Lambert Hillyer
Lambert Hillyer | |
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Los Angeles, California | |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1917–1949 |
Lambert Harwood Hillyer (July 8, 1893 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Lambert Harwood Hillyer was born July 8, 1893, in Tyner, Indiana.[1] His mother was character actress Lydia Knott.[2] A graduate of Drake College,[3] he worked as a newspaper reporter and an actor in vaudeville and stock theater. During World War I he began working in motion pictures and became a prolific director and screenwriter, working on many silent-era Westerns by William S. Hart, Buck Jones, Tom Mix and others.
Often associated with producer
He directed many
Hillyer died July 5, 1969, in
Filmography
Director
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1917 | An Even Break | Also screenwriter[6] |
1917 | Strife | [6] |
1917 | The Narrow Trail | [6] |
1918 | Riddle Gawne | [6] |
1919 | Breed of Men | [6] |
1919 | The Poppy Girl's Husband | [6] |
1919 | The Money Corral | Also screenwriter[6] |
1919 | Square Deal Sanderson | Also screenwriter[6] |
1919 | Wagon Tracks | [6] |
1919 | John Petticoats | [6] |
1920 | The Toll Gate | Also screenwriter[6] |
1920 | Sand! | Also screenwriter[6] |
1920 | The Cradle of Courage | Also screenwriter[6] |
1920 | The Testing Block | Also screenwriter[6] |
1921 | O'Malley of the Mounted | [6] |
1921 | The Whistle
|
Also screenwriter[6] |
1921 | Three Word Brand
|
Also screenwriter[6] |
1921 | White Oak | [6] |
1922 | White Hands | Also screenwriter[6] |
1922 | Travelin' On | Also screenwriter[6] |
1922 | Caught Bluffing | [6] |
1922 | Skin Deep | [6] |
1922 | The Super-Sex | Also screenwriter[6] |
1922 | The Altar Stairs | [6] |
1923 | Scars of Jealousy | Also screenwriter[6] |
1923 | The Shock
|
[6] |
1923 | Temporary Marriage | Also screenwriter[6] |
1923 | The Spoilers | [6] |
1923 | The Lone Star Ranger | Also screenwriter[6] |
1923 | Eyes of the Forest | [6] |
1923 | Mile-a-Minute Romeo | [6] |
1924 | Those Who Dance | Also screenwriter[6] |
1924 | Barbara Frietchie
|
Also screenwriter[6] |
1924 | Idle Tongues | [6] |
1925 | I Want My Man | [6] |
1925 | The Making of O'Malley | [6] |
1925 | The Knockout | [6] |
1925 | The Unguarded Hour | [6] |
1926 | Her Second Chance | [6] |
1926 | Miss Nobody | [6] |
1926 | 30 Below Zero | [6] |
1927 | The War Horse | Also screenwriter[6] |
1927 | Hills of Peril | [6] |
1927 | Chain Lightning | Also screenwriter[6] |
1928 | The Branded Sombrero | Also screenwriter[6] |
1928 | Fleetwing | Also screenwriter[6] |
1930 | Beau Bandit | [6] |
1931 | The Deadline
|
Also screenwriter[6] |
1931 | One Man Law | Also screenwriter[6] |
1932 | The Fighting Fool | [6] |
1932 | South of the Rio Grande | [6] |
1932 | Hello Trouble | Also screenwriter[6] |
1932 | White Eagle | [6] |
1932 | Forbidden Trail | [6] |
1932 | Sundown Rider | Also screenwriter[6] |
1933 | The California Trail | Also screenwriter[6] |
1933 | Unknown Valley | Also screenwriter[6] |
1933 | Dangerous Crossroads | [6] |
1933 | Police Car 17 | Also screenwriter[6] |
1933 | Master of Men | [6] |
1933 | Before Midnight | [6] |
1933 | The Fighting Code | Also screenwriter[6] |
1934 | Once to Every Woman | [6] |
1934 | The Man Trailer | Also screenwriter[6] |
1934 | The Most Precious Thing in Life | [6] |
1934 | The Defense Rests | [6] |
1934 | Against the Law | [6] |
1934 | Men of the Night | Also screenwriter[6] |
1935 | Behind the Evidence | [6] |
1935 | In Spite of Danger | [6] |
1935 | Men of the Hour | [6] |
1935 | The Awakening of Jim Burke | [6] |
1935 | Superspeed | [6] |
1935 | Guard That Girl | Also screenwriter[6] |
1936 | The Invisible Ray | [6] |
1936 | Dangerous Waters | [6] |
1936 | Dracula's Daughter | [6] |
1937 | Speed to Spare | Also screenwriter[6] |
1937 | Girls Can Play | Also screenwriter[6] |
1937 | All American Sweetheart | [6] |
1938 | Women in Prison | [6] |
1938 | My Old Kentucky Home | [6] |
1938 | Extortion | Also screenwriter[6] |
1938 | Gang Bullets | [6] |
1939 | Convict's Code | [6] |
1939 | Should a Girl Marry? | [6] |
1939 | Girl from Rio | [6] |
