Phil Karlson

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Phil Karlson, actually Philip N. Karlstein (born July 2, 1908 in Chicago , Illinois , † December 12, 1985 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film director .

Life

As the son of a successful Irish actress, Phil Karlson got to know show business as a child. After working as an assistant director for a few years, he directed his first film at B-movie studio Monogram Pictures in 1944. Four years later he made I dance in your heart , in which Marilyn Monroe played her first leading role.

In the 1950s he made a number of film noirs , including three with John Payne . In the 1960s he successfully brought the singers Elvis Presley and Dean Martin to the screen in unfamiliar roles. Elvis played the tough boxer under the direction of Karlson in Kid Galahad - Hard Fists, Hot Love (1962), a remake of the classic Kid Galahad - With Hard Fists from 1937, while Dean Martin became the no less hard-nosed secret agent Matt Helm through Karlson and this was then allowed to embody in three other films.

Karlson directed the majority of his life B-movies . The movie Walking Tall (1973) with Joe Don Baker in the lead role was successful at the box office . 30 years later, a remake was made with Dwayne Johnson in the lead role, Walking Tall .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1944: A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
  • 1945: GI Honeymoon
  • 1945: The Shanghai Cobra
  • 1946: Charlie Chan: An almost perfect alibi (Dark Alibi)
  • 1947: Black Gold
  • 1948: Thunderhoof
  • 1948: I dance in your heart (Ladies of the Chorus)
  • 1949: The Big Cat
  • 1950: In the footsteps of Winnetou (The Iroquois Trail)
  • 1951: Castle of Vengeance (Lorna Doone)
  • 1951: The Avenger of Casamare (Mask of the Avenger)
  • 1952: Scandal Sheet
  • 1952: The Brigand
  • 1952: The Fourth Man (Kansas City Confidential)
  • 1953: Taxi 539 doesn't respond (99 River Street)
  • 1954: They Rode West (They Rode West)
  • 1955: Cornered (Tight Spot)
  • 1955: On the trail of the devil (Hell's Island)
  • 1955: A City Goes Through Hell (The Phenix City Story)
  • 1957: Hyenas of the Street (The Brothers Rico)
  • 1958: Duel at dawn (Gunman's Walk)
  • 1959: Al Capone Returns (The Scarface Mob)
  • 1960: Hell to Eternity
  • 1960: The Wolves of Los Angeles (Key Witness)
  • 1961: Secret paths (The Secret Ways)
  • 1961: Chief Physician Dr. Pearson (The Young Doctors)
  • 1962: Kid Galahad - hard fists, hot love (Kid Galahad)
  • 1963: Bring Her Home Alive (Rampage)
  • 1966: The guns whisper softly (The Silencers)
  • 1967: The Merciless Ride (A Time for Killing)
  • 1969: Rollkommando (The Wrecking Crew)
  • 1970: The Wasp 's Nest (Hornets' Nest)
  • 1972: Ben
  • 1973: The Great from the Dark (Walking Tall)
  • 1975: A Man Takes Revenge (Framed)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Phil Karlson. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved October 27, 2018 .
  2. ^ Phil Karlson - Biography . www.imdb.com. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  3. ^ Ladies of the Chorus (1949) . www.imdb.com. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Karlson, Phil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1985
Place of death Los Angeles , California