Joseph Kane

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. Be…

Directed

1. Dakota (1945) — Director
2. Cheyenne (1955) — Director
3. Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) — Director
4. Under Western Stars (1938) — Director
5. Sharad of Atlantis (1936) — Director
6. Laramie (1959) — Director
7. King of the Pecos (1936) — Director
8. The Man Who Died Twice (1958) — Director
9. Accused of Murder (1956) — Director
10. The Maverick Queen (1956) — Director
11. Hoodlum Empire (1952) — Director
12. The Cheaters (1945) — Director
13. Young Buffalo Bill (1940) — Director
14. The Lawless Nineties (1936) — Director
15. The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) — Director
16. The Lonely Trail (1936) — Director
17. Billy The Kid Returns (1938) — Director
18. Days of Jesse James (1939) — Director
19. Oh, Susanna (1936) — Director
20. Jesse James at Bay (1941) — Director
21. Fair Wind to Java (1953) — Director
22. Jubilee Trail (1954) — Director
23. Young Bill Hickok (1940) — Director
24. In Old Cheyenne (1941) — Director
25. The Plunderers (1948) — Director
26. 26 Men (1957) — Director
27. King of the Cowboys (1943) — Director
28. South of Santa Fe (1942) — Director
29. The Arizona Kid (1939) — Director
30. Gunsmoke Ranch (1937) — Director
31. Sunset Serenade (1942) — Director
32. Hands Across the Border (1944) — Director
33. The Border Legion (1940) — Director
34. Song of Nevada (1944) — Director
35. The Old Barn Dance (1938) — Director
36. The Road to Denver (1955) — Director
37. Frontier Pony Express (1939) — Director
38. Saga of Death Valley (1939) — Director
39. Timberjack (1955) — Director
40. Silver Spurs (1943) — Director