Joseph Kane
Directing
Born March 19, 1894 · San Diego, California, USA
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.
Directed (118)
Smoke In The Wind
1975
Track Of Thunder
1968
The Search for the Evil One
1967
Country Boy
1966
Bat Men of Africa
1966
The Man Who Died Twice
1958
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957
The Crooked Circle
1957
Last Stagecoach West
1957
The Lawless Eighties
1957
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
Duel at Apache Wells
1957
Accused of Murder
1956
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
The Maverick Queen
1956
The Vanishing American
1955
The Road to Denver
1955
Timberjack
1955
Hell's Outpost
1954
Jubilee Trail
1954
Sea of Lost Ships
1953
San Antone
1953
Fair Wind to Java
1953
Ride the Man Down
1952
Woman of the North Country
1952
Hoodlum Empire
1952
The Sea Hornet
1951
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
Oh! Susanna
1951
California Passage
1950
The Savage Horde
1950
Rock Island Trail
1950
Brimstone
1949
The Last Bandit
1949
The Plunderers
1948
The Gallant Legion
1948
Old Los Angeles
1948
Wyoming
1947
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
In Old Sacramento
1946
Dakota
1945
The Cheaters
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
Song of Nevada
1944
The Yellow Rose of Texas
1944
Cowboy and the Senorita
1944
Hands Across the Border
1944
Man from Music Mountain
1943
Silver Spurs
1943
Song of Texas
1943
King of the Cowboys
1943
Idaho
1943
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942
Heart of the Golden West
1942
Sunset Serenade
1942
Sons of the Pioneers
1942
Romance on the Range
1942
Sunset on the Desert
1942
South of Santa Fe
1942
Man from Cheyenne
1942
Red River Valley
1941
Jesse James at Bay
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
Rags to Riches
1941
Nevada City
1941
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
In Old Cheyenne
1941
The Great Train Robbery
1941
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941
The Border Legion
1940
Young Bill Hickok
1940
Colorado
1940
The Ranger and the Lady
1940
The Carson City Kid
1940
Young Buffalo Bill
1940
Days of Jesse James
1939
Saga of Death Valley
1939
The Arizona Kid
1939
In Old Monterey
1939
Wall Street Cowboy
1939
In Old Caliente
1939
Frontier Pony Express
1939
Southward Ho!
1939
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939
Shine On Harvest Moon
1938
Come On, Rangers
1938
Billy The Kid Returns
1938
Man from Music Mountain
1938
Gold Mine in the Sky
1938
Under Western Stars
1938
Arson Racket Squad
1938
Born to Be Wild
1938
The Old Barn Dance
1938
Springtime in the Rockies
1937
Boots and Saddles
1937
Heart of the Rockies
1937
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937
Public Cowboy No. 1
1937
Come on, Cowboys
1937
Gunsmoke Ranch
1937
Git Along Little Dogies
1937
Round-Up Time in Texas
1937
Paradise Express
1937
The Old Corral
1936
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936
Ghost Town Gold
1936
Oh, Susanna
1936
Guns and Guitars
1936
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
The Lonely Trail
1936
King of the Pecos
1936
The Lawless Nineties
1936
Darkest Africa
1936
The Sagebrush Troubadour
1935
The Fighting Marines
1935
Melody Trail
1935
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935