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William Keighley (1889-1984)

Birthplace:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Born:
August 4, 1889

Died:
June 24, 1984

Biography from TheMovieDB

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  William Jackson Keighley  (August 4, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June 24, 1984, New York, New York) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director.  After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of 23. By the 1910s and 1920s, he was acting and directing on Broadway. With the advent of talking pictures, he relocated to Hollywood. He eventually signed with Warner Bros., where he proved adept at directing in a wide variety of genres. He was the initial director of The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, but was replaced by Michael Curtiz. During World War II, he supervised the U.S. Army Signal Corp's motion picture unit. He retired in 1953 and moved to Paris with his actress wife Genevieve Tobin.  Description above from the Wikipedia article William Keighley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
1932  Jewel Robbery
1932  Scarlet Dawn
1932  The Cabin in the Cotton

Dialogue:
1932  Jewel Robbery
1932  Scarlet Dawn
1932  The Cabin in the Cotton
1933  Mary Stevens, M.D.

Dialogue Coach:
1926  The Third Degree
1932  Jewel Robbery
1932  Scarlet Dawn
1932  The Cabin in the Cotton
1933  Mary Stevens, M.D.

Director:
1926  The Third Degree
1932  Jewel Robbery
1932  Scarlet Dawn
1932  The Cabin in the Cotton
1932  The Match King
1933  Ladies They Talk About
1933  Mary Stevens, M.D.
1934  Babbitt
1934  Big Hearted Herbert
1934  Dr. Monica
1934  Easy to Love
1934  Journal of a Crime
1934  Kansas City Princess
1935  'G' Men
1935  Mary Jane's Pa
1935  Special Agent
1935  Stars Over Broadway
1935  The Right to Live
1936  Bullets or Ballots
1936  The Green Pastures
1936  The Singing Kid
1937  God's Country and the Woman
1937  The Prince and the Pauper
1937  Varsity Show
1938  Brother Rat
1938  Secrets of an Actress
1938  The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938  Valley of the Giants
1939  Each Dawn I Die
1939  Yes, My Darling Daughter
1940  No Time for Comedy
1940  The Fighting 69th
1940  Torrid Zone
1941  Four Mothers
1941  The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941  The Man Who Came to Dinner
1942  George Washington Slept Here
1944  Target for Today
1947  Honeymoon
1948  The Street with No Name
1950  Rocky Mountain
1951  Close to My Heart
1953  The Master of Ballantrae

Writer:
1926  The Third Degree
1932  Jewel Robbery
1932  Scarlet Dawn
1932  The Cabin in the Cotton
1932  The Match King
1933  Ladies They Talk About
1933  Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933  Picture Snatcher
1934  Babbitt
1934  Big Hearted Herbert
1934  Dr. Monica
1934  Easy to Love
1934  Journal of a Crime
1934  Kansas City Princess
1935  'G' Men
1935  Mary Jane's Pa
1935  Special Agent
1935  Stars Over Broadway
1935  The Right to Live
1936  Bullets or Ballots
1936  The Green Pastures
1936  The Singing Kid
1937  God's Country and the Woman
1937  The Prince and the Pauper
1937  Varsity Show
1938  Brother Rat
1938  Secrets of an Actress
1938  The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938  Valley of the Giants
1939  Each Dawn I Die
1939  Yes, My Darling Daughter
1940  No Time for Comedy
1940  The Fighting 69th
1940  Torrid Zone
1941  Four Mothers
1941  The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941  The Man Who Came to Dinner
1942  George Washington Slept Here
1944  Target for Today
1947  Honeymoon
1948  The Street with No Name
1950  Rocky Mountain
1951  Close to My Heart
1953  The Master of Ballantrae

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