William Keighley
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 4, 1889
- Died
- June 24, 1984 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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
Known For
Filmography
The Master of Ballantrae
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Close to My Heart
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Rocky Mountain
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Rebecca
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The Street with No Name
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Honeymoon
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Target for Today
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George Washington Slept Here
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
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The Bride Came C.O.D.
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Four Mothers
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The Fighting 69th
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Torrid Zone
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No Time for Comedy
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Each Dawn I Die
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Yes, My Darling Daughter
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
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Brother Rat
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Secrets of an Actress
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Valley of the Giants
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The Prince and the Pauper
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God's Country and the Woman
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Varsity Show
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Bullets or Ballots
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The Green Pastures
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The Singing Kid
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'G' Men
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The Right to Live
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Special Agent
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Mary Jane's Pa
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Stars Over Broadway
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Dr. Monica
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Babbitt
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Big Hearted Herbert
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Journal of a Crime
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Easy to Love
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Kansas City Princess
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Ladies They Talk About
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The Match King
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The Cabin in the Cotton
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Jewel Robbery
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Scarlet Dawn
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