Herschel Daugherty

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Herschel Daugherty (born October 27, 1910 in Indiana , † March 5, 1993 in Encinitas , California ) was an American film director and actor .

Career

Herschel Daugherty began his career in 1943 as a "Dialogue Director" on smaller feature films and has worked since 1952 as a director for various television series , including Bonanza , Alfred Hitchcock Presents , Thriller , Spaceship Enterprise and Kobra, take over .

For the work on the episode The Road That Led Afar of the television series General Electric Theater , which was produced between 1953 and 1962, he was awarded the Directors Guild of America Award together with his assistant director Richard Birnie .

One of his few feature films was the Walt Disney- produced western Das Herz einer Indianers ( The Light in the Forest , 1958) based on the novel by Conrad Richter with James MacArthur , Fess Parker and Joanne Dru . With Brian Keith and Robert Culp he made the 1963 western The Rough Riders of Texas ( The Raiders ).

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SURNAME Daugherty, Herschel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Indiana , USA
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1993
Place of death Encinitas , California , USA