Lew Landers
| Lew Landers | |
|---|---|
| Born | Louis Friedlander January 2, 1901 New York City, United States |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Palm Desert, California, United States |
| Other names | Louis Friedlander Louis Friedländer Louis Friendlander |
| Occupation | Film and television director |
Lew Landers (January 2, 1901 – December 16, 1962) was a prolific American independent film and television director.[1]
Biography
Born Louis Friedlander in New York City, he began his movie career as an actor. In 1914 he appeared in two features, D. W. Griffith's drama The Escape and the comedy short Admission – Two Pins, opposite Glen White, under his birth name. He began making films in the 1930s, one of his first being the Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi thriller The Raven (1935).[2] After directing a few more features, he changed his name to Lew Landers and went on to direct more than 100 films in a variety of genres, including westerns, comedy and horror films. He worked for every major film studio—and many minor ones—during his career. In the 1950s he began to alternate his film work with directing television series, including two episodes of Adventures of Superman that were shot in black and white in under a week.
On December 16, 1962, Landers died of a heart attack. His grave is located at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.
Partial filmography
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- The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
- The Call of the Savage (1935)
- The Raven (1935)[2]
- Without Orders (1936)
- Flight From Glory (1937)
- Living on Love (1937)
- The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
- The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
- Fixer Dugan (1939)
- La Conga Nights (1940)
- Ski Patrol (1940)
- Harvard, Here I Come! (1941)
- The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
- Back in the Saddle (1941)
- Atlantic Convoy (1942)
- After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)
- Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
- The Return of the Vampire (1943)
- Crime, Inc. (1945)
- The Mask of Diijon (1946)
- Devil Ship (1947)
- Public Prosecutor (TV series, 1947–48)
- Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)
- Stagecoach Kid (1949)
- Chain Gang (1950)
- Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950)
- State Penitentiary (1950)
- Jungle Manhunt (1951)
- The Magic Carpet (1951)
- California Conquest (1952)
- Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
- Terry and the Pirates (9 episodes, 1953)
- Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
- Tangier Incident (1953)
- Meet Corliss Archer (1 episode, 1954)
- Science Fiction Theatre (1 episode, 1955)
- Tales of the Texas Rangers (10 episodes, 1955–1957)
- Casey Jones (4 episodes, 1957–1958)
- Highway Patrol (10 episodes, 1955–1959)
- Mackenzie's Raiders (9 episodes, 1958–1959)
- Tombstone Territory (2 episodes, 1959–1960)
- The Alaskans (1 episode, 1960)
- Sugarfoot (2 episodes, 1961)
- Bat Masterson (4 episodes, 1959–1961)
- Terrified (1963)
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- 1901 births
- 1962 deaths
- American film directors
- American television directors
- American male silent film actors
- Male actors from New York City
- Burials at Chapel of the Pines Crematory
- 20th-century American male actors
