George Sherman

Biography

American second feature director who arrived in California aboard the SS Mongolia (bound from New York) on which he served as a bellboy. Sherman began his career in the movie business in the mail room at Warner Brothers before working his way up to assistant director. By 1937, he had graduated to directing in his own right under contract with Republic. Sherman specialised almost exclusively in B-westerns, (including the "Three Mesqueteers" series, which featured a young John Wayne), with occasional forays into action and horror themes. He often achieved a sense of style over substance. Indeed, as to his handling of the 'Mesqueteers', Variety commented on his imparting a "poetry in motion" to his "unified timing of cowboys mounting, riding, wheeling, galloping and dismounting of steeds" (July 2 1939). From 1940, Sherman also served as associate producer on many of his films. The diminutive (five foot) Sherman turned out reliable low-budget fare for Columbia between 1945 and 1948, then moved on to do the same at Universal for another eight years. Thereafter, he turned to free-lancing and working in television. The only A-grade films to his credit were two westerns, …

Directed

1. Big Jake (1971) — Director
2. Against All Flags (1952) — Director
3. Rawhide (1959) — Director
4. Hell Bent for Leather (1960) — Director
5. Daniel Boone (1964) — Director
6. Chief Crazy Horse (1955) — Director
7. New Frontier (1939) — Director
8. War Arrow (1953) — Director
9. Tomahawk (1951) — Director
10. Comanche (1956) — Director
11. The Lady and the Monster (1944) — Director
12. The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) — Director
13. Border River (1954) — Director
14. The Sleeping City (1950) — Director
15. The Raging Tide (1951) — Director
16. Route 66 (1960) — Director
17. Comanche Territory (1950) — Director
18. The Last of the Fast Guns (1958) — Director
19. The Secret of the Whistler (1946) — Director
20. Gentle Ben (1967) — Director
21. Larceny (1948) — Director
22. The New Cinderella (1964) — Director
23. Find Me That Girl (1964) — Director
24. Count Three and Pray (1955) — Director
25. Santa Fe Stampede (1938) — Director
26. Overland Stage Raiders (1938) — Director
27. The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955) — Director
28. Three Texas Steers (1939) — Director
29. X Marks the Spot (1942) — Director
30. Naked City (1958) — Director
31. Red River Range (1938) — Director
32. Dawn at Socorro (1954) — Director
33. The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) — Director
34. Black Bart (1948) — Director
35. The Night Riders (1939) — Director
36. Wyoming Outlaw (1939) — Director
37. Pals of the Saddle (1938) — Director
38. The Lone Hand (1953) — Director
39. The Golden Horde (1951) — Director
40. Panic Button (1964) — Director