Gordon Douglas
Gordon Douglas (born December 15, 1907 in New York City , † September 29, 1993 in Los Angeles ) was an American film director .
life and career
Gordon Douglas' film career began in the early 1930s as a casting director and actor in the studio of comedy specialist Hal Roach . As an actor he had little success and had to be content with minor supporting roles. At Hal Roach Studios, he also started his career as a director in 1935, namely as director of the short film comedies of the Our Gang series (German: The little rascals ). His third film, Bored of Education , won a short film Oscar . During this time he also made films with Oliver Hardy ( Zenobia, the fairground elephant ) and with Hardy and Stan Laurel ( On the High Seas ).
Then Douglas established himself in Hollywood as a director who performed reliable quality work in a wide variety of genres, but was also quite capable of creating outstanding works of genre film. In addition to various well-known westerns, Formicula from 1954 deserves mention in this context, which brought giant ants to the big screen before Jack Arnold's tarantula , here mutated by atomic tests. He had previously directed I Was FBI Mann MC, a political tendency film in support of Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist policies . In 1960 with The Gold of the Seven Mountains and 1961 with Jenseits des Ruwenzori , he also made two films with Roger Moore in the leading role.
Douglas made his last film in 1976. In September 1993, he died of cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 85.
Filmography (selection)
As an actor
- 1930: Teacher's Pet
- 1931: The Lady on the Shoulder (Chickens Come Home)
- 1931: Under lock and key (Pardon Us)
- 1931: On the Loose
- 1931: Savior in need (One Good Turn)
- 1931: In the desert (Beau Hunks)
- 1932: Birthday Blues
- 1932: The Knockout
- 1933: The Fatal Glass of Beer
As a director
- 1936: Bored of Education
- 1939: Zenobia, the fairground elephant (Zenobia)
- 1940: On the high seas (Saps At Sea)
- 1941: Topper 2 - The Haunted Castle (Topper Returns)
- 1942: The Devil with Hitler
- 1944: Gildersleeve's Ghost
- 1950: Robin Hood's Retribution (Rogues of Sherwood Forest)
- 1950: Love under Black Sails (Fortunes of Captain Blood)
- 1950: The Nevadan
- 1950: You Won't See Tomorrow (Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye)
- 1951: Until the Last Breath (Only The Valiant)
- 1951: I was an FBI Mann MC (I Was a Communist for the FBI)
- 1953: The Charge At Feather River
- 1954: Formicula (Them!)
- 1954: One shouldn't play with love (Young at Heart)
- 1956: Secret Freight (Santiago)
- 1957: Bomber B-52 (Bombers B-52)
- 1958: To Fort Dobbs at the pace of hell (Fort Dobbs)
- 1959: He was called Kelly (Yellowstone Kelly)
- 1960: The Gold of the Seven Mountains (Gold of The Seven Saints)
- 1961: Beyond the Ruwenzori (The Sins of Rachel Cade)
- 1961: A Summer in Florida (Follow That Dream)
- 1961: Claudelle and her lovers (Claudelle Inglish)
- 1964: Seven against Chicago (Robin & The Seven Hoods)
- 1964: Rio Conchos
- 1965: San Fernando (Stagecoach) , remake of the John Ford West
- 1966: Chuka
- 1966: The Moon Calf (Way… Way Out)
- 1967: The Snoop (Tony Rome)
- 1967: The Detective (The Detective)
- 1967: Derek Flint - Hard As Flint (In Like Flint)
- 1968: The Lady in Cement
- 1969: Barquero (with Lee Van Cleef )
- 1969: Ten hours for Virgil Tibbs (They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!)
- 1970: Adventure in New Guinea (Skullduggery)
- 1973: The Son of Mandingo (Slaughter's big rip-off)
- 1976: Viva Knievel - death jumps with you (Viva Knievel!)
Web links
- Gordon Douglas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Douglas, Gordon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1907 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | 29th September 1993 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California , USA |