Emerging from a New York orphanage, he left school at fifteen to work on Broadway, where set-building, acting and a chance meeting with Bela Lugosi shaped his future in horror. After impressing Columbia Pictures with his promotional flair, he progressed from dialogue director to feature filmmaker, handling titles such as The Chance of a Lifetime (1943) and four entries in The Whistler series, and… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for House on Haunted Hill 1959 The Tingler 1959 13 Ghosts 1960 Strait-Jacket 1964 Features 60 ★ 6.6 Strait-Jacket 1964
★ 6.5 Homicidal 1961
★ 6.4 The Tingler 1959
Series ★ 7.8 Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special 2021
★ 6.7 Hollywood Story 1951
★ 7.2 The Busy Body 1967
★ 6.8 Duel on the Mississippi 1955
★ 7.2 Serpent of the Nile 1953
★ 6.4 The Night Walker 1964
★ 6.9 Just Before Dawn 1946
Series ★ 10 The Man Called X 1956
★ 10 Drums of Tahiti 1954
★ 8 The Return of Rusty 1946
★ 6.7 The Chance of a Lifetime 1943
★ 7.5 The Gentleman from Nowhere 1948
★ 6.7 Fort Ti 1953
★ 7 Uranium Boom 1956
★ 6.6 Crime Doctor's Man Hunt 1946
★ 6.5 The Crime Doctor's Warning 1945
★ 6.3 Mr. Sardonicus 1961
Series ★ 6.3 Science Fiction Theatre 1955
★ 6.3 Johnny Stool Pigeon 1949
★ 6 The Crime Doctor's Gamble 1947
★ 6.2 The Mark of the Whistler 1944
★ 5.5 Charge of the Lancers 1954
★ 5.5 She's a Soldier Too 1944
★ 5.7 The Iron Glove 1954
★ 5.8 Slaves of Babylon 1953
★ 5.8 Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven 1948
★ 6 The Houston Story 1956
★ 6 Battle of Rogue River 1954
★ 5.9 Jesse James vs. the Daltons 1954
★ 6.1 Masterson of Kansas 1954
★ 6.2 When Strangers Marry 1944
★ 5.8 It's a Small World 1950
★ 6.1 Undertow 1949
Series ★ 5.5 Man with a Camera 1958
★ 5.5 The Saracen Blade 1954
★ 5.5 Klondike Kate 1943
★ 6.2 I Saw What You Did 1965
★ 5.3 New Orleans Uncensored 1955
★ 5 The Law vs. Billy the Kid 1954
★ 5.9 Mysterious Intruder 1946
★ 5.8 Voice of the Whistler 1945
★ 6 The Whistler 1944
★ 5.3 Conquest of Cochise 1953
★ 5.8 The Fat Man 1951
★ 5.9 13 Frightened Girls 1963
★ 5 The Gun That Won the West 1955
★ 5.7 Project X 1968
★ 6 Macabre 1958
★ 5.3 The Americano 1955
★ 5.4 Cave of Outlaws 1951
★ 5.6 Zotz! 1962
★ 5.5 Let's Kill Uncle 1966
★ 5.5 The Spirit Is Willing 1967
★ 5.9 The Old Dark House 1963
★ 5.2 Shanks 1974
★ 5.8 13 Ghosts 1960
Short films 1 ★ 9 Black Marketing 1943
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