Joseph Kane

Directing·Mar 19, 1894·San Diego, California, USA

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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. Between 1939-57 he was a major film producer, producing over 60 films. Kane was also a film editor and screenwriter responsible for the editing process of over 20 of his films, and he had a brief stint as an actor. During the 1950s Kane worked steadily in television, with emphasis on Westerns and action series. He spent the last decade of his life as a second-unit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste (1966) and In Enemy Country (1968). Kane died on August 25, 1975, in Santa Monica, California.

Film	Credit
Smoke In The Wind1975 · Director	Director
Track Of Thunder1968 · Director	Director
The Search for the Evil One1967 · Director	Director
CCountry Boy1966 · Director	Director
Bat Men of Africa1966 · Director	Director
The Man Who Died Twice1958 · Director	Director
The Notorious Mr. Monks1958 · Director	Director
Gunfire at Indian Gap1957 · Director	Director
The Crooked Circle1957 · Director	Director
Last Stagecoach West1957 · Director	Director
The Lawless Eighties1957 · Director	Director
Spoilers of the Forest1957 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Duel at Apache Wells1957 · Director	Director
Accused of Murder1956 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Thunder Over Arizona1956 · Director	Director
The Maverick Queen1956 · Director	Director
The Vanishing American1955 · Director	Director
The Road to Denver1955 · Director	Director
Timberjack1955 · Director	Director
Hell's Outpost1954 · Director	Director
Jubilee Trail1954 · Director	Director
Sea of Lost Ships1953 · Director	Director
San Antone1953 · Director	Director
Fair Wind to Java1953 · Director	Director
Ride the Man Down1952 · Director	Director
Woman of the North Country1952 · Director	Director
Hoodlum Empire1952 · Director	Director
The Sea Hornet1951 · Director	Director
Fighting Coast Guard1951 · Director	Director
Oh! Susanna1951 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
California Passage1950 · Director	Director
The Savage Horde1950 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Rock Island Trail1950 · Director	Director
Brimstone1949 · Director	Director
The Last Bandit1949 · Director	Director
The Plunderers1948 · Director	Director
The Gallant Legion1948 · Director	Director
Old Los Angeles1948 · Director	Director
Wyoming1947 · Director	Director
The Plainsman and the Lady1946 · Director	Director
In Old Sacramento1946 · Director	Director
Dakota1945 · Director	Director
The Cheaters1945 · Director	Director
Flame of Barbary Coast1945 · Director	Director
Song of Nevada1944 · Director	Director
The Yellow Rose of Texas1944 · Director	Director
Cowboy and the Senorita1944 · Director	Director
Hands Across the Border1944 · Director	Director