The Phantom Thief (1946)
• The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
• Out of the Depths (1945)
• Navy Nurse (1945) (Short)
• The Last Ride (1944)
• Three of a Kind (1944)
• The Racket Man (1944)
• Gun to Gun (1944) (Short)
• Find the Blackmailer (1943)
• Adventure in Iraq (1943)
• The Gorilla Man (1943)
• Busses Roar (1942)
• Escape from Crime (1942)
• I Was Framed (1942)
• Bullet Scars (1942)
• The Body Disappears (1941)
• Passage from Hong Kong (1941)
• Here Comes the Cavalry (1941) (Short) (as Ross Lederman)
• Strange Alibi (1941)
• Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
• Across the Sierras (1941)
• Father's Son (1941)
• Thundering Frontier (1940)
• Glamour for Sale (1940)
• Military Academy (1940)
• Racketeers of the Range (1939)
• North of Shanghai (1939)
• The Little Adventuress (1938)
• Adventure in Sahara (1938)
• Juvenile Court (1938)
• Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
• The Game That Kills (1937)
• A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
• The Frame-Up (1937)
• I Promise to Pay (1937)
• Motor Madness (1937)
• Counterfeit Lady (1936)
• Come Closer, Folks (1936)
• Alibi for Murder (1936)
• The Final Hour (1936)
• Panic on the Air (1936)
• Pride of the Marines (1936)
• Hell-Ship Morgan (1936)
• Too Tough to Kill (1935)
• Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
• Case of the Missing Man (1935)
• Dinky (1935)
• Red Hot Tires (1935)
• Murder in the Clouds (1934)
• Girl in Danger (1934)
• Beyond the Law (1934)
• A Man's Game (1934)
• Hell Bent for Love (1934)
• The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)
• Rusty Rides Alone (1933)
• The Whirlwind (1933)
• Soldiers of the Storm (1933)
• Silent Men (1933)
• State Trooper (1933)
• End of the Trail (1932)
• Speed Demon (1932)
• McKenna of the Mounted (1932)
• Daring Danger (1932)
• Two-Fisted Law (1932)
• The Riding Tornado (1932)
• High Speed (1932)
• Texas Cyclone (1932)
• Ridin' for Justice (1932) (as Ross Lederman)
• The Range Feud (1931)
• The Fighting Marshal (1931)
• Branded (1931)
• The Texas Ranger (1931)
• The Phantom of the West (1931)
• The Man Hunter (1930) (as Ross Lederman)
• The Million Dollar Collar (1929)
• Shadows of the Night (1928)
• Rinty of the Desert (1928)
• A Race for Life (1928)
• A Dog of the Regiment (1927) (as Ross Lederman)
• Sheiks in Bagdad (1925) (Short) (as Ross Lederman)

External links

• D. Ross Lederman at Internet Movie Database