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
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) — Director
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The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) — Director
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'G' Men (1935) — Director
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Each Dawn I Die (1939) — Director
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Bullets or Ballots (1936) — Director
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The Street with No Name (1948) — Director
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Ladies They Talk About (1933) — Director
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The Prince and the Pauper (1937) — Director
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The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) — Director
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The Master of Ballantrae (1953) — Director
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The Fighting 69th (1940) — Director
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George Washington Slept Here (1942) — Director
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Rocky Mountain (1950) — Director
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The Green Pastures (1936) — Director
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Special Agent (1935) — Director
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Journal of a Crime (1934) — Director
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Torrid Zone (1940) — Director
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No Time for Comedy (1940) — Director
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Easy to Love (1934) — Director
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Varsity Show (1937) — Director
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Dr. Monica (1934) — Director
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The Right to Live (1935) — Director
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The Match King (1932) — Director
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Kansas City Princess (1934) — Director
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Four Mothers (1941) — Director
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Babbitt (1934) — Director
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Secrets of an Actress (1938) — Director
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Valley of the Giants (1938) — Director
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Honeymoon (1947) — Director
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God's Country and the Woman (1937) — Director
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Stars Over Broadway (1935) — Director
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Big Hearted Herbert (1934) — Director
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Mary Jane's Pa (1935) — Director
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Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939) — Director
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Close to My Heart (1951) — Director
- Target for Today (1944) — Director
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Brother Rat (1938) — Director
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The Singing Kid (1936) — Director
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Rebecca (1950) — Director