William Keighley

William Keighley

Infobox Actor
name = William Keighley
birthname = William Jackson Keighley
birthdate = birth date|1889|8|4
birthplace = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
deathdate = death date and age|1984|6|24|1889|8|4
deathplace = New York City, New York
spouse = Genevieve Tobin (1938-1984)

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.

elected directorial filmography

*"The Match King" (1932) (directorial debut, co-director)
*"Ladies They Talk About" (1933) (co-director)
*"G Men" (1935)
*"Special Agent" (1935)
*"Bullets or Ballots" (1936)
*"The Green Pastures" (1936)
*"The Prince and the Pauper" (1937)
*"Varsity Show" (1937)
*"The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) (co-director)
*"Brother Rat" (1938)
*"Each Dawn I Die" (1939)
*"The Fighting 69th" (1940)
*"Torrid Zone" (1940)
*"No Time for Comedy" (1940)
*"The Bride Came C.O.D." (1941)
*"The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1942)
*"George Washington Slept Here" (1942)
*"Target for Today" (1944) (documentary)
*"The Street with No Name" (1948)
*"The Master of Ballantrae" (1953)

External links

*imdb name|id=0445033

Persondata
NAME= Keighley, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Keighley, William Jackson
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Film director
DATE OF BIRTH= 1889-8-4
PLACE OF BIRTH= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH= 1984-6-24
PLACE OF DEATH= New York City, New York


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