
Lesley Selander
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 26, 1900
- Died
- December 5, 1979 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia. Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and science fiction movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936). To this day, Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. In 1956, he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of Lassie.
Known For
Filmography

Arizona Bushwhackers
Movie · Director

Fort Utah
Movie · Director

The Texican
Movie · Director

Convict Stage
Movie · Director

Town Tamer
Movie · Director

Fort Courageous
Movie · Director

War Party
Movie · Director

Daniel Boone
TV · Director · 1 ep

The Tall Man
TV · Director · 2 eps

Overland Trail
TV · Director · 1 ep

Laramie
TV · Director · 14 eps

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
Movie · Director

Cannonball
TV · Director · 7 eps

Revolt at Fort Laramie
Movie · Director

Tomahawk Trail
Movie · Director

Outlaw's Son
Movie · Director

The Wayward Girl
Movie · Director

Taming Sutton’s Gal
Movie · Director

Quincannon, Frontier Scout
Movie · Director

The Broken Star
Movie · Director

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · Director · 1 ep

Tall Man Riding
Movie · Director

Fort Yuma
Movie · Director

Shotgun
Movie · Director

Desert Sands
Movie · Director

Fury
Movie · Director

Arrow In The Dust
Movie · Director

The Yellow Tomahawk
Movie · Director

Dragonfly Squadron
Movie · Director

Return from the Sea
Movie · Director

Lassie
TV · Director · 23 eps

War Paint
Movie · Director

The Royal African Rifles
Movie · Director

Fighter Attack
Movie · Director

Fort Vengeance
Movie · Director

Cow Country
Movie · Director

Fort Algiers
Movie · Director

Flat Top
Movie · Director

Trail Guide
Movie · Director

Battle Zone
Movie · Director

Desert Passage
Movie · Director

The Raiders
Movie · Director

Fort Osage
Movie · Director

Road Agent
Movie · Director

Flight to Mars
Movie · Director

I Was an American Spy
Movie · Director

The Highwayman
Movie · Director

Overland Telegraph
Movie · Director

Cavalry Scout
Movie · Director

Saddle Legion
Movie · Director

Gunplay
Movie · Director

Pistol Harvest
Movie · Director

Law of the Badlands
Movie · Director

The Kangaroo Kid
Movie · Director

Short Grass
Movie · Director

Storm Over Wyoming
Movie · Director

Dakota Lil
Movie · Director

Riders of the Range
Movie · Director

Rio Grande Patrol
Movie · Director

Rider from Tucson
Movie · Director

Sky Dragon
Movie · Director

Stampede
Movie · Director

Rustlers
Movie · Director

Masked Raiders
Movie · Director

The Mysterious Desperado
Movie · Director

Brothers in the Saddle
Movie · Director

Panhandle
Movie · Director

Indian Agent
Movie · Director

Belle Starr's Daughter
Movie · Director

Strike It Rich
Movie · Director

Guns of Hate
Movie · Director

Blackmail
Movie · Director

The Red Stallion
Movie · Director

Robin Hood Of Texas
Movie · Director

Saddle Pals
Movie · Director

Last Frontier Uprising
Movie · Director

The Pilgrim Lady
Movie · Director

The Catman of Paris
Movie · Director

Out California Way
Movie · Director

Passkey to Danger
Movie · Director

Night Train to Memphis
Movie · Director

Traffic in Crime
Movie · Director

The Vampire's Ghost
Movie · Director

The Fatal Witness
Movie · Director
Three's a Crowd
Movie · Director

Jungle Raiders
Movie · Director

Phantom of the Plains
Movie · Director

Great Stagecoach Robbery
Movie · Director

Trail of Kit Carson
Movie · Director

Forty Thieves
Movie · Director

Lumberjack
Movie · Director

Call of the Rockies
Movie · Director

Stagecoach to Monterey
Movie · Director

Firebrands of Arizona
Movie · Director

Sheriff of Las Vegas
Movie · Director

Bordertown Trail
Movie · Director

Cheyenne Wildcat
Movie · Director

Sheriff of Sundown
Movie · Director

Border Patrol
Movie · Director

Riders of the Deadline
Movie · Director

Colt Comrades
Movie · Director

Bar 20
Movie · Director

Buckskin Frontier
Movie · Director

Lost Canyon
Movie · Director

Undercover Man
Movie · Director

Red River Robin Hood
Movie · Director

Thundering Hoofs
Movie · Director

Bandit Ranger
Movie · Director

Doomed Caravan
Movie · Director

Riders of the Timberline
Movie · Director

Wide Open Town
Movie · Director

Pirates on Horseback
Movie · Director

Stick to Your Guns
Movie · Director

The Roundup
Movie · Director

Stagecoach War
Movie · Director

Hidden Gold
Movie · Director

Three Men from Texas
Movie · Director

Santa Fe Marshal
Movie · Director

Cherokee Strip
Movie · Director

The Light of Western Stars
Movie · Director

Knights of the Range
Movie · Director

Renegade Trail
Movie · Director

Silver on the Sage
Movie · Director

Sunset Trail
Movie · Director

Range War
Movie · Director

Heritage of the Desert
Movie · Director

The Frontiersmen
Movie · Director

Partners of the Plains
Movie · Director

Pride of the West
Movie · Director

Cassidy of Bar 20
Movie · Director

Bar 20 Justice
Movie · Director

Heart of Arizona
Movie · Director

The Mysterious Rider
Movie · Director

Hopalong Rides Again
Movie · Director

Smoke Tree Range
Movie · Director

Sandflow
Movie · Director

Black Aces
Movie · Director

The Barrier
Movie · Director

Left-Handed Law
Movie · Director

Ride 'Em Cowboy
Movie · Director

Empty Saddles
Movie · Director

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Movie · Director

Fury
Movie · Assistant Director

Moonlight Murder
Movie · Assistant Director

The Garden Murder Case
Movie · Assistant Director

A Night at the Opera
Movie · Assistant Director

The Thin Man
Movie · Assistant Director

What Every Woman Knows
Movie · Assistant Director

The Warrior's Husband
Movie · Assistant Director

The Spider
Movie · Assistant Director
Don't Marry
Movie · Assistant Director
Napoleon, Jr.
Movie · Director

Durand of the Bad Lands
Movie · Assistant Director

The Timber Wolf
Movie · Assistant Director