Joseph Kane
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 19, 1894
- Died
- August 25, 1975 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- San Diego, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (19 March 1894, San Diego – 25 August 1975, Santa Monica, California) was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on western films. Kane began his career as a professional cellist. In 1934 he took an interest in film directing and, starting in 1935, he co-directed serials for Mascot Pictures and Republic Pictures. He soon became Republic's top Western film director. Kane's first directorial credit was for The Fighting Marines (1935). When Mascot Pictures and several other small film companies amalgamated into Republic Pictures in 1935, Kane became staff director, remaining at the studio until it ceased production in 1958. He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne in films such as The Lawless Nineties (1936) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1944), and Joseph Schildkraut on The Cheaters (1945). Between 1935 and his death in 1975 he directed 119 films and numerous television series episodes. Unlike most Republic house directors, Kane was also credited as associate producer on many of his films. Between 1939-57 he was a major film producer, producing over 60 films. Kane was also a film editor and screenwriter responsible for the editing process of over 20 of his films, and he had a brief stint as an actor. During the 1950s Kane worked steadily in television, with emphasis on Westerns and action series. He spent the last decade of his life as a second-unit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste (1966) and In Enemy Country (1968). Kane died on August 25, 1975, in Santa Monica, California.
Known For
Filmography
Western von gestern
TV · Director · 2 eps
Smoke In The Wind
Movie · Director
In Enemy Country
Movie · Second Unit Director
Track of Thunder
Movie · Director
The Search for the Evil One
Movie · Director
Country Boy
Movie · Director
Bat Men of Africa
Movie · Director
Laramie
TV · Director · 19 eps
The Man Who Died Twice
Movie · Director
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Movie · Director
The Crooked Circle
Movie · Director
Duel at Apache Wells
Movie · Director
The Lawless Eighties
Movie · Director
Last Stagecoach West
Movie · Director
Spoilers of the Forest
Movie · Director
Gunfire at Indian Gap
Movie · Director
26 Men
TV · Director · 2 eps
Accused of Murder
Movie · Director
Thunder Over Arizona
Movie · Director
The Maverick Queen
Movie · Director
Broken Arrow
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Road to Denver
Movie · Director
The Vanishing American
Movie · Director
Timberjack
Movie · Director
Cheyenne
TV · Director · 3 eps
Jubilee Trail
Movie · Director
Hell's Outpost
Movie · Director
Fair Wind to Java
Movie · Director
San Antone
Movie · Director
Sea of Lost Ships
Movie · Director
Hoodlum Empire
Movie · Director
Ride the Man Down
Movie · Director
Woman of the North Country
Movie · Director
Oh! Susanna
Movie · Director
Fighting Coast Guard
Movie · Director
The Sea Hornet
Movie · Director
The Savage Horde
Movie · Director
Rock Island Trail
Movie · Director
California Passage
Movie · Director
Brimstone
Movie · Director
The Last Bandit
Movie · Director
The Plunderers
Movie · Director
The Gallant Legion
Movie · Director
Old Los Angeles
Movie · Director
Wyoming
Movie · Director
The Plainsman and the Lady
Movie · Director
In Old Sacramento
Movie · Director
Flame of Barbary Coast
Movie · Director
Dakota
Movie · Director
The Cheaters
Movie · Director
Cowboy and the Senorita
Movie · Director
Hands Across the Border
Movie · Director
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Movie · Director
Song of Nevada
Movie · Director
King of the Cowboys
Movie · Director
Song of Texas
Movie · Director
Idaho
Movie · Director
Man from Music Mountain
Movie · Director
Silver Spurs
Movie · Director
Sunset Serenade
Movie · Director
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Movie · Director
Man from Cheyenne
Movie · Director
South of Santa Fe
Movie · Director
Sunset on the Desert
Movie · Director
Heart of the Golden West
Movie · Director
Romance on the Range
Movie · Director
The Sons of the Pioneers
Movie · Director
Bad Man of Deadwood
Movie · Director
Sheriff of Tombstone
Movie · Director
In Old Cheyenne
Movie · Director
Red River Valley
Movie · Director
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Movie · Director
Jesse James at Bay
Movie · Director
Nevada City
Movie · Director
The Great Train Robbery
Movie · Director
Rags to Riches
Movie · Director
The Carson City Kid
Movie · Director
Colorado
Movie · Director
The Border Legion
Movie · Director
The Ranger and the Lady
Movie · Director
Young Buffalo Bill
Movie · Director
Young Bill Hickok
Movie · Director
Rough Riders' Round-up
Movie · Director
Southward Ho!
Movie · Director
Days of Jesse James
Movie · Director
Frontier Pony Express
Movie · Director
In Old Monterey
Movie · Director
Saga of Death Valley
Movie · Director
The Arizona Kid
Movie · Director
Wall Street Cowboy
Movie · Director
In Old Caliente
Movie · Director
Billy The Kid Returns
Movie · Director
Under Western Stars
Movie · Director
The Old Barn Dance
Movie · Director
Man from Music Mountain
Movie · Director
Come On, Rangers
Movie · Director
Shine On Harvest Moon
Movie · Director
Born to Be Wild
Movie · Director
Gold Mine in the Sky
Movie · Director
Arson Racket Squad
Movie · Director
Boots and Saddles
Movie · Director
Gunsmoke Ranch
Movie · Director
Springtime in the Rockies
Movie · Director
Git Along Little Dogies
Movie · Director
Public Cowboy No. 1
Movie · Director
Heart of the Rockies
Movie · Director
Paradise Express
Movie · Director
Come on, Cowboys
Movie · Director
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
Movie · Director
Round-Up Time in Texas
Movie · Director
Ride, Ranger, Ride
Movie · Director
Sharad of Atlantis
Movie · Director
King of the Pecos
Movie · Director
The Old Corral
Movie · Director
The Lawless Nineties
Movie · Director
Oh, Susanna
Movie · Director
Guns and Guitars
Movie · Director
The Lonely Trail
Movie · Director
Ghost Town Gold
Movie · Director
Darkest Africa
Movie · Director
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Movie · Director
The Fighting Marines
Movie · Director
The Sagebrush Troubadour
Movie · Director
Melody Trail
Movie · Director