Anthony Mann

Biography

Anthony Mann (June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American actor and film director. Born Emil Anton Bundsmann in the Point Loma area of San Diego, Mann was the son of Jewish-Austrian immigrants Emile Theodore Bundsmann, and his wife Bertha Waxelbaum (original Jewish surname: Weichselbaum) of Macon, Georgia. Mann started out as an actor, appearing in plays off-Broadway in New York City. In 1938, he moved to Hollywood, where he joined the Selznick International Pictures. Mann became an assistant director in 1942, directing low-budget assignments for RKO and Republic Pictures. Mann was respected for his acute visual sensitivity toward the American Western landscape, effortlessly blending natural vistas with human drama. Mann's dramas verged on classical tragedy, often showing anguished heroes attempting to resolve personal pain and confusion. In 1964 he was head of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1967, Mann died from a heart attack in Berlin, Germany while filming the spy thriller A Dandy in Aspic. The film was completed by the film's star, Laurence Harvey. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Anthony Mann has a star on the Hollywo…

Directed

1. Winchester '73 (1950) — Director
2. El Cid (1961) — Director
3. The Man from Laramie (1955) — Director
4. The Naked Spur (1953) — Director
5. Man of the West (1958) — Director
6. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) — Director
7. Bend of the River (1952) — Director
8. The Heroes of Telemark (1965) — Director
9. The Far Country (1954) — Director
10. The Glenn Miller Story (1954) — Director
11. The Tin Star (1957) — Director
12. Raw Deal (1948) — Director
13. T-Men (1947) — Director
14. The Furies (1950) — Director
15. Cimarron (1960) — Director
16. Men in War (1957) — Director
17. Reign of Terror (1949) — Director
18. Devil's Doorway (1950) — Director
19. Border Incident (1949) — Director
20. The Tall Target (1951) — Director
21. Side Street (1950) — Director
22. Strategic Air Command (1955) — Director
23. Thunder Bay (1953) — Director
24. Desperate (1947) — Director
25. The Last Frontier (1955) — Director
26. The Great Flamarion (1945) — Director
27. God's Little Acre (1958) — Director
28. Railroaded! (1947) — Director
29. A Dandy in Aspic (1968) — Director
30. Strangers in the Night (1944) — Director
31. Two O'Clock Courage (1945) — Director
32. Serenade (1956) — Director
33. Strange Impersonation (1946) — Director
34. Dr. Broadway (1942) — Director
35. The Bamboo Blonde (1946) — Director
36. Sing Your Way Home (1945) — Director
37. Moonlight in Havana (1942) — Director
38. Nobody's Darling (1943) — Director
39. My Best Gal (1944) — Director
40. The Streets of New York (1939) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
2. Todos los nombres de Sara (2019) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
3. The Movies: 'Action Speaks Louder Than Words' (1967) — Self
4. The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway (2003) — Self / Narrator