A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Philip Karlstein
Philip P. Karlstein
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois
Born:
July 2, 1908
Died:
December 12, 1985
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phil Karlson (July 2, 1908, Chicago, Illinois – December 12, 1985, Los Angeles, California) was a film director known for his no-nonsense film noirs. Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island all with actor John Payne in the early 1950s. Other films include Rocky (1948), The Phenix City Story (1955), 5 Against the House (1955) and The Young Doctors (1961). Phil Karlson was the son of popular Irish actress Lillian O'Brien. He studied painting at Chicago's Art Institute, and law, at his father's request, at Loyola Marymount University in California. Karlson got into the film industry working as a prop man while a law student. After working a number of film jobs, including being an assistant director for a number of Abbott and Costello films, Karlson directed his first film in 1944 and in 1948 directed the first film starring Marilyn Monroe, Ladies of the Chorus. He worked on a number of low-budget projects for Monogram Pictures and Eagle-Lion Films before making his mark in 1950. It was then that he was known for directing tough, realistic and sometimes violent gritty crime films. In the 1960s the quality of his directed films declined, which included working on Kid Galahad (1962) with Elvis Presley and two Dean Martin Matt Helm spy films, including The Wrecking Crew (1969) co-starring Sharon Tate and Elke Sommer. He had his biggest success in 1973 when he directed the hit film, Walking Tall. The film made the director a rich man many times over, thanks to the fact that he owned a huge part of the movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Karlson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Assistant Director:
1934 Great Expectations
1934 Romance in the Rain
1935 Manhattan Moon
1935 Werewolf of London
1940 Seven Sinners
1940 The Invisible Man Returns
1941 In the Navy
1941 It Started with Eve
1941 The Flame of New Orleans
Director:
1934 Great Expectations
1934 Romance in the Rain
1935 Manhattan Moon
1935 Werewolf of London
1940 Seven Sinners
1940 The Invisible Man Returns
1941 In the Navy
1941 It Started with Eve
1941 The Flame of New Orleans
1944 A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
1945 G.I. Honeymoon
1945 The Shanghai Cobra
1945 There Goes Kelly
1946 Behind the Mask
1946 Bowery Bombshell
1946 Dark Alibi
1946 Live Wires
1946 Swing Parade of 1946
1946 The Missing Lady
1946 Wife Wanted
1947 Black Gold
1947 Kilroy Was Here
1947 Louisiana
1948 Adventures in Silverado
1948 Ladies of the Chorus
1948 Rocky
1948 Thunderhoof
1949 Down Memory Lane
1949 The Big Cat
1950 The Iroquois Trail
1951 Lorna Doone
1951 Mask of the Avenger
1951 The Texas Rangers
1952 Kansas City Confidential
1952 Scandal Sheet
1952 The Brigand
1953 99 River Street
1954 They Rode West
1955 5 Against the House
1955 Hell's Island
1955 The Phenix City Story
1955 Tight Spot
1957 The Brothers Rico
1958 Gunman's Walk
1959 The Scarface Mob
1960 Hell to Eternity
1960 Key Witness
1961 The Secret Ways
1961 The Young Doctors
1962 Kid Galahad
1963 Rampage
1964 Ride the Wild Surf
1966 The Silencers
1967 A Time for Killing
1968 Alexander The Great
1968 The Wrecking Crew
1970 Hornets' Nest
1972 Ben
1973 Walking Tall
1975 Framed
Director:
1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1959 The Untouchables
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