1940 | The Durango Kid | [6] |
1940 | Beyond the Sacramento | [6] |
1940 | The Wildcat of Tucson | [6][8] |
1941 | The Pinto Kid | [6] |
1941 | The Son of Monte Cristo | Second-unit director[6] |
1941 | North from the Lone Star | [6] |
1941 | Hands Across the Rockies | [6] |
1941 | The Medico of Painted Springs | [6] |
1941 | The Son of Davy Crockett | Also screenwriter[6] |
1941 | Thunder over the Prairie | [6] |
1941 | King of Dodge City | [6] |
1941 | Prairie Stranger | [6] |
1941 | Roaring Frontiers | [6] |
1941 | The Royal Mounted Patrol | [6] |
1942 | The Devil's Trail | [6] |
1942 | North of the Rockies | [6] |
1942 | Prairie Gunsmoke | [6] |
1942 | Vengeance of the West | [6] |
1943 | Fighting Frontier | [6] |
1943 | Bombardier | Aerial action sequences (uncredited)[6] |
1943 | The Stranger from Pecos | [6] |
1943 | Six Gun Gospel | [6] |
1943 | Smart Guy | [6] |
1943 | ''The Texas Kid | [6] |
1943 | Batman | 15-part serial[6] |
1944 | Partners of the Trail | [6] |
1944 | Law Men | [6] |
1944 | Range Law | [6] |
1944 | West of the Rio Grande | [6] |
1944 | Land of the Outlaws | [6] |
1944 | Ghost Guns | [6] |
1945 | Beyond the Pecos | [6] |
1945 | Flame of the West | [6] |
1945 | Stranger from Santa Fe | [6] |
1945 | South of the Rio Grande | [6] |
1945 | The Lost Trail | [6] |
1945 | Frontier Feud | [6] |
1946 | Border Bandits | [6] |
1946 | Under Arizona Skies | [6] |
1946 | The Gentleman from Texas | [6] |
1946 | Silver Range | [6] |
1946 | Trigger Fingers | [6] |
1946 | Shadows on the Range | [6] |
1947 | Raiders of the South | [6] |
1947 | Valley of Fear | [6] |
1947 | Land of the Lawless | [6] |
1947 | The Law Comes to Gunsight | [6] |
1947 | Trailing Danger | [6] |
1947 | The Hat Box Mystery | [6] |
1947 | The Case of the Baby Sitter | [6] |
1947 | Flashing Guns | [6] |
1947 | Gun Talk | [6] |
1948 | Overland Trails | [6] |
1948 | Song of the Drifter | [6] |
1948 | Oklahoma Blues | [6] |
1948 | Crossed Trails | [6] |
1948 | Partners of the Sunset | [6] |
1948 | Frontier Agent | [6] |
1948 | Range Renegades | [6] |
1948 | The Fighting Ranger | [6] |
1948 | The Sheriff of Medicine Bow | [6] |
1948 | Outlaw Brand | [6] |
1948 | Sundown Riders | [6] |
1949 | Gun Runner | [6] |
1949 | Gun Law Justice | [6] |
1949 | Trails End | [6] |
1949 | Haunted Trails | [6] |
1949 | Riders of the Dusk | [6] |
1949 | Range Land | [6] |
Screenwriter
In addition to writing screenplays for many of the films he directed, as noted above, Hillyer wrote or contributed to the screenplays for these motion pictures.
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1917 | They're Off | [6] |
1917 | The Mother Instinct | [6] |
1917 | The Desert Man | [6] |
1917 | The Little Brother | [6] |
1917 | Love or Justice | [6] |
1917 | The Snarl | [6] |
1917 | One Shot Ross | [6] |
1917 | The Silent Man | [6] |
1921 | The Man from Lost River | [6] |
1930 | Hide-Out | [6] |
1933 | Straightaway | [6] |
1933 | State Trooper | [6] |
1935 | Law Beyond the Range | [6] |
1937 | The Shadow | [6] |
1938 | Highway Patrol
|
[6] |
1939 | Parents on Trial | [6] |
1939 | The Officer and the Lady | [6] |
References
- ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database online]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- ^ Year: 1920; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- ^ Wagner, Esther (June 14, 1922). "Will Hays Starts Movie 'Clean Up' at Studio". The Lima News.
- ^ ISBN 0-06-273492-X.
- ^ "An Evening with Batman and Robin". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
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- ^ Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940–1997 [database online]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2000. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- ISBN 9780786480258. Retrieved October 9, 2017.momentarily switching her affection from Stanley Brown to his brother, Eliott. Lambert Hillyer's direction is first rate.
Bill Elliott's presence, with a matching performance by Kenneth MacDonald, brings this western saga satisfactorily to the screen. [...] An interesting subplot has heroine Evelyn Young
External links
- Lambert Hillyer at IMDb