Emerging from a background in freelance writing and advertising, he entered Hollywood in 1916 and quickly began contributing scenarios to Westerns, his first credit appearing on A Youth of Fortune. Over a six-decade span he penned or directed close to two hundred pictures, becoming known for low-budget B-movies and fast-paced serials. His directorial debut in serials arrived with The Shadow of the… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Invisible Man's Revenge 1944 Night Monster 1942 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 1940 The Phantom Creeps 1939 Features 73 ★ 10 Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars 1966
★ 10 Squadron of Doom 1949
★ 10 Courtin' Trouble 1948
★ 10 Don Winslow of the Navy 1942
★ 10 Overland Mail 1942
★ 10 Red Barry 1938
★ 10 Radio Patrol 1937
★ 10 The Man from Guntown 1935
★ 9 The Pastoral Symphony 1940
★ 9 Stampede 1936
★ 8.5 The Vanishing Legion 1931
★ 8.3 Six-Gun Serenade 1947
★ 8 Destination Saturn 1966
★ 8 Son of Roaring Dan 1940
★ 8 Wild West Days 1937
★ 7.5 The Oregon Trail 1939
★ 7.3 Wagons West 1952
★ 7.3 Laughing at Life 1933
★ 7.2 Sky Raiders 1941
★ 7.2 The Masked Rider 1941
★ 7.2 Secret Agent X-9 1937
★ 7.2 The Adventures of Rex and Rinty 1935
★ 7 Deadly Ray From Mars 1966
★ 7 Peril from the Planet Mongo 1966
★ 7 African Treasure 1952
★ 7 Red Desert 1949
★ 7 Easy to Look At 1945
★ 7 Frontier Badmen 1943
★ 7 Winners of the West 1940
★ 7 Tim Tyler's Luck 1937
★ 7 West Bound Limited 1937
★ 7 Ace Drummond 1936
★ 7 Law Beyond the Range 1935
★ 7 The Pride of the Legion 1932
★ 6.8 Riders of Death Valley 1941
★ 6.8 The Green Hornet Strikes Again! 1940
★ 6.8 The Last of the Mohicans 1932
★ 6.7 Lord of the Jungle 1955
★ 6.5 Shep Comes Home 1948
★ 6.5 Sea Raiders 1941
★ 6.5 Junior G-Men 1940
★ 6.5 Mars Attacks the World 1938
★ 6.5 Trouble at Midnight 1937
★ 6.3 Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars 1938
Series ★ 6.2 The Adventures of Champion 1955
★ 6.2 Safari Drums 1953
★ 6.2 The Lion Hunters 1951
★ 6.2 My Dog Shep 1946
★ 6.2 Enter Arsène Lupin 1944
★ 6.2 Night Monster 1942
★ 6.1 Buck Rogers 1939
★ 6 The Green Hornet 1940
★ 6 Oklahoma Frontier 1939
★ 5.8 Buck Rogers 1977
★ 5.8 Purple Death from Outer Space 1966
★ 5.8 Bomba, the Jungle Boy 1949
★ 5.8 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 1940
★ 5.7 Killer Leopard 1954
★ 5.6 Bomba and the Jungle Girl 1952
★ 5.6 The Lost Volcano 1950
★ 5.4 Elephant Stampede 1951
★ 5.4 Satan's Cradle 1949
★ 5.4 Jungle Jim 1937
★ 5.4 The Shadow of the Eagle 1932
★ 5.3 The Dalton Gang 1949
★ 5.1 Bomba on Panther Island 1949
★ 5 Bomba and the Hidden City 1950
★ 4.8 The Golden Idol 1954
★ 4.8 Planet Outlaws 1953
★ 4.5 The Phantom Creeps 1939
★ 4.2 The Phantom Creeps 1949
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc. 1940
Short films 7 ★ 9 Border Law 1923
★ 9 Lost, Strayed or Stolen 1923
★ 5.3 Donald's Decision 1942
★ 5.2 The Thrifty Pig 1941
★ 5.2 7 Wise Dwarfs 1941
★ 5 Dogs 'n Ducks 1953
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